390 BVHMA, ITS PEOPLE A.Xfi PRODCCriOXS. 



'■■' Aiinuah, riTahrom. Florets intenscl;/ ijelloiv. Corymbs irrujular, siiiiilL 



P. (Blumea) sENEcroiDEs, D.C. All over Burma. Kamortu (K.). 



Erigerim falcatum, Dun. 

 Lagijcra fiava, lith. 

 Coni/za rejxindii, Koxb. 

 P. I)o>ii(ina, Kz. 

 Erect, simple or branclied, tlic caulinc leaves sessile, with broad rounded base ; 

 flower-heads about 2i lines long;, on rather sliort smooth peduncles. 



I place this species only reluctantly in Pliuhea. But I cannot find any ally to it 

 in Blumea, wliile here it has a very near one in P. Unearifolia (Kurz). 



** Hhrnhs or under shruhs. Florets purple to lilac. Conjinhs dense, terminal. 

 Receptacle glalrous. 



P. (Bacchakis) Indica, L. Tidal forests from Chittagong to Tenasserira, 



Coni/zei cori/mbosa, lloxb. the Andamans, and Xicobars. 



P. foliolosa, D.C. 

 Loaves obovatc, blunt or acute. Flower-heads 22^ lines long, the bracts shortly 

 pubescent, bluntish to acute. Shrub. 



■^ ° Anther-base obtuse, or onlg niucronate, or aeute, but not tailed. 



Sub-tribe ASTEROIDIE.T:. 



Flou-rr-head h/tcregamous radiate, or discoid or Iwmogatnous in absence of ilte ray- 

 forets. Inrohicral bracts in several or rarely only 2 rows. Anth-rs with obtuse almost 

 entire base. Style-branches linear, more or less fattened, produced beyond the stigmatic 

 lobes into lips or appendages, papillose on the outside. Jieceptacle usually nah-d. Leans 

 usually alternate. 



* Female florets, if present, fliform or bell-shaped or 2-toothed. 

 X Female forets, if present, fliform. Pappus bristly {Conyzica). 

 MiCROGLOSsA, Be Candolle. 

 Female florets in 1 or several rows, with the corollas minutely ligulatc, those on 

 the disk fertile. Pappus-bristles elongate. Involucral bracts in many rows. Shrubs. 

 M. (SoNCHfs) voLUBiLTS, llumph. Khakyen Hill, Jlartaban, and Tenasserim 



Conyza pyrifolia, Lamk. up to 3500 feet. 



C. prolifera, Bl. 



Conyza, Lcssiny. 



Female flarets in many rows, with the corollas shortly filiform (rarely slightly and 

 minutely ligulatc), the hermaphrodite florets mostly fertile. Achenes compressed. 

 Pappus-brislles elongate. Involucral bracts in 2 to many rows. Herbs or under shrubs. 



* Flower-heads very small, not above a line long, very numerous, corymbose. 



C. pennatifida, Boxb. Khakyen Hills and Martaban from 2000 



C. absinth/folia, D.C. to 5000 feet. 



Erect branches annual, shortly pubescent, the leaves small, simple or 3-cleft. 

 Pappus more or less rufesceut. 



* * Flower-heads 2-4 lines long. 

 X I'ubesccncc not viscid nor glandular. Leaves serrate to almost lobed, cuneale 



C. SEMIPINN.ATIFIDA, "Wall. Banks of large rivers, the Irrawaddy, Tsittoung, etc. 



Erect, more or less branched annual, more or less hirsute. Flower-heads 

 spherical, corymbose. Pappus white. 



