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MR. G. BENTHAM ON COMPOSITE. 
Genera, 
American races. 
Common races. 
Old-World races. 
BELLIS.......... 
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Connexions .. 
BOLTONIA 
Connexions 
BOTER SL uerus. 
Connexions 
ERIGERON .... 
Connexions . 
BRACHYACTIS. 
Connexions ... 
FILAGO group. 
Connexions 
GNAPHALIUM. 
Connexions ... 
ANTENNARIA ... 
Connexions ... 
2 North-American 
(Southern States) spe- 
cies. 
None very near. 
7 North-American or 
Mexican species. 
Townsendia and others, 
connecting with Aster. 
Nearly 100 species, be- 
longing to the common 
sections in North Ame- 
rica and the Mexican 
region. Several south- 
ern species of divergent 
sections. 
Numerous extratropical 
or Alpine, both north 
and south. 
Nearly 40 species, belong- 
ing to the common sec- 
tion in North or West 
America, Several di- 
verging sections in 
North and South Ame- 
rica. 
Extratropical ; Aster and 
allies tropical. Bee 
Conyza, Table 3. 
None besides the com- 
mon species. 
Erigeron and Conyza, 
both very close. 
Filago 1 Californian spe- 
cies cosectional with 
the Old-World species, 
the common species in 
Chili; Evax 1 species, 
Micropus 4 species, of 
divergent sections. 
Psilocarpus, ^ Diaperia, 
and Micropsis (12 spe- 
cies), all very close and 
North-American, 
chiefly western. Gna- 
halium more remote. 
umerous species,north- 
ern and southern, 
chiefly extratropical or 
mountain, but also tro- 
pe 
The following three |.... 
genera and a few others, 
chieflySouth-American, 
and not numerous in 
species. 
8 North-American spe- 
cies, including the 3 
common species and 1 
southern extratropical. 
The two following ge- 
nera and,through them, 
Gnaphalium. 
No common species, 
wessascassossqesecroovosetosssoseeoe 
No common species. 
rr rn rro rr rr reso 
4common sections— Al- 
pigenia, Euaster, Ortho- 
meris, and Galatella; 
1 species, A.(Alpigenia) 
alpinus. 
III $esesssssosoostosossone 
E. alpinus, L.; E. uniflo- 
rus, L.; E. glabratus, 
Hoppe (E. acris, L.?); 
all in section Trimor- 
hea, besides colonists 
1n other sections. 
f9issssootesososoesttsceeosesesesons 
B. ciliata, Ledeb. 
Filago gallica, L. (colo- 
nist?); the Californian 
Filago closely represen- 
tative. 
a9ssssasotosotasesetosseeostascasonn 
G. luteo-album, L.; G. 
purpureum, L.; G. uligi- 
nosum, L.; G. sylvati- 
cum, L.; G. supinum, 
Vill. ; 
Osrsssesosesessossessosseseossos 
A. dioica, Gærtn.; A. al- 
pina, Gærtn.; A. car- 
pathica, Br. 
6 Mediterranean-region 
species. 
Bellium in the Mediter- 
ranean region, Brachy- 
come and Steirodiscus 1n 
Australia and South 
rica. 
5 East-Asiatic species, 
not strictly cosectional 
with the American. 
Heteropappus and others, 
connecting with Aster. 
About 40 species, belong- 
ging to the common 
sections; all extratropi- 
cal, chiefly Asiatic, 
few European, and 1 
South-east African. 
Few north, but numerous 
south; all extratro- 
pical. 
About 8 or 9 species, be- 
longing to the common 
section, chiefly north- 
ern. Several diverging 
sections, northern, tro- 
pical, or southern. 
Extratropical ; Aster and 
allies tropical. See 
Conyza, Table 3. 
6 Asiatic species. 
Erigeron and Conyza, 
both very close. 
Filago 7 species, Evax 9, 
a Mieropus 3 species, 
all Mediterranean or 
Europxo-Asiatic. 
Ifloga 8 species, Medi- 
terranean and South- 
African, nearly con- 
nected. Gnaphalium 
more remote. 
Numerous species, north 
and south, chiefly ex- 
tratropical ormountain, 
but also tropical. 
Helichrysum, with seve- 
ral northern and very 
numerous southern 
species, and several 
other southern genera, 
with numerous species, 
very close. The fol- 
lowing three northern 
genera and seve 
others, chiefly southern, 
rather more distant. 
species, Europeo- 
Asiatic, including the 3 
common species. 
5 
The two following genera 
and, through them, 
Gnaphalium. 
