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and coarsely toothed; the petioles usually winged, glabrous 
on both sides, somewhat fleshy, the upper leaves clasping. 
Heads upon slender peduncles; bracts glabrous, united at 
the base, scariously margined, linear; flowers equalling the 
bracts, pink; achenes flattened, finely scabrous along the ribs; 
pappus silkily white, easily detached. 
DisTRIBUTION: 
Warm countries of Africa and Asia, Japan and in- 
troduced in America. 
Luzon: 
Mount Arayat, Province of Pampanga, October 1904, 
Merrill 3920. 
Carronglang, Province of Nueva Viscaya, May 1902; 
Merrill 275. 
Malapadnabate, Province of Rizal, June 1903, Merrill 
2740. 
Mount Mariveles, Province of Bataan, June 1904, 
Whitford. 
Subig, Province of Zambales, January 1904, Hallier. 
Panay: 
Iloilo, January 1904, Copeland 119. 
3. E. flammea Cass. Dict. Sc. Nat. 10; 14, 1826-34. 
F. Vil. Nov. App. 120, 1880. Hook. Fl. Brit. Ind. 3; 636, 
1881. Forbes and Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 23; 449, 1888. 
E. sagittata DC. Prod. 6; 302, 1837. Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2; 101, 
1856.— Herbs 20 cm. high, branched below the middle. Leaves 
ample, entire or obscurely toothed, lanceolate to obovate, 
the lower ones with winged petioles, the upper ones clasp- 
ing, subglabrous on both sides or hirsutulous beneath. Heads 
solitary upon the rather numerous erect peduncles; bracts 
glaucous, united at the base, linear, scariously margined, 
persistent, ultimately reflexed; flowers pink, slightly exceed- 
ing the involucre; achenes finely pubescent along the ribs; 
pappus dense, white, silky. 
DISTRIBUTION: 
India and in the Malayan Archipelago. 
