Blumea.] composite. 453 



Leaves all alternate, spinulose-toothed, often clothed with white silky 

 hairs when young ; lower petioled, 2-4 in. long-, obovate membranous ; 

 upper sessile, much smaller, obovate or oblong. Heads i in. in diam., 

 on slender peduncles, solitary or few in a corymb. Inuol-bracts linear- 

 lanceolate, acute, usually woolly. Receptacle glabrous. Corolla-lohes 

 of herm. flowers glabrous. Achenes sparingly silky. 



Fairly common within the area, especially in the Sub-Hima)ayan tracts, 

 and in Buudelkhand and Merwara. Flowers from March to May. 

 DiSTEiB. Trop. Himalaya from Garhwal to Nepal, Bengal, C. Pror. 

 and the'Deccan; extending to Burma, China and the Philippines. 

 This species, though somewhat variable, may generally be recognized 

 by its prostrate habit . Kurz was inclined to regard it as a hybrid or 

 polygamous form of 'some other species. Both Edgeworth and Mr. C. 

 B. Clarke have searched in vain for fertile anthers. 



5. B. Wightiana, DO. in Wight Contrih. 14 ; Boyle III. 248; F. B. I. 

 Hi, 261 ; CooJce Fl. Bomb, ii, 19. 



An erect villous herb, rarely viscid-glandular. Stem 10-24 in. high, sub- 

 simple, very leafy. Leaves petioled, 1^-2 in. long, ovate obovate or 

 lanceolate, irregularly dentate or serrate. Heads many, ^ in. in diam., 

 arranged in terminal or axillary spike-like cymes or paliicles. Outer 

 invol-hracts few, short, narrow, acuminate, inner many. Receptacle 

 glabrous. Corolla purple; the lobes (in the hermaphrodite florets) 

 glandular. Achenes terete or 4-5-angled, not ribbed, sparsely hairy. 



A very common weed within the area, flowerin? from Feb. to May. 

 DiSTBiB. Throughout India from the outer Himalaya to S. India and 

 CeyloUi Burma and Malaya ; also in China, Australia, and Trop. Africa. 

 The small heads of purplish flowers and the more hairy achenes dis- 

 tinguish this species from B. lacera. 



6. B. glomerata, DC. in Wight Contrih. 15 ; F. B. I. Hi, 862) Coohe PI. 

 Bomb, ii, 20. Conyza fistulosa, Boxh. Fl. Ind- Hi, 429. 



A pubescent or villous herb._ Stem erect, slender, 1-3 ft. high, slender.> 

 hollow. Lower leaves petioled, obovate, serrate or sometimes lyrate- 

 pinnatifid ; upper oblong, incised. Heads i in. in diam., arranged in 

 small sessile _ axillary clusters on the slender erect branches. InvoU 

 bracts purplish, subulate-lanceolate, villous. Receptacle pubescent. 

 Corolla yellow, the lobes (in the herm. florets) pubescent. Achenes 

 8-lO-ribbed, glabrous or sparsely pubescent. 



Dehra Dun (Edgeworth), near Patna (Madden). Distrib. Eastwards to 

 Bengal, Assam, and Burma, ascending to 5,000 ft. on the Himalaya 

 between Garhwal and 8ikkim, and southwards through Central to S. 

 India ; also^ in China, Java, and the Phillippines. The clusters of 

 purple sessile heads often become spiciform. 



7. B. lacera, DC. in Wight Contrib. 14 ; F. B. L Hi, 263 ; Watt E. D. ; 

 CooTce Fl. Bomb, ii, 20. Conyza lacera, Boxh- Fl. Ind. Hi, 428. B. fontina- 



