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the middle of the stem, several, radical, 2 cm. long, 5 mm. 
wide, oblanceolate, sessile, sparsely strigose, entire or remotely 
apiculate above the middle. Heads few, forming a sparse 
elongated panicle, the peduncles subglabrous; involucral bracts 
persistent, scariously margined; flowers yellow; receptacle 
naked; achenes subcylindrie, finely ribbed, obscurely pubescent; 
pappus white, soft, silky. 
DisTRIBUTION: 
India. 
CULION: 
February 1903, Merrill 679. 
9. B. wightiana DC. Prod. 5; 435, 1836. F. Vil. Nov. 
App. 115, 1880. Hook. Fl. Brit. Ind. 3; 261, 1881. Mart. in 
Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. 15; 290, 1883. Vid. Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. 
161, 1886: Phan. Cuming. Filip 122, 1885. Forbes and 
Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 23; 422, 1888. B. chami- 
sonis DC. in F. Vil. Nov. App. 115, 1880. King and Gamb. 
Mat. Fl. Malay. Penin. 16; 34, 1905. Conyza bifoliata C. et 
L. in Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2; 42, 1856.—4 slender softly pub- 
escent, much branched annual or biennial. Stems and branch- 
es many, pubescent. Leaves many, the lower ones broadly 
obovate, subsessile, membranous, silky pubescent on both 
surfaces, finely serrate, the apex obtuse, the base long acu- 
minate.  Panicles spicate, leafy; heads peduncled or sub- 
sessile; involucral bracts long silky pubescent, purplish; corolla 
purple; receptacle pitted; achenes minute, glabrous; pappus 
usually of fine silky white bristles. 
DISTRIBUTION: 
China, Australia, Malay Islands, India and tropical 
Africa. 
PHILIPPINES: 
1894-5, Marave 174. 
1836-41, Cuming 1139 and 1663. 
Luzon: 
Manila, February 1903, Merrill 3806. 
Baguio, province of Benguet, January 1903, Topping 142. 
