114 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BoTANY [Vor. I, ART. 7 
6. B. laciniata (Roxb.) DC. Prod. 5; 436, 1836. F. Vil. 
Nov. App. 115, 1880. Hook. Fl. Brit. Ind. 3; 264, 1881. Vid. 
Phan. Cuming. Filip. 121, 1885: Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. 102, 
1886. Forbes and Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 23; 421, 1888. 
Conyza laciniata Roxb. Hort. Beng. 61, 1814.—A much branch- 
ed glabrous annual about 1 m. high. Leaves subscabrid on 
both surfaces, serrate and irregularly lobed, oblanceolate, 
slenderly petioled. Panicle glabrous, much branched, the brac- 
teolate peduncles bearing solitary heads; involucral bracts 
acute, glabrous; persistent; corollas yellow; achenes subterete, 
pubescent; pappus silky white. 
DISTRIBUTION: 
India. 
Luzon: 
Bauang, Province of Union, February 1904, Elmer 5732. 
Subig, Province of Zambales, January 1904, Hallier. 
Province of Pampanga, March 1903, Merrill 1456. 
CULION: 
December 1902, Merrill 622. 
7. B. virens DC. in Wight Contrib. 14, 1834: Prod. 
5; 439, 1836. Hook. Fl. Brit. Ind. 3; 264, 1881. Mart. in Nuov. 
Giorn. Bot. Ital. 15; 291, 1883. Vid. Phan. Cuming. Filip. 122, 
1885: Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. 162, 1886. Rolfe in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. Bot. 23; 213, 1885.—A glabrous or subglabrous widely 
branching herb, with one or more stems from the base. 
Leaves obovate, membranous, glabrous, irregularly serrate 
but not lobed. Heads upon short glabrous or pubescent pe- 
duncles; involucral bracts glabrous: corollas yellow; achenes 
finely pubescent; pappus dull white, silky. 
DISTRIBUTION: 
India. 
PHILIPPINES: 
1836-41, Cuming 659 and 1023. 
8. B. virens minor Hook. Fl. Brit. Ind. 3; 264, 1881.— 
A slender unbranched annual, 20 to 30 cm. high. Stem 
glabrous, one or more from the base. Leaves usually below 
