276 Lxxviii. COMPOSITE. (J. D. Hookej?.) IBl^harispermwm. 



EiKKA and the Eastekn Peninsula, from I^or southwards. — ^Disteib. Philippin& 

 Islds. New Caledonia. Australia. 



Bobnst, 1-2 ft. high; branches erect. Leaves 1-1^ in., white heneath. Heads ^ 

 in., sessile, horizontal; invol. bracts shining; disk-fl. solitary. Aokenes sparingly- 

 hairy. 



33. BI.Z:PZZARISPEIUM[Vni, Wight. 



Glabrous shrubs. Leaves alternate. Heads small, compressed, in solitary 

 or crowded globose clusters which are sessile on an oblong or cylindric terminal 

 receptacle, heterogamous, discoid ; outer fl. $ , few, fertile, very slender, 3-4^ 

 toothed ; disk-fl. 2-8, 5 > fertile or not, tubular, 5-fid. Invol. bracts 1-2, lik& 

 the pales, but shorter ; receptacle minute or cylindric, with broad rigid pales 

 enclosing the flowers. Antha--bases sagittate, auricles subcaudate. StyU-arms 

 of b linear, stout, obtuse. Achenes obcompressed, black, outer on both faces 

 with a eUiate rib, margins cUiate ; pappus pales or bristles very unequal, or 

 with 2-3 stronger ones at the angles, or in the sterile achenes. — Disirtb. 

 2 Tropical Indian and an African species. 



1. B. petiolare, DC. in Wight Contrib. 12 ; Prodr. v. 268 ; leave* 

 petioled ovate membranous acuminate, clusters of heads long-peduncled corym- 

 lx)se. Clarke Cotnp. Ind. 98 ; Amott in Mag. Zool. ^ Bot. ii. 421 ; Wight Ic, 

 t. 1092 ; Deless. Ic. Sel. iv. t. 19, f. 1. 



Thavancobb ; at Courtallani, Wight. 



A glabrous shrub, branches slender. Leaves 3-7 in., acuminate ; petiole ^-f in. 

 Clusters of heads J-J in. diam. ; basal bracts broad ; heads 4-fld. ; ? fl. 2, pappus of 

 a few bristles; achenes compressed, margins ciliate; fl. § 2; pappus 0; achenes 

 small, empty. 



2. B. subsessile, DC. in Wight Contrib. 12 ; Prodr. v. 368 ; leave* 

 subsessUe ovate or elliptic obtuse coriaceous finely reticulate, heads solitary 

 shortly peduncled. Clarke Camp. Ind. 98 ; Wight Ic. t. 1093 ; Deless. Ic. Sel^ 

 iv. t. 19, f. 2. Leucoblepharis subsessUis, Arn. in Mag. Zool. ^ Sot. ii. 422 ; 

 Dak. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 123; WaU. Cat. 7524 (DC). 



The CoNCAN, Canaea and Mtsoeb ; on the Ghats. 



A glabrous undershrub, with a woody rootstock. Leaves 1^-5 by f -2 J in., shining^ 

 on both surfaces, narrowed into the petiole. Clusters of heads globose, 1-lJ in. 

 diam., with leafy bracts at the base, 5-10-fld. ; fl. $ 2, pappus of a few hairs, 

 achenes compressed almost villous with long hairs ; fl. 3 3-8, pappus like the ? and 

 achenes smaller. 



34. ATHBOXSnXA, DC. 



A viscid glabrous or pubescent annual. Leaves alternate, petioled, pinnatifid. 

 Heads small, in globose or ovoid terminal peduncled clusters which are sessil& 

 on a common cylindrical receptacle, heterogamous, disciform ; outer fl. J , very 

 few, filiform, 2-3-toothed, fertile ; disk-fl. § , fertile, tubular, limb campaniilat& 

 shortly 4-fid. Invol. bracts 1-2, like the pales, but shorter ; receptacle cylindric, 

 with broad dry pales enclosing the flowers. Anther-bases sagittate ; auricles- 

 connate, acute. Style-arms of g short, flattened, very obtuse. Achenes black,, 

 inner face flat, outer convex, margin ciliate ; pappus a short steUately spreading- 

 fimbriate corona. 



A. laciniatum, DC. Prodr. v. 369 ; Clarke Crnnp. Ind. 98. Sphaer- 

 anthus laciniatus. Wall. Cat. 8184 (DC). 



Bengai, from the Hoogly at Eajmahal, eastwards to Assam, and southwards to 

 BiuMA and Tenasseeim. — Disteib. Java. 



