188 lxxv. composite. [Vernonia 
•2 in. long. Achenes linear acutely 4-angled, hairy. Pappus 
white, *25 in. long, scabrid. Hab. Lankawi, coast at Tukang 
Rajah (Robinson). Distrib. Burma. 
(5) V. cinerea Less, in Linnaea, iv. 291; King , l.c. 27. 
An erect herb 6 to 36 in. tall pubescent. Leaves membranous 
ovate or lanceolate toothed, 1*5 to 3 in. long, *3 to *5 in. wide; 
petioles in lower leaves *i to *5 in. long. Heads ‘2 to *25 in. long, 
*i in. across in a loose terminal corymb. Bracts green, tipped red 
hairy, linear-lanceolate acuminate. Flower violet mauve, tube 
Fig. 85. — Vernonia eleagnifolia. 
pale. Pappus white spiny as are the achenes. Hab. A common 
weed everywhere in waste ground. Distrib. Whole tropics. Native 
names : Ekor Kudah; Rumput Sabagi; Rumput Susor Daun; 
Tahi Babi; Tambak bukit; Tambak Tambak; Sembong hutan. 
(6) V. chinensis Less, in Linnaea vi. 674; King, l.c. 26. 
A wiry spreading annual, pubescent, about 2 ft. tall. Leaves 
membranous, glabrous above, silky beneath, ovate-elliptic or 
oblanceolate, sub-serrate or entire, 1 to 1*5 in. long, up to ’5 in. 
across, decurrent on petiole *25 in. long. Heads sessile or stalked, 
•25 in. long. Bracts green woolly, keeled and mucronate, edge 
scarious. Flowers bright violet. Pappus scanty, white. Hab . 
