FOUR NEW SPECIES OF THE COMPOSITE FROM SOUTH 
INDIA AND A JUSTICIA FROM ASSAM. 
By W, fF. Smith, 
Venioiiia lieeboldii W. W. Smith, sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate Fernonirs Gardneri Thw. et F. Tkwaitesii 
Clarke ; foliis obovatis integris inter alia facile distincta. 
Gaulis erectus, e radice lignosa simplex, cum inflorescentia 30-40 cm. 
altus, robustus, strictus, striatus, fere glaber, inflorescentia terminali 15-20 
cm. longa. Folia radicalia 1-2 ; caulina 4-5, subsimilia, 6-8 cm. longa, 
I •5-2*5 cm. lata, obovata vel oblanceolata, apice rotundata apiculata, vel 
superiora bracteiformia rarius acuta vel acuminata, basi in petiolum 
latum amplexicaulem subauriculaturn sensim attenuata, crassa, coriacea, 
integra vel rarius ad apicem remote indistincte serrata, glabra, nervis in- 
distinctis 2-3 paribus. Inflorescentia reliquum caulem aequans, depauper- 
atiscorymbis remote racemosa ; corymbi l-S-capituliferi, axil lares in 
foliaceis bracteis pedunculo sub-sequilongis. Capital a pedunculata, 
pedunculis 1-3 cm. longis inter majora, 1-1*5 cm. diametientia, (in uno 
specimine abnormali 7 mm.,) 30-40-flora. Phyllaria +4 mm. longa, 
multiseriata, exteriora breviora, anguste oblonga, apice triangulari, extra 
± puberula, intra glabra, interlora omnino glabra. Anther at, paulum 
basi elongatse. Pappus rufus 6 mm. longus, cbrollam glabrara sequans, 
sine serie exteriore. Achenium %'h mm> longum. 10-costatum, glabrum, 
Ueceptaculum marginibus areoiarum conspicue emineutibus ornatum. 
Peninsular India :—Travancore, No. 13001 Meebold ! 
Vernonia eomorinensis W. W. Smith, sp. nov. 
Species r. Wightiana Arn. affinis ; sed foliis lanceolatis, phyllariis 
pubescentibus, corolla glabra^ pappo diverse distinguitur. 
Planta in scheda ‘ parva arbor Mescripta. Caul is (apex rami florentis 
adest) angulatus, albo-tomentosus. Folia 8-10 bm. longa, 1*5-2 cm. lata, 
± 5 mm. petiolata, lanceolata, acuta, basi cuneata, crenulata, supra 
impresse reticulata, parce minute puberula, infra dense lanato-tomen- 
tosa. GorymU terminales lati ; rami 5-8 cm. longi, paucis foliis 
linearibus instructi. Capitula mediocria pedunculata, pedunculis 5-20 
