Remya.| COMPOSITAE. 193 
1. A. conyzoides, L. DC. Prod. V, 108. — An erect branching 
annual, 1—2 ft. high, hirsute with spreading hair. Leaves ovate, 2!/2— 
‘ X 2—2'/2‘, on hispid petioles:of 1—11/2‘, obtuse, crenate, truncate or 
cordate at the base, thin. Heads 2—3” in diameter, in dense terminal 
mes. Invol. bracts striate, acute, in about 2 rows. Florets numerous, 
pale blue or white. Achen lack, smooth. Pappus of 5 lanceolate, 
aristate, chaffy scales, sai: serrate in the lower part. — Fl. Hongk. 
te Hook. Exot. Fl. tab. 15. 
ommon in the eg nese = the whole group. Of American origin, but now 
Powe over most paca coun 
TRIBE TIL. ASTEROIDEAE. 
Heads either heterogamous and radiate, the ray-florets female, or 
or bilabiate or filiform, the disk-florets hermaphrodite, tubular and 
toothed; or by defect of the ray homogamous, the florets all cL 
and tubular. Receptacle generally na ers obtuse, almost entire 
at the base. Style-branches in the cceilaad Nis florets flat or flattish, 
the stigmatic lines conspicuous and not confluent. Leaves alternate, 
rarely opposite. 
4, REMYA, Hillebr. 
Heads heterogamous, radiate, the ray- -florets in one row, female and 
fertile, those of the disk hermaphrodite, but mostly sterile, Inyol. bracts 
lip ovate or oblong, entire or bidentate, the inner one very short, entire; 
the disk-florets funnel-shaped, 4—5-lobed. Anthers obtuse at the base 
apiculate, Style as long as the corolla, bifid, the branches flat- convex, 
prolonged beyond the stigmatic lines in a lanceolate appendage in the 
disk-florets, without appendage in the ray-florets. Achenes obconical, 
3—4-angular, with 1 or 2 nerves on the broader faces, spies cite, those 
Pp 
bristles. — Canescent shrubs with alternate, serrate, pennin 
Heads in terminal pavers or panicles. Flowers yellow newraanie & Hoek 
Genera Plant. II, 536. 
A peculi waiian genus, dedicated to Mr. Jules Remy by the author in recognition 
of his valuable researches in the flora of our archipelago and in grateful remembrance 
of friendly relations. — The corollas of the ray are distinctly y blabinte, Dut anthers and 
i toge 
Mutisieae that the authors of the Genera Plantarum have judged best to join our genus 
th Tribe Asteroideae, in which, if the shape of the nog be disregarded, it finds 
& proper place next to Grindelia among the Homochrome 
Leaves serrate; sepa ovoid; invol. bracts obtuse; ak of disk- : 
florets revolu 1. R. Mauiensis. 
i “tions acedls globular; ‘invol. bracts ‘acute; lobes of disk- : 
2. R. Kauaiensis. 
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