96 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY [Vor. I, Art. > 
5-lobed; style arms subulate; achenes 10-ribbed; pappus per- 
sistent, of awn like scales or bristles. 
Species 16; one in Senegambia, the others in warmer 
parts of America. 
Heads sessile. 
i. E. spicatus. 
Heads pedunculate. 
Leaves usually whorled at the base. 
2. E. scaber. 
Leaves not whorled, scattered, *subradical or cauline. 
3. E. mollis. 
1. E. spicatus (Cass.) Juss. in Aubl. Pl. Guian. 2; 808, 
1775. F- Vil. Nov. App. 114, 1880. Vid. Phan. Cuming. Filip. 
121, 1885: Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. 160, 1886. Schum. u. Lautr. 
Fl. Deutsch. Schutz. Suds. 595, 1901. Merr. Govt. Lab. 
Publ. 6; 22, 1904. Hayata in Journ. Coll. Sci. Tokyo, 18; 
Art. 8, 6, 1904. Distreptus spicatus Cass. in DC. Prod. 
5; 87, 1836. E. dubius Blco. Fl. Filip. ed. 2; 442, 1845. 
Ageratum quadriflorum Bleo. Fi. Filip. ed. 1; 624, 1837.— 
An erect, glabrous or sparsely pubescent herb, usually 
branched from the base. Leaves sessile, oblanceolate, much 
tapering towards the base, the upper ones numerous, smaller 
and bract like. Heads subcylindrical, 1 to 3, shorter than 
the subtending bracts, the bracts themselves smooth, coriaceous; 
corolla slender, tubular, white; achenes densely hispid, two 
of the pappus bristles stout, looped at the apex, the others 
much shorter and finer. 
DISTRIBUTION: 
Tropical America and in Japan. 
Luzon: 
Manila, December 1902, Merrill 630. 
Dinalupihan, Province of Bataan, January 1903, Mer- 
ril 1577. 
Mrxporo: 
Calapan, January 1903, Merrill 1278. 
