262 Lxxviii. coMPOSiTiE. (J. D. Hooker.) [^Blumea, 



below the middle, cauline smaller petioled, heads ^-^ in. diam. solitary or 2-3- 

 nate in the distant upper leaf-axUs and forming a crowded oblong short terminal 

 or cylindric contracted panicle, invol. bracts very slender glabresoent, receptacle 

 glabrous, corolla yellow, lobes of ^ glabrous, achenes nearly glabrous angled^ 

 pappus ^ in. white. Oonyza subcapitata. Wall. Cat. 3056. 



Cbntrai and Easteen Hiwahya ; Nipal, Wallich ; Sifckim, alt. 1-5000 ft., 

 J. D.H. 



I retain this species contrary to Mr. Clarke's opinion (who referred it to B. laceray 

 ■with diffidence, my Sikkim specimens precisely accord Trith Wallich's Nipal ones, and 

 I find none of the forms of tacera at all like it. 



6. B. barbata^ DC. in Wight Contrib. 14 ; Prodr. v. 434 : stem erect 

 subsimple with very long hairs, leaves obovate or oblanceolate coarsely toothed 

 or serrate silky beneath, heads \ in. peduncled in short loose axillary and ter- 

 minal cymes forming an elongate inflorescence, invol. bracts narrowly linear 

 acuminate hairy, recept. glabrous, corolla yellow, lobes of 5 glandular, achenes- 

 most minute 5-6-ribbed striate hairy above, pappus white. Kurz in Journ. As^ 

 Soe. 1877, ii. 188, excl. var. ^ ; Clarke Comp. Ind. 73. Conyza barbata, Wall. 

 Cat. 3099. 



Travanooee; Pnlney Mts., Wight. Ceylon, Central Province, alt. 3-5000 ft.,, 

 Thwaites. 



Stem 4^10 in., stout or slender. Leaves 1-2| in. often narrowed into a petiole,, 

 membranous, hairy and subglandular above. Heads on slender peduncles. 



7. B. sericans, Hooh. f. ; tall, robust, stem simple erect, and leaves 

 beneath densely silvery villous, leaves 2-3 in. lower petioled upper elongate- 

 oblanceolate or linear acuminate minutely toothed, heads ^ in. sessile in crowded 

 axillary and terminal clusters, recept. glabrous, coroUa yeUow lobes of ^ hairy,, 

 achenes silky, pappus white. B. barbata, var. /3 sericans, Kurz in Journ. As, 

 Soc. 1877, ii. 188. 



Chittabong ; on hills, alt. 500-1500 ft., Clarke. Beema and Maetaban, Fcdcortefr,. 



This is quite unlike any other species in its long leaves, silvery silky pubescence- 

 and inflorescence. 



8. B. g'lomerata, BC. in Wight Cordrih. 15; Prodr. I.e. 4AZ; pubescent 

 or villous, stem erect usually slender, lower leaves petioled obovate serrate or 

 lyrate-pinnatifid upper oblong incised, heads purple j- in. diam. in small sessile 

 axillary clusters all along the branches, invol. bracts subulate-lanceolate vUlous,. 

 coroUa yellow, lobes of g and recept. pubescent, achenes 8-10-ribbed glabrous 

 or haiiy. Dcdz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. PI. 125. B. fasciculata, DC. Prodr. v. 442 ; 

 Clarke Comp. Ind. 81. B. fistulosa, Svrz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, ii. 187. B. 

 holosericea, racemosa, spinellosa, gracilis, purpurea and leptoclada, JDC. I. a. 442, 

 443. B. holosericea and leptoclada, Dalz. Sr Oibs. Bomb. Fl. 125, 126. Conyza 

 fistulosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. lii. 429. 0. racemosa, sericea, glomerata, gracilis, 

 purpurea and holosericea, Wall. Cat. 3002, 3021, 3055, 3064, 3076, 3103. 



Tbopical Himalaya ; from Kumaon to Sikkim ascending to 5000 ft., and through- 

 out the plains to Assam, Biema, Tenasseeim and the Deccan (not in Ceylon). — 

 DiSTEiB. China, Java, Philippine Islds. 



Very distinct in its normal state from the slender erect branches with rounded 

 axillary clusters of purple sessile heads, which become spiciform. Conyza sericea. 

 Wall., has leaves very sUky, especially beneath, and C. holosericea resembles it, but 

 differs from the typical inflorescence of the species in the dusters of flowers being- 

 borne on axillary peduncles. See also B. mem^anacea, var. gracilis. 



9. B. nodiflora, Hook.f. ; stem branched from the base, branches 2-4 

 in. long very slender dichotomously forked, leaves J-1 in. subsessile obovate- 



