276 LXXVII. composirz. (J. D. Hooker.) [Blepharispermum. 
BinMA and the EAsrERN PENINSULA, from Prov southwards,—Disrnrs, Philippine 
Islds. New Caledonia. Australia. 
Robust, 1-2 ft. high; branches erect. Leaves 1-1} in., white beneath. Heads A 
in., sessile, horizontal; invol. bracts shining; disk-fl. solitary. Achenes sparingly 
hairy. 
33, BLEPHARISPERMUM, Wight. 
Glabrous shrubs. eaves alternate. Heads small, compressed, in solitary 
or crowded globose clusters which are sessile on an oblong or cylindric terminal. 
Me, heterogamous, discoid; outer fl. 9, few, fertile, et slender, 3-4- 
toothed ; disk-fl. 2-8, D, fertile or not, tubular, 5-fid. — Znvol. bracts 1-2, like 
the pales, but shorter; receptacle minute or cylindric, with broad rigid pales 
enclosing the flowers. Anther-bases sagittate, auricles subcaudate. Style-arms 
of 8 linear, stout, obtuse. -Achenes obcompressed, black, outer on both faces 
with a ciliate rib, margins ciliate; pappus pales or bristles very unequal, or 
with 2-3 stronger ones at the angles, or O in the sterile achenes.— DrsTRIB. 
2 Tropical Indian and an African species. 
1. B. petiolare, DC. in Wight Contrib. 12 ; Prodr. v. 268; leaves 
etioled ovate membranous acuminate, clusters of heads long-peduncled corym- 
se. Clarke Comp. Ind. 98; Arnott in Mag. Zool. § Bot. ii. 421; Wight Ic. 
t. 1092 ; Deless. Ic. Sel. iv. t. 19, f. 1. 
TRAVANCORE ; at Courtallam, Wight. 
A glabrous shrub, branches slender. Leaves 3-7 in., acuminate ; petiole 4-4 in. 
Clusters of heads }—} in. diam. ; basal bracts broad ; heads 4-fld.; 9 fl. 2, pappus of 
a few bristles; achenes compressed, margins ciliate; fl. 3 2; pappus 0; achenes 
small, empty. 
2. B. subsessile, DC. in Wight Contrib. 12; Prodr. v. 368; leaves 
subsessile ovate or elliptic obtuse coriaceous finely reticulate, heads solitary 
shortly peduncled. Clarke Comp. Ind. 98; Wight Ic. t. 1093; Deless. Ic. Sel. 
iv. t. 19, f. 2. Leucoblepharis subsessilis, Arn. in Mag. Zool. $ Bot. ii. 422; 
Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 123; Wall. Cat. 7524 (DC.). 
The Concan, Canara and Mysore; on the Ghats. 
A glabrous undershrub, with a woody rootstock. Leaves 13-5 by 4-21 in., shining 
on both surfaces, narrowed into the petiole. Clusters of heads globose, 1-1} in. 
diam., with leafy bracts at the base, 5-10-fld.; fl. 9? 2, pappus of a few hairs, 
achenes compressed almost villous with long hairs; fl. d 3-8, pappus like the 9 and 
achenes smaller. 
94. ATHROISMA, DC. 
A viscid glabrous or pubescent annual. Leaves alternate, petioled, pinnatifid. 
Heads small, in globose or ovoid terminal peduncled clusters which are sessile 
on a common cylindrical receptacle, heterogamous, disciform ; outer fl. 9, very 
few, filiform, 2-3-toothed, fertile; disk-fl. 5, fertile, tubular, limb campanulate 
shortly 4-fid. Invol. bracts 1-2, like the pales, but shorter; receptacle cylindric, 
with broad dry pales enclosing the flowers. Anther-bases sagittate ; auricles 
connate, acute. Style-arms of Y short, flattened, very obtuse. Achenes black, 
inner face flat, outer convex, margin ciliate; pappus a short stellately spreading 
fimbriate corona. 
A. laciniatum, DC. Prodr. v. 869; Clarke Comp, Ind. 98, Sphaer- 
anthus laciniatus, Wall. Cat. 5184 (DC.). 
Berneat, from the Hoogly at Rajmahal, eastwards to Assam, and southwards to 
Birma and TENAsSERIM.— Distris. Java. 
