RUBIACEAE ■ COMPOSITAE 229 



LEVTODERMIS— continued 



L. pilosa. 10. July-September. D. Ls. ov., i, grey-green, hairy. Fls. \, 



lavender-coloured. China. (Fig. 67 k.) 

 L. Purdomii. ^. August-September. D. Stems long, slender, wiry. Ls. linear, 

 I, in clusters at joints, hairless. Fls. |, pink, tubular. China. (Fig. 50 k.) 



LUCULIA. Branchlets dotted. Ls. opposite, ov., lane, 6, with nine or more 

 pairs veins. Fls. i^, funnel-shaped, fragrant, in terminal branched clusters. 

 Fruit a capsule with numerous winged seeds. 



* L. gratissima. 12. August-September. D. Branchlets downy. Fls. pink. 



Himalaya, 



* L. Phiceana. 12. June-September. D. Branchlets hairless. Fls. white. 



Himalaya. 

 MiTCHELLA REPENS. Partridge Berry. Prostrate. June-July. E. Ls. opposite, 

 ov., ^, hairless. Fls. |, white or tinged with purple, funnel-shaped, 4-parted, in 

 stalked pairs. Fruit I, a red berry. North America. (Fig. 67 c.) 



Paederia chinensis (P. tomentosa). 18. June-September. D. Climber. Ls. 

 opposite, ov., lane, 4, downy below. Fls. I, tubular, white, with purple throat, 

 in axillary and terminal branched clusters. China. 



Family 56. COMPOSITAE. K (5), C (5), A (5), Gi 

 (Daisy, Dandelion, Groundsel, Thistle) 



Fls. in composite heads, each head having the appearance of a single fl.; sepals 

 reduced to hairs or bristles (pappus) ; what appear to be sepals are really bracts. 



(I) Fl.-heads usually with Ray Florets 

 (Daisy Section) 



* Aplopappus (DiPLOPAPPUs) ERicoiDES. 5. August. E. Stems erect. Ls. 

 linear, |, in clusters at each joint. Fls. |, yellow, in long-stalked terminal branched 

 clusters; ray florets five. California. (Fig. 49 N.) 



* Grindelia SPECIOSA. 3. May-October. E. Young stems sticky and very leafy. 

 Ls. alternate, linear oblong, 4, tapering base, coarsely toothed, grey-green, gummy; 

 stalkless or nearly so. Fls. 3, yellow, solitary, long-stalked. South America. 



* Helichrysum (Ozothamnus) rosmarinifolium. 9. July-September. E. 

 Young stems ribbed, clammy. Ls. alternate, linear, i, dark green and clammy 

 above, pale below, margins recurved. Fls. small, white, in rounded branched 

 clusters at end of short side shoots. Victoria and Tasmania. (Fig. 51 n.) 



Microglossa (Aster, Amphiraphis) albescens. 5. July. D. Stems pithy, 

 grey and downy. Ls. alternate, lane, 5, tapered at both ends, pointed, minutely 

 and distantly toothed, dark green above, grey down below. Fls. I, bluish purple 

 with yellow centre, in terminal branched clusters. Himalaya. (Fig. 98 h.) 



* MuTisiA decurrens. id. Summer. E. Climbing by tendrils. Ls. lane, 5, 

 entire, ending in forked tendril, base continued down stem as a pair of narrow 

 wings. Fls. 4, red or orange with yellow centre, solitary at end of shoot, long- 

 stalked. Chile. (Fig. 120 k.) 



(M. ilicifolia has leathery Is. with spiny teeth; M. Clematis has 

 pinnate Is.) 



