116 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY (Vor. I, Arr Z 
10. B. manillensis (Less.) DC. Prod. 5; 435, 1836. F., 
Vil. Nov. App. 115, 1880. Conyza manillensis Less. in Lin- 
naea, 6; 135, 1831. Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2; 42, 1856. Conyza 
gouiana Bleo. Fi. Filip. ed. 1; 629, 1837. Conyza erosa Bleo. 
Fl. Filip. ed. 2; 439, 1845.—A much branched annual or bien- 
nial, 1 m. high or less. Larger leaves lyrately lobed, irregularly 
toothed, strigose on both surfaces. Panicle large, divaricately 
spreading; heads usually clustered at the ends of the branchlets, 
sessile or slightly exceeding the flowers, persistent; corolla 
yellow; receptacle minutely hirsute; achenes minute, strigose; 
pappus hairs 9 to 12 on each achene, dull white, minutely 
scabrous. 
DISTRIBUTION: 
Java. 
Luzon: 
. Arayat, Province of Pampanga, March 1908, Merrill 1428. 
Manila, December 1902, Merrill 631. 
Antipolo, Province of Rizal, February 1903, Merrill 1296. 
CULION: 
December 1902, Merrill 565. 
MINDANAO: 
Davao, April 1903, DeVore and Hoover 130. 
11. B. lacera (Burm.) DC. Prod. 5; 436, 1836. Benth. 
Fl. Hongk. 178, 1861: Fl. Austr. 3; 525, 1866. F. Vil. Nov. 
App. 1880. Hook. Fl. Brit. Ind. 3; 263, 1881. Mart. in 
Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. 15; 291, 1883. Vid. Phan. Cuming. Filip. 
121, 1885: Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. 162, 1886. Forbes and Hemsl. 
in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 23; 421, 1888. Conyza lacera. Burm. 
Fl. Ind. 180, 1768. Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2; 42, 1856. B. napifolia 
DC. in F. Vil. Nov. App. 115, 1880. King and Gamb. Mat. 
Fl. Malay. Penin. 16; 35, 1905.—An annual or biennial herb, 
about 80 em. high. Stems solitary or several from the root. 
Leaves obovate, coarsely dentate or obscurely lobed, the base, 
extending into a decurrent petiole, apex rounded or obtuse. 
Heads in short axillary cymes or in terminal spike like 
panicles, rarely corymbose; bracts of the involucre narrow 
