Leucomeris.'] LXXVIII. COMPOSITE. (J. D. Hooker.) 387 



Goclmatia spectabilis, Less, m Linneea, v. 26. Convza candicaus, Wall. Cat. 

 2999. 



WESTERN- HIMALAYA; Garwhal to Nipal, alt. 2-5000 ft. 



Brandies stout, grooved. Leaves 4-14 by 1| 4 in., narrowed at both ends:, coria- 

 ceous, glabrous above; petiole very short. Corymbs 4-8 in. diani., rounded, sessile; 

 peduncles densely tomentose, bracteolate. Heads f-1 in. ; invol. bracts about 10, 

 nearly flat; corolla in. Achenes \-\ in., slendcr ; densely silky; pappus \ in., hairs 

 often contracted at the base. 



2. Zi. decora, Kurz in Jouni. As. 8oc. 1872, ii. (317; 1877, ii. 204: For. 

 Fl. ii. 78 ; leaves elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate glabrous on both surfaces, invol. 

 bracts very many woolly, outer very short-imbricating along the whole peduncle, 

 pappus reddish. Clarke Comp. Ind. 245. 



PEGU ; dry forests of Prome, Kurz. 



A small tree, leafless in the hot season; shoots tomentose. Leaves 5-7 in., base 

 unequal ; petiole ^-1 in. Corymbs rounded, almost capitate, the heads very nearly 

 sessile from the invol. bracts passing into the bracteoles of the peduncle; inner 

 bracts as in L. spectabilis, but woolly at the base; corolla nearly 1 in., fragrant. 

 AcJtcnes ^ in. (Kurz), pappus as long. 



98. DXCOMA, Cass. 



Herbs or low shrubs. Leaves alternate. Heads subsessile on the branches, 

 rarely corymbose, white or purple, homogauious, discoid ; fl. all ^ , or heteroga- 

 mous with, the outer fl. $ and all fertile, or the innermost sterile, tubular, linib 

 5-partite, segments erect or revolute, ? if present slender with a short ligule. 

 Invol. bracts oo -seriate, ovate-lanceolate or linear, acuminate or spinescent, outer- 

 shorter ; receptacle flat, naked, often pitted. Anther-bases sagittate, tails long, 

 bearded. Style-arms short, erect, obtuse. Achenes turbiuate, densely silkily 

 villous, 5-10-ribbed ; pappus hairs oo -seriate, inner or all flat, scabrid bearded 

 or feathery ; outer shorter, paleaceous or of slender bristles. DISTRIB. Species 

 13, tropical and S. African and Indian. 



I. D. tomentosa, Cass.; DC. Pi-odr. vii. 36; erect, branched, clothed 

 with white cottony wool, leaves sessile linear or linear-obovate obtuse or acute 

 quite entire, heads subaxillary, invol. bracts | in. subulate spinescent straight 

 glabrous shining, outer pappus bristles slender, inner narrowly subulate-lanceo- 

 late strongly ribbed, margins undulate. Clarke Comp. Ind. 245. D. lanuginosa, 

 DC. in Wif/ht Contrib. 26; Prodr. vii. 36; Wight Ic. t. 1140; Dalz. $ Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 132. Xeropappus lauuginosus, Wall. Cat. 2980. Acilepis lanata,. 

 Sprenc/. mss. Onoporclon lauatum, Herb. Madr. 



NORTH WEST INDIA, Boyle ; Dhaulpoor, Jameson. AVA, Wallidi. SCIXD, S/ocks. 

 WESTEKN PENINSULA; from the Concan southwards, in gravelly places. DISTRIH. 

 Tropical Africa. 



Annual, 10-18 in. high, much branched; branches terete. Leaves 13 in., usually 

 narrow, glabrate or cottony above, nerves obscure. Heads glabrous ; spines of invol. 

 bracts yellowish, shining ; corolla | in. Achcnes broad and short, ^ in. long, turbinate,. 

 densely silky ; pappus shining, elastic ; inner membranous and hyaline with a rigid 

 midrib, pale brown, ^ in. long. 



99. HOCHSTETTERIA, DC. 



A rigid branched perennial herb. Leaves alternate. Heads solitary, termi- 

 nal, homogamous, discoid, yellow ; fl. all 5 , similar and fertile, tubular, limb 

 elongate 5-partite, segments revolute. Involucre subhemispheric ; bracts oo- 

 seriate, subulate, outermost few foliaceous; receptacle convex, pitted, margins 



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