400 LXII. composite: [Vernonia 



b. Erect, heads small, fl. less tlian 10 in one head. 



11. V. Aplinii, Coll. et Hemsl. Shan hills, Upper Burma 1,700-5,000 ft. A midale- 

 sized tree, underside of 1. and ramifications of iniiorescence greyish-white-tomentose. 

 Heads sessile, numerous, in ample terminal panicles 12 in. broad and 18 in. long, the 

 inner 6-8 in vol. scales linear, acute, J- J in. long, outer oyate shorter, numerous, 

 imbricate, all silky on back, fl. 8-9 in each head, achenes glabrous, slightly papillose 

 12, V. Parishii, Hook. f. Between Lomatee and Kolodo, headwaters of Yunzalin river 

 3,000 ft. (D. B. March, 1880). Attaran district (Parish), Branchlets, underside of 1 

 and inflorescence velvety, 1. oblanceolate, distantly dentate. Heads purple, sessile or 

 pedunculate, in ample terminal panicles, inner invol. scales linear, acute, ^-| in. long, 

 outer numerous imbricate, ovate, much shorter, all densely silky outside, fl. 6-8. 

 Pappus white. 



c. Climbing. 



13. V. scandens, DC. Sikkim, outer hills. Assam, Khasi hills, Manipur. Pegu. 

 Kachin hills. Branchlets and inflox'escence slightly pubescent, 1. elliptic-lanceolate, 

 blade 2-4, narrowed into slender petiole J in. long. Heads 5-10-fld. pedicelled, in long 

 terminal leafy panicles, pappus red. 14. V. blanda, BO. Lower Burma. Yunnan. 

 Similar to 13 ; but 1. larger and achenes pubescent. 15. V, elseagnifolia, DO. Pegu, 

 Tenasserim, Siam. Branchlets, petioles, underside of 1. and inflorescence softly grey- 

 pubescent, 1. variable, from elliptic to linear-lanceolate, blade 2-3, pet. slender | in 

 long. Heads J in. diam., few at the ends of the rigid divaricate branches of a leafy 

 terminal panicle. 



G. Eastern species, corolla funnel-shaped widened from a slender cylindrical 

 base. 



16. V, cyliudriceps, C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 35. Naga and Manipur 

 hills, 4,500-5,800 ft. Yunnan 4,500-5,500 ft. A large shrub or small tree, 1. mem- 

 branous, rough on both sides with minute stiff hairs, oblanceolate, blade 5-7, narrowed 

 into pet. i-^ in. long. Heads purple, cylindric when in bud, arranged in broad 

 terminal corymbs, fl. 1-6. Invol. scales obtuse, nearly glabrous, imbricate, the outer 

 shorter, the 4-6 inner ^ in. long. Achenes obscurely ribbed, pappus red. A small 

 tree wath dirty white pappus found by Montague Hill (143) in dry hill forest east of 

 Bhamo at 5,000 ft., in other respects is exactly like V. cylindriceps. 17. V. peguensis, 

 Clarke, Pegu Yoma, similar to 16, but invol. scales sharply cuspidate with an excurrent 

 nerve, the outermost subulate, heads with 12 fl. 



2. LEUCOMERIS, Don; M. Brit. Ind. iii. 386. 



Shrubs or small trees, 1. quite entire. Heads white, 4-8-fld. in terminal 

 corymbs. Invol. bracts imbricate, coriaceous, peduncles bracteolate. 

 M. all 5 5 fertile, tubular, segments 5, narrow, revolute. Anther-base 

 sagittate, tails ciliate. Species 2. 



1. L. spectabilis, Bon; Wall. PL As. Ear. t. 111. Outer North-West Himalaya, Jaunsar 

 to Nepal, 2-6,000 ft. A large shrub or small tree, bark white corky, branches stout, 

 grooved. L. coriaceous, white-felted beneath, oblong-lanceolate, blade 4-14, narrowed 

 into marginate petiole J~l in. long. Heads 1 in. long, invol. scales glabrous. 2. L. decora, 

 Kurz. Manipur. Pegu, in the Eng forest of the Prome district. Shan hills, ascend- 

 ing to 5,000 ft. Yunnan. A small deciduous tree, 1. nearly glabrous when mature, 

 pet. 1-2 in. long. Heads fragrant, crowded at the ends of the leafless branchlets, invol. 

 scales woolly at the base. 



3. INULA, Linn.; FL Brit. Ind. iii. 291. 



Herbs, rarely shrubs. Heterogamous, radiate, invol. bracts oo -seriate, 

 inner rigid and narrow. Ray fl. ligulate ? fertile, in one or several rows, 

 ligule Smoothed, disk fl. ^ fertile, tubular, yellow, limb elongate with 5 short 

 teeth. Anther-base sagittate, tails long usually branched. Species 90. 

 Europe, Asia and Africa. 



1. I. Cappa, DC. Outer hills from Simla eastwards 8-6,000 ft., often gregarious on 

 clearances. Khasi hills, Manipur, Burma. Attains 10 ft., branches, 1. beneath and 



