224 COMPOSITE. 



CONYZA. F.B.I. 78 XXIV. 



Herbs with alternate leaves and terminal corymbs of 

 flower-heads without rays and the florets apparently all 

 similar, but the outer two or three circles slender, two 

 or three-toothed, without stamens and pale gold in 

 colour, the inner florets five-toothed complete with sta- 

 mens. Anther bases not divided. Stylar arms flattened. 

 Achenes small pappus hairs about ten, short, dilated. 



Species about 50 chiefly tropical and sub-tropical, a few in 

 temperate regions. 



Conyza stricta Willd. ; F.B.I. iii 258, XXIV 6; Kodai- 

 kanal Groundsel. A small herb with numerous small 

 unrayed yellow 3^-inch flower-heads, of very slender 

 florets and pappus, in much branched terminal corjmibs. 



Whole plant pubescent, I to 2 feet, branched upwards. 

 Leaves obovate and coarsely serrate to oblanceolate- 

 oblong entire, dull-green, erect. Heads very numerous 

 in corymbs, terminal and from the upper axils : alter- 

 nate peduncles slender /^ to ^ inch. Involucral bracts 

 '% inch, narrow with scarious edges, densely pubescent. 

 Outer florets tubular, very slender, minutely toothed : 

 inner bell-shaped ones few, five-lobed. Achenes slender, 

 1/40 inch, pappus hairs few and fine. 



In waste places and dry soil very common on the plateaus 

 especially near the observatory at Kodaikanal. Fyson 287, 

 721. Bourne 519. 



Gen. Dist. South-east Himalayas and the South Indian mountains. 



BLUMEA. F.B.I. 78 XXVI. 



Annual or perennial herbs with alternate woolly 

 or glandular pubescent leaves, often strongly scented. 

 Flower-heads variously arranged ; without rays, and all 

 the florets tubular and apparently similar ; but several 

 outer circles slender two or three-toothed, without sta- 

 mens. Inner few (or absent), five-toothed : anther bases 



