226 txxYiii. COMPOSITE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Ethulia. 



Svhtribe 1. Htosebide^. Achenes truncate. Pappus of scales, with some- 

 times alternating hairs, or 0. 



Bigid herbs. Fl. blue ; inner invol. bracts coriaceous, con- 

 care 103. CicHOEroM. 



Subtribe 2. LAPSiKEiE. Achenes obtuse. Pappus 0. 



Heads small, panicled. Achenes many-ribbed .... 104. Lapsana. 



Subti-ibe 3. EHAaADiOLELai. Achenes narrowed upwards or beaked. Pappiu 



short, of scales or bristles, or 0. 



Achenes elongate, incurved, spinous 105. KoLpmiA. 



Achenes elongate, smooth 106. Ehagadiolds. 



Suhtnhe 4. Ckepidh^. Usually leafy herbs, not woolly nor with steDate 



hairs. Involucre calyculate, inner bracts often thickened. Achenes usually 



contracted at both ends. 



Eeceptacle naked. Aohenesi ribbed, rugose ; pappus hairs 



feathery ,. . 107. Piceis. 



Beceptacle naked. Achenes ribbed ; pappus hairs simple, 

 free, white 108. Ceepis. 



Eeceptacle naked. Achenes "with Blender ribS; pappus 



hairs copious, slender, jsubcrenate below . .... 109. Phjecasium. 



Eeceptacle bristly. Achenes 8-10-ribbed; pappus hairs 



simple 110. Fterotheca. 



Suhtribe 5. Hibraceejs. Herbs, usually perennial, more or less stellately 



hairy. Achenes truncate. Pappus hairs simple. 



Pappus hairs rigid, bristles usually rough, brown . . . 111. Hieeacium. 



Subtribe 6. HTPOCH.a;En)B.a;. Scapigerous herbs, hairs various. Achenes 



contracted below, usually beaked above. Pappus hairs simple or feathery. 



Eeceptacle paleaceous. Pappus hairs feathery .' . . . 111.* Hypocbleeis. 



Eeceptacle naked. P«ppus hairs simple 112. Taeaxacum. 



Subtribe 7. LACBTJCE.a;. Herbs, rarely shrubby below, glabrous or hispid, 



rarely scapigerous. Achenes usually narrowed below, and beaked or not above. 



Pappus hairs many, sinaple, 



Achenes subterete, beaked, toothed below the beak . . . 113: Chonbeilla. 



Achenes compressed, b3aked, ribs smooth 114. Lactuca. 



Achenes subterete, 3-5-9ngled, not beaked 115. Peenanthes. 



Achenes oblong, not beaked, with 4-6 rugose ribs . . . 116. Piceidium. 



Achenes compressed, not beaked, many-ribbed, ribs smooth 

 or rough 117. Sonchus. 



Achenes narrow, truncate at both ends, 4-5-ribbed . . . 118. Ladn^a. 



Subtribe 8. Soghzoherb^. Herbs, glabrous, woolly or hispid. Achenes 



with a broad base, or curved hollow stipes, above narrowed or beaked. 



Invol. bracts leeriate. Achenes long-beaked 119. Teagopogon. 



Invol. bracts 00 -seriate, outer not leafy. Achenes not beaked 120. Scohzoneea. 



Cuter invol. bracts leafy. Achenes not beaked .... 121. Epilasia. 



Tbibe I. VERXrONXEa:. 



1. ETKTTI.XA,Xzm. 



Branched herbs, ieaues alternate, serrate. jBeocfe small, corymbose, homo^ 

 gamous. Invol. subcampanulate ; bracts oo -seriate, imbricate, jkeceptacle flat, 

 naked. Corollas all tubular, equal, regular, slender ; limb campanulate ; lobes 5, 

 narrow. Anthei-s obtusely auricled. Style-arms subulate. Achenes glandular 

 between the 4-6 prominent ribs ; areole broad with a callous ring ; pappus 0. — 

 DiaiEiB. Species 2, a Javan and the following. 



