Leucomeris.'] ' lxxviii. compositje. (J. D. Hooker.) 387 



Goclmatia spectaHlis, iass. in lAnncea, v. 26. 'Conyza candicans, Wall. Cat. 

 2999. 



Westekn Himalaya ; G-ai-sphalto Nipal, alt. 2-5000 ft. 



Branches stout, grooved. Leaves 4-14 by lJ-4 in., narrowed at both ends, coria- 

 ceous, glabrous above ; petiole very short. Corymhs 4-8 in. diam., rounded, sessile ; 

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

 nearly flat; corolla \ in. Achenes ^J in., slender; densely silky; pappiis -j in., hairs 

 often contracted at the base. 



2. Ii. decora, Sitj'z in Joum. As. Soc. 1872, ii. 317; 1877, ii. 204: For. 

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

 bracts very many vroolly, outer very shor1>-imbricating along the whole peduncle, 

 pappus reddish. Clarke Comp. Ind. 245. 



Pequ ; dry forests of Prome, Ktirs. 



A small tree, leafless in tihe 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 //. spectabilis, but woolly at the base; corolla nearly 1 in., fragrant. 

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



98. DXCOIKCA, Cass. 



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

 rarely corymbose, white or purple, homogamoua, discoid ; fl. all § , or heteroga- 

 mous with the outer fl., J and all fertile, or the innermost sterile, tubular, limb 

 6-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. AntJier-hases sagittate, tails long, 

 hearded. Style-arms short, erect, obtuse. Aelienes turbinate, densely silkily 

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

 or feathery ; outer shorter, paleaceou.s or of slender bristles. — Disteib. Species. 

 18, tropical and S. African and Indian. 



1. X>. tomentosa, Cass.; DC. R-odr. y'li. 36; erect, branched, clothed 

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

 quite entire, heads subaxillary, invol. bracts ^-f in. subulate spinescent straight 

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

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

 DC. in Wight Contrih. 26; Prodr. vii. 36; Wight Ic. t. 1140; Bah. ^ Gibs. 

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

 Spreng. mss. Onopordon lanatum, Herb. Madr. 



NoETH "West India, Tioyle ; Dhaulpoor, Jameson. AvA, Wallich. Soind, Sloclcs. 

 "Westeen Peninsula; from the Concan southwards, in gravelly places. — Disteiis. 

 Tropical Africa. 



Annual, 10-18 in. high, much branched; branches terete. Leaves 1-3 in., usually 

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

 bracts yellowish, shining ; corolla Jin. Achenes broad and short, J in. long, turbinate,, 

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

 midrib, pale brown, ^ in. long. 



99. KOCKSTETTERXA, DC. 



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

 nal, homogambus, discoid, yellow ; fl. all § > similar and fertile, tubular, limb 

 elongate 6-partite, segments revolute.: Involua-e subhemispheric ; tracts oo - 

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



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