160 THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGES. 



Blumea lacera, DC. var. 



Blumea lacera, DC. var. ; Benth., Fl. Austr., iii. p. 526 ; Hook, f., FL Brit. Ind., iii. p. 263 ; Oliver, 



Fl. Trop. Afr., iii. p. 322. 

 Conyza lacera, Bum. ; Miq., FL Ind. Bat., ii. p. 42. 



Timor Laut ; Babar. — Almost universal in the tropics of the Old World. 



Blumea membranacea, DC. 



Blumea membranacea, DC. ; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., iii. p. 265. 

 Conyza membranacea, Wall. ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., ii. p. 49. 



Timor Ladt. — A variable plant, common throughout India and the Archipelago. 

 Blumea balsamifera, DC. 



Blumea balsamifera, DC. ; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., iii. p. 270. 



Conyza balsamifera, Linn., et Conyza appendiculata, Blume; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., ii. pp. 55 et 56. 



Maru ; Babar. — Widely dispersed in Tropical Asia. 



Blumea wightiana, DC. 



Blumea wightiana, DC. ; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., iii. p. 261 ; Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr., iii. p. 323 (sub 



Blumea lacera). 

 Conyza lactuccefolia, Wall. ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., ii. p. 48. 



Babar. — Common in Tropical Asia and Tropical Africa, and also occurring in 

 Australia, according to Hooker, though it is not included in Beutham's Flora Australiensis. 



Pluchea indica, Less. 



Pluchea indica, Less. ; Benth., Fl. Austr., iii. p. 527 ; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., iii. p. 272. 

 Conyza indica, Blurne; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., ii. p. 58. 



Timor Laut. — A salt-marsh plant, ranging from China and the Sunderbunds, in India, 

 to North Australia. The genus Pluchea comprises about thirty species spread over the 

 warmer parts of Asia, Africa, America, and Australia. 



Wedelia biflora, DC. 



Wedelia biflora, DC. ; Benth., Fl. Austr., iii. p. 539; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., iii. p. 306; Oliver, 



Fl. Trop. Afr., iii. p. 376. 

 Wollastonia biflora, DC, et Wollastonia scabriuscula, DC. ;" Miq., FL Ind. Bat., ii. pp. 70 et 



71. 



Moa ; Timor Laut. — A common seaside plant in the tropical regions of the Old 

 World. De Candolle records it from the Marianne Islands. There are between forty and 

 fifty species of Wedelia, mostly American. 



