20 LXXI. COMPOSITE. 



glandular lobes. Pappus shorter than the in vol .-bracts. Achenes 

 minute, oblong, 4-5-angled, not ribbed, FL B, I. v, 3, p. 261 ; 

 C B. Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 74; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. II 

 (1898) p. 648. B. hohsencea ?, Dalz. & Gibs. p. 125 (not of DC.).— 

 Plowers : Dec- Jan. 



Dalzell wilhout locality in Herb. Kew. ! Konkan : Matberan, Woodrow. Deccan : 

 Poona, Woodrow. — Disteib. Througbout tbe plains of India. 



4. Blumea glomerata, DC. in Wiijht, Contrlh. (1834) p. 15. 

 Pubescent or villous ; stem herbaceous, erect, 1-4 ft. high, ashy- 

 pubescent, especially in the upper part. Lower leaves petioled, obovate, 

 often lyrate-pinnatifid, 4-5 in. long, coarsely serrate or sometimes 

 entire ; the upper leaves much smaller, sessile, oblong, inciso-serrate, all 

 more or less hairy or pubescent on both sides. Heads ^ in. in diam., 

 in sessile fascicles along the branches often forming interrupted spikes ; 

 flowers yellow. Corolla-lobes of ^ flowers pubescent. Receptacle 

 pubescent. Invol.-bracts ashy-pubescent, the outer very small, the 

 inner large, exceeding tjie flowers, very often purple. Achenes ribbed, 

 sparingly hairy. PL B. I. v. 3, p. 262 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 125 ; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 648. Blumea fasciculata, DC. 

 Prodr. V. 5, p. 442; C. B. Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 81. — Vern. 

 Bhdjnbhurda. 



Konkan : Dalzell 4' Gibson. 



Tbis plant is included on tbe autbority of Dalzell & Gibson. I have seen no 

 specimens from tbe Bombay Presidency. There are none in Herb. Kew., and 

 Woodrow in bis list quotes Dalzell as the authority for its occurrence in tbe Konkan. 



5. Blumea lacera, DC. in Wight, Contrib. (1834) p. 14. Annual, 

 with a strong odor of turpentine; stem erect, 1-3 ft. high, ash-colored, 

 usually densely glandular-pubescent. Leaves 1^-5 by ^-2^ in., the 

 lower petioled, often incised or lyrate, the upper subsessile, elliptic- 

 oblong or obovate, obtuse or subacute, finely silky-pubescent on both 

 sides, sharply serrate-dentate, base much tapered. Heads 5-5 in. in 

 diam., numerous, in short axillary cymes and terminal spiciform 

 panicles ; flowers yellow. Corolla-lobes of ^ flowers nearly glabrous. 

 Invol.-bracts densely silky-villous, the outer bracts somewhat herba- 

 ceous, linear-lanceolate, the inner Unear, searious, with a green midrib, 

 lieceptacle glabrous. Pappus white. Achenes not ribbed, small, 

 oblong, sub-4-gonous. Distinguished, when living, from B. Wightiana 

 bv its yellow flowers and by its odor. PI. B. I. v. 3, p. 263 ; Grab, 

 Cat. p. 97 ; C. B. Clarke, Coinp. Ind. p. 76 ; Trim. PI. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 19 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 648 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. v. 1, p. 459. Blumea leptocladea, Dalz. & Gibs. p. 126 {itot 

 of DC). — Flowers: Jan.-Apr. VEms". Burando. 



Konkan : Sfoc/:s !, Nimmo ex Graham. Deccan : Poona, CooJce\, G. M. IVoodrov .' ; 

 Kirki, e/. G. Woodrow] ; Khandala, -SYoc/is! Kanaka: Woodrow; on tbe Kdla naddi, 

 Eitchie, 181G ! — Distiub. Throughout the plains of India; Ceylon, China, Malaya, 

 Tropical Africa. 



Vak. glundnhsa, Hook. f. PI. B. I. v. 3, p. 263. Whole plant 

 more or less ghindulnr. B. ghtndidosa (sp.), DC. in Wight, Contrib. 

 p. 14. 



S. M. Cou.NTRY : Eamgliat, Piitchie, 402 ! 



