A NEW INDIAN VERNONIA 
B t 
C. C. CALDER. 
Vernonia Fysoni Calder, sp. nov. 
Affinis V. Wightianae Arn., et V. comorinensi W. W. Smith, a 
quibus phyliariis glabratis obtusiusculis, achaeniis glandulosis 10-costa- 
tis, serie pappi exteriore obsoleta, recedit. 
Suffrutex circiter 3 m. altus. Caulis subteres, erectus, superne 
ramosus, striatus, basi lignosus* albo-tomentosus. Folia aiterna, 
elliptico-lanceolata, apice acuta, ad basin in petiolum sensim 
attenuata, 7 — 9 cm. longa, 2*5 — 3*3 cm. lata, margine superne serrata, 
inferne serrata vel integra, supra glabra, atro-viridia (in planta 
sicca), nervis lateralibus circiter 9*jugis cum nervulis supra 
impressis subtus promine ntibus, plus minusve parallelis, petiolata, 
petiolo 1 cm. longo, canaliculato. Inflorescentia subcorymbosa, termi- 
nalis vel in axillis foliorum supeiiorum. Capitnla 8-40, campanulata^ 
1 cm. diametro, 15-flora. Phyllaria circiter 4-seriata, ab extra conspioue 
magnitudine increscentia, extrema valde minuta, exteriora ovata, 
interiora oblongo-lanceolata, omnia plus minus glabra, apiculata, etapicem 
versus purpureo-colorata. Corolla 8 mm. longa, lobis linearibus 
circiter 3 mm. longis. Stamina fere 4'5 mm. longa, filamenta 1*5 mm. 
longa, antherse 3 mm. longae. Beceptaculum con vex um, in frnctu 
circiter 1*5 ram. diametro, conspicue reticulatum. Achaenia 10-costata; 
basi angustata, 2*8 mm. longa, *8 mm. lata, inter costas glandulosa. 
Fapp\is erectus, plus minus albus, circiter 6 mm longus, barbulis minutis 
J>raeditus, sine serie exterior e. 
Kodaikanal, Pulney Hills in Madura District, South India Fyson . 
No. 4095 ! Glen Falls shola, Pulney Hills, Bourne No. 1106 ! 
An erect undershrub of subscandent habit 2-3 m. high. Stem some- 
what angled and lignified at the base, striate and markedly tomentose 
above, 1 cm. thick in the middle, giving rise at the base and more 
markedly in the upper region to axillary branches and above to terminal 
or axillary groups of more or less corymbose capitula. Leaves alternate 
in a pentastichous arrangement, 9-12 cm. long, 2*5 — 3*3 cm. broad, 
lanceolate, acute at apex, acuminate at base, faintly serrate on the upper 
margin but tending to become entire below ; upper surface glabrous, 
dark-green to brown, with 8-9 pairs of impressed scarcely excurrent 
primary nerves and distinct more or less parallel secondary nerves ; lower 
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