22 Composite^. \Blumea. 



8. B. membranacea, DC. Prod, v, 440 (1836;. 



B. i^liifidi/iosa, Thw. Enum. 163 (non DC?). C. P. 1734. 

 Fl.^B. Ind. iii. 265. 



Annual, stem 2-4 ft. or more, stout, striate, branched 

 above, usually finely glandular-pubescent; 1. 3-4 in., numerous, 

 the lower stalked, the upper usually sessile, all obovate-oval, 

 very much tapering to base, obtuse, coarsely dentate or 

 irregularly gashed, glandular-pubescent on both sides, thin, 

 veins prominent beneath ; heads \ in., on short glandular 

 ped., in small dense clusters, forming an elongated, glandular, 

 interrupted inflor., inv.-bracts with membranous margins, 

 glandular-pubescent, the outer ones much shorter, spreading, 

 achenes ribbed, glabrous, pappus white. 



Var. /3, Gardneri, Hk. f. in Fl. B. Ind., I. c. B. virens, DC, var. 

 zeylanica, I.e. 80, Clarke. C. P. 560, 2822. 



Taller, often 5 or 6 ft., slightly pubescent or perfectly 

 glabrous ; lower 1. often much gashed or even lobed, very 

 membranous ; inflor. larger, extremely lax and paniculate, 

 heads on slender, glabrous or slightly glandular, divaricate 

 ped. ; outer inv.-bracts numerous, rather squarrose, achene 

 hairy. 



A weed in the low country, especially in the dry districts ; common ; 

 also in the hills to 4000 ft. FI. all the year; yellowish. 



Throughout India and Malaya. 



Very variable. Often in the dry country very viscid with glands and 

 strong-smelling. The two species B. virens and B. mcinbranacca can 

 scarcely be separated ; but perhaps our var. /3 should rather be placed 

 under the former, as is done by Clarke. 



9. B. spectabilis, DC. Prod. v. 445 (1836). 



B. inyrioccpliala, Thw. Enum. 163 (non DC). B. Wallichii, Clarke, 

 Comp. Ind. 87. C P. 1744. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 269. 



Stem tall, 4-6 ft., stout, glabrous or puberulous, scarcely 

 branched; 1. large, the lower ones 12-14 i'i-> the upper 6-9 in., 

 sessile, narrowly lanceolate, very much tapering to base, less 

 so to apex, acute, shallowly dentate-serrate, often with 2 or 3 

 small, narrow, divaricate lobes at the very base, glabrous on 

 both sides, heads about ;^ in., on rather long pubescent stalks, 

 very numerous, forming a very large, elongated, pyramidal, 

 lax panicle, with a narrow, leafy bract below each branchlet; 

 inv.-bracts numerous, the outer rows short and slightly 

 spreading, all acute, slightly pubescent ; achene narrow, 

 faintly ribbed, hairy, pappus pale coppery-red. 



Moist region up to 4000ft.; rare. Near Hakmana, S. I'rov. ; Hantane. 

 Fl. F>b.; yellow. 

 Also in S. India. 



