Microglossa.] ^ Lem, compositrm. (J. D. Hooker.) 257 
l. M. volubilis, DC. Prodr. v. 320; subscandent, branches iie 
leaves petioled ovate-lanceolate obscurely-toothed glabrous or pubescent beneath, 
heads es diam. peduncled clustered on the branches of rounded corymbs, 
achenes compressed 4-angled puberulous, pappus à in. red much longer than the 
minute achenes. Clarke Comp. Ind. 57; Kurz For. Fl. ii. S2. Conyza volu- 
bilis, Wall. Cat. 3057. Erigeron pyrifolius, Benth. Fl. Hongk. 176. 
Knuasra Mrs., Assam, Naca Dua Cacar, Burma, and from Pereu to PENANG. — 
Disrris. Malay Islds., China. 
A rambling shrub. Leaves 13-23 in.; petiole very slender. Heads numerous, 
invol. bracts lanceolate; ligules very minute. 
9. M. albescens, Clarke Comp. Ind. 59 ; erect, branches faintly grooved, 
leaves shortly petioled lanceolate acuminate quite entire or subserrate hoary 
beneath, heads 4 in. diam. peduncled loosely clustered on the branches of a 
spreading corymb, achenes puberulous obscurely 5-angled, pappus red not longer 
than the achenes. M. cabulica and M. Griffithii, Clarke Comp. Ind. 57, 58. 
Aster cabulicus, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1843; Misc. 62 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iii. 158. 
A. albescens, Wall. Cat. 2974. A. ferrugineus, Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 
64. Amphiraphis albescens, DC. Prodr. v. 343. Conyza conspicua, Wall. Cat. 
3066. Homostylium cabulicum, Nees in Linnea, xviii. 513. 
TEMPERATE HiwALAYA; from Kishtwar, alt. 7-9000 ft., to Sikkim, alt. 9—12,000 
ft., and Bhotan. 
A stouter plant than M. volubilis; leaves 2-3 iu., narrowed into the short petiole; 
corymbs often 8 in. diam., with lilac conspicuous ligules.-—The name cadulicus, 
founded on the mistaken supposition that the plant is a native of Affghanistan, must 
be abandoned. 
3. M. zeylanica, Benth. in Gen. Pl ii. 282; branches grooved and leaves 
beneath hoary, leaves narrowly lanceolate acuminate serrulate or entire, heads 
4 in. shortly peduncled crowded on the branches of a spreading corymb, ligules 
short suberect, pappus jb in. red twice as long as the hairy angled achenes. 
Clarke Comp. Ind. 58. Amphiraphis zeylanica, DC. Prodr. vii. 279. Solidago 
zeylanicus, Arn. Pugill. 9. 
Travancore; Pulney Mts., Wight. Cryton, abundant throughout the island, 
ascending to 6000 ft. 
An erect shrub. Leaves 3-4 in., narrowed into a petiole of 1-3 in. Heads very 
numerous, small and crowded ; invol. bracts very small, broadly linear, obtuse. 
24, CONYZA, Less. 
Herbs. Leaves alternate, entire, toothed or cut. Heads corymbose or 
anicled, rarely solitary, heterogamous, disciform; outer fl. o, 2—oc-seriate, 
filiform, rarely ligulate, 2-3-toothed, fertile, pale-cold; inner 9, all or mostly 
fertile, yellow, tubular, limb 5-toothed.  ZInvolucre campanulate; bracts 2—oo- 
seriate, narrow (except C. rufa), outer smaller; receptacle flat or convex, naked 
or pitted and fimbriate. -Anther-bases obtuse, entire. Style-arms of 9 flattened, 
tips long or short. -Achenes minute, compressed ; pappus slender, l-seriate.— 
DrsrRrB. Species 50, chiefly tropical and subtropical. 
1. C. semipinnatifida, Wall. Cat. 3058; erect, villous or hirsute, 
leaves obovate-spathulate or oblanceolate acutely or obtusely lobed or cut, heads 
crowded 4 in. diam. globose yellow, invol. bracts slender, achenes ;, in. long 
glandular, pappus 3, in. white. DC. Prodr. v. 382; Clarke Comp. Ind. 62. 
SoonpERBUNDS, at Burisal, Clarke. Birma, from Prome and Martaban southwards, 
on the banks of large rivers, Wallich, Kurz. Upper Assam; Mishmi, Griffith. 
Annual, 1-2 ft, stem stout, The Mishmi species is much less hairy than the 
Birma ones, with leaves more sharply toothed. 
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