84 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS 



ViTTABiNiA DiSTiCHA, S. Moore, sp. nov. 



Planta humilis. Caulis lignosus, juxta solum ramos complures densissime foliosos 

 emittens. Folia sessilia, bifariatim arete imbricata, lineari-teretia, obtusa, margine 

 maxime involuta, ut rami tela argyrea deinde fusca induta, 8-10 mm. longa, in 

 sicco 1 mm. lata. Ccqntula mediocria, ramos solitatim. terminantia, breviter 

 pedunculata, 21-flosculosa, circa 6x7 mm. Involucrum bemispba^ricum, 

 3-4!-seriale ; pbylla lineari-lanceolata, obtusa vel obtuse acuta, extus argyraea, 

 exteriora 3'5-5 mm., caetera 6-6'5 mm. longa. Radii fiosculi 15, borum ligulse 

 abbreviatee, ex pappo baud vel yix eminentes, lineares vel lineari-oblongse, apice 

 integrse, 1'5 mm. longse. Disci fiosculi 6, fertiles; corollse 5-fidce, inferne anguste 

 cylindric9B, superne campanulatse, 4'5 mm. longse. Antherce inclusaj, angustissimse, 

 1 mm. longae ; loculi basi obtusi. Stylus inclusus, hujus rami exserti, appendicibus 

 subulatis onusti, 1 mm. longi. Achcenia compressa, oblongo-turbinata, dense 

 sericea, 2'5-3"5 mm. longa. Fapptis 5 mm. longus ; setae 2-seriales, paucse 

 exteriores plus minus abbreviatse, scabridse, fulvse. 

 Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft. 



Whole plant often only 6 cm. high or less, though sometimes reaching 10 cm. Stems 

 branching from near the ground, woody, ascending or apparently sometimes procumbent, 

 thickly covered with the remains of dead foliage. Pedmicles at the flowering stage 

 very short, never exceeding 3 mm. in length, but elongating afterwards to 10 mm., like 

 the leaves silky. Anthet^s with short lanceolate, acuminate appendages. 



Avery distinct species easily recognised by its narrow close-set, distichous silky leaves. 



COMPOSITE: Inuloide.^. 



Blumea BALroUMi, Hemsl. in Kew Bull. 1894, 213, var. paptjana, S. Moore, var. nov. 

 A typo discrepat ramis angulatis fere alatis, foliis subtus puberulis, superioribus 



longioribus basin versus longiuscule extenuatis, inflorescentia sparsiore. 

 Canoe Camp, 500 ft. 

 Distrib. Type a native of the Solomon Islands. 



Blttmea paptjana, S. Moore, sp. nov. 



Mai7ii foliosi, teretes, puberuli. Folia breviter petiolata, ovata vel ovato-oblonga, 

 obtusa vel obtuse acuta, basi obtusa, margine glanduloso-denticulata, coriacea, 

 pagina inferiore prsesertim in nervis puberula, usque ad 7x35 cm., saspissime 

 + 4x2 cm. Capittila pro rata mediocria (circa 1x1 cm.), multiflosculosa, in 

 jianiculam bracteatam satis densam foliis ssejoissime longiorem (+10 cm. longam) 

 disposita. Bractece vetustiores foliis diminutis similes, 2-3 X 1"2-1"5 cm., juniores 

 minores, lanceolatse; bractese inflorescentiarum partialium parvulse, lineares, ut 

 axes sparsim pubescentes. Involucriini hemisphgericum ; pbylla circa 6-serialia, 

 interiora gradatim longiora, lanceolata, acuminata, apice piloso-ciliato exempto 

 glabra, exteriora fusca, 2-3 mm. longa, interiora dilutius brunnea, 4-8 mm. longa. 

 Receptaculum nudum. Fiosculi hermaphroditi 6, vix exserti. Antherce ex corolla 



