788 LXV. COMPOSITE. 



ScETKiBE I. Carduineee.— Heads many-llowend, separate. Achenes glabrous, basal areole 

 horizontal ; pappus hairs distinct or connate. 

 Filaments papillose-hairy. Pappus-hairs feathery, connate into a 



deciduous ring W ■/,■ Cnicus. 



Filaments olabrous, connate. Involuoral bracts spmous. Keceptaole 



bristly. Pappus simple . 79. 'Silybum. 



Filaments free, glabrous. Leaves unarmed. Pappus-hairs 1-seriate, 



feathery, with a few outer simple 80. Saussukea. 



SuBTKiBE II. Centaureae.— Heads separate, many-flowered, Achenes glabrous, basal 

 areole oblique or lateral. 

 Achenes compressed or 4-angled, 4 or 5-ribbed 81. Centatjbea. 



Tribe XI. Cichoriaceae.— Heads homopamous. Corollas all ligulate ; ligule truncate, tip 

 5-toothed. Anther-bases sagittate, rarely tailed. Style -branches slender. 



SuBTBiBE I. Kyoserideae. — Achenes truncate. Pappus of scales, with sometimes alternating 

 hairs or none. 

 Involucral bracts herbaceous. Pappus scales 4 to 5 rarely 8 to 10, linear, 



tapering into plumose bristles 82. Microsekis. 



SuBTRiBE II. Crepidese. — Usually leafy herbs, not woolly nor with stellate hairs. Involucre 

 calyculate ; inner bracts often thickened. Achenes usually contracted at both ends. 



Beceptacle naked. 



Achenes ribbed, rugose ; pappus hairs feathery 83. PiORis. 



Achenes ribbed ; pappus hairs siriiple, free, while .84. Ckepis. 



Sdbtbibe III. Kypochoerideee. — Scapigerous herbs, hairs various. Achenes contracted 

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

 Beceptacle paleaceous. Pappus hairs feathery ... .... 85. Hypochceris. 



Receptacle naked. Pappus hairs simple 86. 'TARAXAcnii. 



SuBTRiBE IV. Xiactuceee. — Herbs, rarely shrubby below; glabrous or hispid, rarely 

 scapigerous. Achenes usually narroiced beloioi and beaked or not above. Pappus hairs many, 

 simple. 



Achenes compressed, beaked ; ribs smooth 87. 'Lactcca. 



Achenes compressed, not beaked, many ribbed ; ribs smooth .... 88. Sonchcs. 



SuBTBiBE V. Scorzonereae. — Herbs glabrous, woolly or hispid. Achenes with a broad 

 base or curved hollow stipes, above narrowed or beaked. 

 Involucral bracts 1-seriate. Achenes long, beaked 89. *Tkagopoqon. 



1. ETHULIA, Linn. 

 (Derivation doubtful.) 



Involucre hemispherical or campanulate ; bracts numerous, imbricate. Eecep- 

 tacle convex, naked. Corolla narrowed below, limb campanulate, 5-fid. Anthers 

 linear, base obtuse, apical appendix ovate or lanceolate. Style-branches subulate, 

 hairy. Aohene 5 to 4-costate, ribs prominent, truncate above. Pappus none. — 

 Branching herbs. Leaves alternate, simple. Heads homogamous, many- 

 flowered, small in corymbose cymes, purplish. 



Plants of the Old World tropics. 



1. E. conyzoides (Conyza-like), Linn. Erect, more or less branching, 2 

 to 3ft. or higher. Stem thinly appressed, hirsute or glabrescent, extremities 

 sulcate. Leaves linear-lanceolate to narrowly elliptical or linear narrowed to 

 each end, snbdistantly sometimes obscurely serrate or entire, puberulous or thinly 

 appressed, hirsute-tomentose especially beneath or nearly glabrous, more or less 

 glandular-dotted beneath, 1 to Sin. long with petiole, J to l^^in. broad. Head If 

 to 3 lines broad in subdense or diffuse corymbose cymes, or cymes of fewer heads 

 at the extremities of the upper branches and loosely panicled ; pedicels 1 to 6 

 lines long. * 



Hab.; Tljursday Island and several localities on the tropical coast, 



