LIXI. COMPOSIT.i:. I'J 



Heads ^-| in. in diam. 



Leaves thick, obovate, densely woolly ; receptacle 



glabrous 11. B. Malcolmii. 



Leaves membranous, lanceolate-oblong, pubescent or 



glabrous; receptacle pubescent 12. B.malaharica. 



A shrub 4-6 ft. high ; leaves 6-10 in. long 13. B. spectabilis. 



1. Blumea amplectens, DO. in Wight, Contrib. (1834) p. 13. 

 Annual, 10-15 in. high (except the var. maritima which is much higher) ; 

 stems terete, divaricately branched, more or less hairy. Leaves |-2 

 by 5— I in., sessile, elliptic-oblong, acute, the young leaves villous, the 

 older nearly glabrous, auricled at the base, |--amplexicaul, regularly and 

 sharply toothed, the upper teeth the smaller. Heads small, |-^ in. in 

 diam., solitary, few, terminal; flowers yellow; peduncles hairy, often 

 longer than the leaves. Corolla-lobes of ^ flowers hairy. Invol.-bracts 

 linear-subulate, densely pubescent, the inner row tipped with a long 

 white bristle. Receptacle glabrous. Pappus pink. Achenes minute, 

 about -^-^ in. long, oblong, compressed, microscopically hairy. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 3, p. 260; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 125; C. B. Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 71; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 19 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) 

 p. 648. — Flowers : Dec. Ver:n'. Buramhi. 



Konkan: Bombay, Woodrow. Gujarat: Vankanea (Kathiawar), Cool-e\ — Distrib. 

 More or less throughout India ; Ceylon. 



Var. 1. tenella, Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 260 (not Blumea tenella of 

 DC). Nearly glabrous. Scarcely separable as a variety. 



Konk.\n: Lawl Deccan: 'Kha.ndLula,, Stocks \ Gujarat: B\iva.i, Dahell \ 



Yab. 2. maritima. Hook, f . Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 260. A dense bush 3-5 ft. 

 high, glabrous, glandular. Leaves small. Heads large. 

 A littoral species. Sind : Stocks, 554 ! 



2. Blumea bifoliata, DC. in Wight, Contrib. (1834) p. 14. Stem 

 terete, branched from the base, erect or decumbent, more or less hairy. 

 Leaves 1-3 by 2-I5 in., elliptic or oblong, acute, sessile, slightly serrate, 

 pubescent or pilose on both sides, the uppermost pair of leaves sub- 

 opposite. Heads 5—^ in. in diam., solitary ; flowers yellow ; peduncles 

 rather long. Corolla-lobes of ^ flowers hairy. Invol.-bracts hairy, 

 linear, acute, the interior not caudate. Receptacle glabrous. Pappus 

 white. Achenes narrowly oblong, with 4-5 slightly hairy angles. Fl. 

 B. I. v. 3, p. 261 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 125 ; C. B. Clarke, Comp. Ind. 

 p. 72; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 19.— Flowers : Dec.-Feb. 



Deccan: Woodrow. S. M. Country: Belgaum (north), liifchie, 1815! Gujarat: 

 Surat, Balzell cf" Gibson. — Distrib. India (Bengal, Birma, W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon, 

 Malay Peninsula. 



3. Blumea Wightiana, DO. in Wight, Contrib. (1834) p. 14. 

 Stem erect, branched, 6-30 in. high ; branches terete, villous. Leaves 

 1^-4 by |-2 in., elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate, or obovate, the lower 

 petioled, the upper nearly sessile, irregularly toothed or serrate. Heads 

 I in. in diam., collected into terminal spiciform dense (rarely open) 

 often interrupted cymes or panicles ; flowers purple. Invol.-bracts 

 narrowly linear, acuminate, the outer hairy. Receptacle glabrous. 

 Anthers subincluded, caudate at the base. Corollas of ^ flowers with 



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