Blumea.) LXE. COMPOSITA. 527 
` tralian ones I have seen belong chiefly to a eee lomi bonda variety with lon 
pon thin leaves, often Ca re ‘ how cie: under the of B. Wightiana, DG. 
ae s B ua SE hic i 
pA The cimen early a i 
as B. hieracifolia. i v^ Pirates are r oe lafger han usual in B. /acera, but the 
rud are mo qur lyrate and all petiolate, and they appear s represent only a luxuriant state 
lacer 
24. PLUCHEA, Less. 
— and c dime F. Muell. ) 
tails or points at the base. Style (of the disk- pie simple, papillose 
towards the end, or ids hen branched as in mea. Achenes small, 
Ua i ral N. and S. American species, a very few t m kife and 
tropical a ei subtropical Asin eie the Aust nie rd eg? five of which are endemic, the 
Sith a common Asiatic o y differ — m B/umea, in habit as well as in the 
involuere and style, >g none of Cen characters uite constant. They have some 
tfinity also with Pterige a? lin the fe female florets are ee ligulate, andthe style is scarce ly 
H not at all bulbous at the b 
ones I. Pluchea.—Flower-heads ovoid. Involueral bracts lanceolate or the outer 
ovate, 
Shrub of 3 to 4 ft. Leaves obovate. Flower-heads in dense ege, 
Herbs | 3 in. diameter . 
or M of 1 to 2 ft. Flower-heads in loose leafy corym- 
Ka panicles, solitary or in -— clusters on the branches. 
Ves "ria or —— 
Leaves 
Seerrox. II, Eyrea.—F/ower-heads broad or ABS Involucral bracts 
‘lL. P. indica. 
9. P. tetranthera. 
3. P. baccharoides. 
um eads about 4 in. diameter, the bracts all dry 4. P. Eyrea. 
at ge 4 in. diameter, the outer bracts J vith reflexed tips 
"degt with acuminate coloured tips. Western species 5. P. aquam 
M S the JM with fine icit Së Eastern » tropical it on 
E. I Peng: Mua COLUMN ovoid. pe bracts lanceo- 
. “€or the outer ones ovate. 
e P. indica, Less.;—DC. Prod. v i An erect branching shrub, 
et. 8 to 4 ft., Steng or covered ug a minute glandular pubese nee. 
gla ae petiolate, obovate, oblong or rarely ovate, 1 to 2 in. long, with 
acute teeth or almost entire. Flower-heads in dense terminal 
