Microglossa. 1 ] LXXVIII. COMPOSITE. (J. D. Hooker.) 257 



1. ZH. volubilis, DC. Prodr. v. 320 ; subscandent, branches grooved, 

 leaves petioled ovate-lanceolate obscurely-toothed glabrous or pubescent beneath, 

 heads in. diam. ped uncled clustered on the branches of rounded corymbs, 

 achenes compressed 4-angled puberulous, pappus in. red much longer than the 

 minute achenes. Clarke Comp. Ind. 57 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 82. Conyza volu- 

 bilis, Wall Cat. 3057. Erigeron pyrifolius, Benth. Fl Hongk. 176. 



KHASIA MTS., ASSAM. NAGA HILLS, CACHAR, BURMA, and from PEGU to PBNANG. 

 DISTRIB. Malay Islds., China. 



A rambling shrub. Leaves 1^-2^ in.; petiole very slender. Heads numerous, 

 invol. bracts lanceolate ; ligules very minute. 



2. IK. albescens, Clarke Comp. Ind. 59 ; erect, branches faintly grooved, 

 leaves shortly petioled lanceolate acuminate quite entire or subserrate hoary 

 beneath, heads g in. diam. peduncled loosely clustered on the branches of a 

 spreading corymb, achenes puberulous obscurely 5-angled, pappus red not longer 

 than the achenes. M. cabulica and M. Griffithii, Clarke Comp. Ind. 57, 58. 

 Aster cabulicus, Lindl in Bot. Reg. 1843 ; Misc. 62 ; Boiss. Fl Orient, iii. 158. 

 A. albescens, Wall Cat. 2974. A. ferrugineus, Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 

 64. Amphiraphis albescens, DC. Prodr. v. 343. Conyza conspicua, Wall Cat. 

 3066. Homostyliuin cabulicum, Nees in Linncea, xviii. 513. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; from Kishtwar, alt. 7-9000 ft., to Sikkim, alt. 9-12,000 

 ft., and Bhotan. 



A stouter plant than M. volubilis; leaves 2-3 iu., narrowed into the short petiole; 

 corymbs often 8 in. diam., with lilac conspicuous ligules. The name cabulicus, 

 founded on the mistaken supposition that the plant is a native of Affghanistan, must 

 be abandoned. 



3. HZ. zeylanica, Benth. in Gen. PI ii. 282 ; branches grooved and leaves 

 beneath hoary, leaves narrowly lanceolate acuminate serrulate or entire, heads 

 in. shortly peduncled crowded on the branches of a spreading corymb, ligules 

 short suberect, pappus ^ in. red twice as long as the hairy angled achenes. 

 Clarke Comp. Ind. 58. Amphiraphis zeylanica, DC. Prodr. vii. 279. Solidago 

 zeylanicus, Am. Pugill 9. 



TRAVANCORE ; Pulney Mts., Wight. CEYLON, abundant throughout the island, 

 ascending to 6000 ft. 



An erect shrub. Leaves 3-4 in,., narrowed into a petiole of ~ ^ in. Heads very 

 numerous, small and crowded ; invol. bracts very small, broadly linear, obtuse. 



24. CONYZA, 



Herbs. Leaves alternate, entire, toothed or cut. Heads corymbose or 

 panicled, rarely solitary, heterogamous, disciform ; outer fl. $, 2-oc -seriate, 

 filiform, rarely ligulate, 2-3-toothed, fertile, pale-cold ; inner $ , all or mostly 

 fertile, yellow, tubular, limb 5-toothed. Involucre campanulate ; bracts 2-oo - 

 seriate, narrow (except C. rufa), outer smaller ; receptacle flat or convex, naked 

 or pitted and fimbriate. Anther-bases obtuse, entire. Style-arms of $ flattened, 

 tips long or short. Achenes minute, compressed ; pappus slender, 1-seriate. 

 DISTRIB. Species 50, chiefly tropical and subtropical. 



1. C. semipinnatifida, Wall. Cat. 3058; erect, villous or hirsute, 

 leaves obovate-spathulate or oblanceolate acutely or obtusely lobed or cut, heads 

 crowded in. diam. globose yellow, invol. bracts slender, achenes in. long 

 glandular, pappus ^ in. white. DC. Prodr. v. 382 ; Clarke Comp. Ind. 62. 



SOONDERBUNDS, at Burisal, Clarke. BIRMA, from Prome and Martaban southwards, 

 on' the banks of large rivers, Wallich, Kurz. UPPER ASSAM; Mislimi, Griffith. 



Annual, 1-2 ft., stem stout. The Mishmi species is much less hairy than the 

 Birma ones, with leaves more sharply toothed. 



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