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260 THE JOURNAL OF INDIAN BOTANY. Corresponds to var martiana of E. quinquangulare and might be considered that plant with one sepal smaller and flat.


 * * Bractae involucrantes quam capitulo nee longiores.

Var. c parviflora, Bractae involucrantes capitulo aequantes ; floris tertius sepalum planum aut linearium.

Coorg and N. Kanara.

The head has no rays, the bracts being short, and the flowers are much smaller than in var. a and b. Possibly a poor form of var. a but apparently distinct.

Var. d Bichardiana. Planta robustior ; pedunculi 20-25 cm. ; folia 15-20 cm. ; capitula globosa ; bractae involucrantes breviores, ref- lexae. Ptate 14.

S. Kanara.

A robust plant with globose unrayed heads. Stem | in. thick and 1 in. long. Scapes up to 14 inches very slightly pubescent in the most robust specimens. The third female sepal much shorter than the others and linear. Seeds oblong light yellow.

Var. e Folia quam var a etc. angustiora, etiam linearia ; capitula globosa, alba aut nigrescentia ; bractae reflexae.

Hills near Bombay.

Leaves acicular. Heads small, globose with reflexed bracts, connects var. a to the next.

Var. / triloboides. Capitula nigra aut nigrescentia globosa. Plate 15.

Khandala to Wynaad.

Leaves as in var. a Heads globose, dark almost black, distin- guishable only by the third female sepal being linear from E. trilobum Ham. This variety has in consequence frequently been identified as that species. See p. 139, fig. 3 which is of this plant, but wrongly named E. trilobum on p. 150, also see p. 206.

Var. g conica. Capitula conica, basi truncata, folia linearia.

Mysore to Wyanaad,

Heads conical with horizontal base, very black, because nearly glabrous : clearly connected with var. /. This plant is possibly E. Bouscianum Steud : see Appendix I.

21. E. Sedgwickii Fyson sp. nov. (Sedgwick Nos. 4548 !) 4572 ! 4671 1 4648 ; 4847 ; 4837 ; in Herb. Pres. Coll. Madras.

Caulis perbrevis. Folia tenuia, 7-15 cm. longa, 3-5mm. lata,

perpauca (?) glabra. Pedunculi 10-20 cm. glabra. Capitula globosa,

nivea, valde pilosa. Bractae involucrantes nigrae, bractis flores

superantibus rhombeo-cuneatae, sed albis pilis dense villosis. Ee-

ceptaculum, dense-villosum. Flos $ ; sepala % angusta ; petala 3,