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A profuse climber, on tall trees in mid forest. Branches and inflores- 
cence zigzag, grooved, cottony. Leaves alternate, long petiolate (but petiole 
shorter than the peduncle, 1| in. long) ovate, 2 in. to 3 in. long, 
1 \ in. to 2J in. broad, shallowly cordate, acuminate, sinuate-toothed, 5-7 
nerved from the base, membranous, glabrous above, cottony beneath. Cor- 
ymbs axillary and terminal, long pedunculate, bracteate, peduncle 2J in. 
to 4 in. long. Heads bracteolate, many flowered, T 9 ff inch long, fa in. 
broad. Involucral bracts 2-seriate, outer 10-12, J in. long, thin, herbaceous 
with recurved tips, linear acute, cottony beneath, inner 10-12, erect, | in. 
long, rigid, linear oblong, very acute, with a thickened mesial band and thin 
glabrous borders. Ligules few, J in. long, pink. Corolla tubular, widened 
towards the top, fa inch long, teeth acute, with recurved tips. Anthers 
distinctly tailed, tail barren. Achenes ^ in. compressed, 5-6 ribbed, ribs 
sparsely hairy. Pappus J in. long, white, minutely barbellate. 
At an elevation of 2,500 feet in the shola forest on the Calcad hills, No. 
39250, Hooper and Ramaswami. [ PLATE I. ] 
A very graceful climber, found in the middle of shola forest in dense 
shade. This differs from S. Buimalia Ham. principally in the 2-3 flowered 
corymbs, the larger heads arid in the number and size of the involucral bracts. 
155. Motonia DC. 
217. Notonia grandiflora DC. — F. B. I., iii, p. 337. 
Tirukarungudi, No. 38310. 
Distr. South-West Peninsula and Ceylon. 
218. *Notonia grandiflora DC. major, var. nov. 
Differs from Notonia grandiflora DC. in its much larger size, in its 
leaves being 7-9 in. by 4-6 in. and in its profusely branched corymbs. 
A shrub, 5-7 ft. high, branches long and very stout. Leaves 7-9 in. long 
4-6 in. broad, corymbs profusely branched. Achenes J in. long. 
Sengalteri, 3,500 ft., No. 38695. 
156. Sonchus Linn. 
219. Sonchus oleraceus Linn. — F. B. I., iii, p. 413. 
Naterikal, 4,000 ft., No. 38363 ; Kannikatti 2,500 ft., No. 39417. 
Distr. Throughout India. 
XLVI. — CAMPANULACEJ2. 
157. Lobelia Linn. 
220. Lobelia nicotiansefolia Heyne. — F. B. I., iii, p. 427. 
Naterikal, 4,000 ft., Nos. 38528, 38618. 
Distr. Western Peninsula and Ceylon. 
