Blumea.] composite 451 



Heads few, in axillary and terminal 

 corymts ; leaves very acntely toothed. 



An erect herb 3. J5. eriantha, 



A prostrate or decumbent herb . . 4. B. oxyodonta. 



Heads many, arranged in spicif orm cymes or 

 paniclds. 



Corolla purple, receptacle glabrous; 

 achenes hairy, not ribbed , . . 5. B. Wightiana. 



Corolla yellow. 



Eeceptacle pubescent, achenes ribbed, 

 glabrous or nearly so, invol-bracts 

 purplish 6. B. glomerata. 



Eeceptacle glabrous; achenes not 

 ribbed, glabrous. Whole plant 

 strongly turpentine-scented . 7. B. lacera» 



Eeceptacle glabrous ; achenes ribbed, 

 hairy ; stems often scape-like . 8. B. hieracifolia. 



Heads many, in peduncled open corymbs or 

 panicles ; corolla yellow ; achenes ribbed, 

 silky — 

 Stem branching from the base, lower leaves 

 runcinate lyrate or subpinnatifid. 



Upper leaves few, large, laciniate ; 

 receptacle pubescent . . . 9. B. laciniata. 



Upper leaves many, rather small, 

 toothed ; receptacle glabrous .* . 10. B. memhranacea. 



Stem branched above, simple below ; lower 

 leaves obovate. lanceolate, coarsely ser- 

 rate ; invol-bracts purplish ; receptacle 

 pubescent , . . . . . 11. J5. Jacquemontii. 



Heads very numerous, |-i in. in diam., arranged 

 in term, corymbs or panicles ; receptacle 

 glabrous. — Shrubby herbs with large leaves. 



Leaves with narrow cordate bases, pappus 

 white 12. B.procera. 



Leaves not cordate at base, pappus reddish. 

 Plant strongly aromatic . . . IZ. B. aromatica. 



1. B. amplectens, DC. in Wight Gontrih. Bot. 13 ; F. B, I. in, 260 ; 



'Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 19. 



1a bush-like herb up to 1 ft. high, usually softly hairy, branches spread- 



, ing from fche base. Leaves sessile and ^-amplexicaul, all alternate, 



1-14 in. long, oblong or obovate, obtuse or acute, dentate or the upper 



