Blumea.'] CompOSltcE. 2 1 



A puzzling plant, very variable in size, and connecting B. barbata, from 

 which it chiefly differs in its larger size, with B. hteradi/olia, with which 

 Thwaites comlDined it. The name flexuosa is very inappropriate to this 

 stiff erect plant. The Fl. B. Ind. is incorrect in describing the inv.-bracts 

 as broad. 



Has a faintly aromatic scent. 



6. B. crinita, Am. Pus:;. 30 (1836). 



Thw. Enum. 163. Clarke, Comp. Ind. 84. C. P. I47- 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 267. 



Perennial, with a short horizontal rootstock, stem ii-3 ft., 

 nearly simple, stout, more or less covered with yellow hair ; 

 1. sessile (the lowest sometimes shortly stalked), broadly oval 

 or oblong-oval, obtuse and semi-amplexicaul at base, sub- 

 acute, denticulate, scabrous, and nearly glabrous above when 

 mature, more or less covered with long yellow hair beneath, 

 stiff; heads rather large, |-| in., sessile or stalked, in small 

 stalked clusters forming a sparse elongated inflor., inv.-bracts, 

 acute, numerous, extremely woolly, with long, copious, silky, 

 yellow hair, fl. numerous ; achene strongly ribbed, glabrous, 

 pappus white. 



Upper montane zone in wet, swampy places ; rare. Adam's Peak 

 (Gardner); about Nuwara Eliya in several places. Fl. Nov.; yellow. 

 Endemic. 

 Leaves dry black. 



7. B. hieraciifolia, DC. in Wight., Contrib. 15 (1834?). 

 Thw. Enum. 163 (excl. var. /3). C. P. 19 and 403 (in part). 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 263 (not given for Ceylon). 



Perennial (?), stems 2-5 ft., very erect, stout, nearly glabrous, 

 or more or less scabrous, with short hairs, slightly branched; 

 1. 3-6 in., smaller upwards, the lowest shortly stalked, the 

 rest sessile, oblong-lanceolate, much tapering to base, acute, 

 irregularly gashed or coarsely dentate-serrate, hispid or 

 scabrous above, more or less hairy or scabrous beneath ; 

 heads rather large, |-| in., shortly stalked, crowded in small 

 rounded clusters, forming a large elongated inflor. with 

 shaggy-hairy branches ; inv.-bracts acute, with purple points, 

 hairy-pubescent ; achene oblong, strongly ribbed, glabrous, 

 pappus rather scanty, white. 



Upper montane zone ; rather rare. Adam's Peak (Gardner) ; below 

 Horton Plains towards Galagama; Totapella ; Hakgala. Fl. Dec-Feb.; 

 yellow. 



Also in India and Java (?). 



Known by its large size and harsh usually gashed leaves. I doubt 

 this being R. hieraciifolia, DC, to which Thwaites has referred it. It is 

 certainly not Wight, Ic. t. 1099. Dries black. 



