•fb COMPOSIT.^ 



ERIGBRON. 



See Vol. I p. 222. 

 : Erigcron linifolius Willd. ; F.B.I, iii 254. Branched or 

 not, 12 to 24 inches. Leaves narrow, linear to oblanceolate 

 I to 2 inches by 1/16 to 54 inch, the broader ones very 

 coarsely serrated, erect or weakly spreading. Heads on 

 peduncles of 5^ to M inch, in terminal racemes or pani- 

 cles. Involucral bracts 1/6 to 1/5 inch linear, coarsely 

 hairy. Florets small purplish. Achenes 1/20 inch; 

 pappus 1/16 inch reddish, t. 378. 



A weed, on both plateaus. Fyson 1952, 4216, 4313* 

 Beurne 4468. 



Erigcron mucronatum DC. ; Vol. I p. 222. t. 379. 



CONYZA. 



See Vol. I p. 224. 



Conyza striata Willd. ; Vol. I p. 124. t. 380. 



Conyza japonica Less. ; F.BJ. iii 256, XXIV 2. Stem 

 6 to 12 inches, woody or glabrate, not or little branched. 

 Leaves sessile, obovate, spathulate, coarsely serrate, 

 often but not always with dilated auricular base. Heads 

 J^ inch diameter nearly sessile in terminal rounded 

 corymbs. Involucral bracts acute, with hairy middle part 

 and scarious margins. Receptacle pitted and fimbriate. 

 Achenes very small, pinkish purple. Pappus J4 inch 

 silky, slightly red or pinkish, t. 381. 



On paths and bare places, on both plateaus. Fyson 4 161. 

 Sedgwick 439, 1576. 



Has the habit of Blumea hieracifolia, cf . p. 71 of this book. 



BLUMEA. 



See Vol. 1 p. 224. 



