Inula] LXII. COMPOSITE 401 



corymbb densely silky or woolly, 1. sessile or iieailv so, oblong-lanceolate, toothed^ 

 heads numerous in terminal corymbs ^ in. diam., invol. bracts all linear, rigid, hairy 

 ligulate fl. very small, few or wanting, achenes silkj^, jjappiis dirty white, hairs 

 thickened at the end. 2. I. eupatorioides, DC. Siibhimalaj-'an tract, Sikkim, Bhutan^ 

 often in Sdl forest Kha&i hills. Branches and underside of 1. pubescent, 1. rigid, 

 lanceolate, blade 4-7, pet. stout | in., ligules narrow. 3. I. cuspidata, 0. B. Clarke ; 

 Collett, Simla Flora, 258, fig. 78. North-West Himalaya 4-7,000 ft. Nearly glabrous, 

 1. elliptic-lanceolate, blade 3-5, pet. -^ in. long. Ligulate fl. numerous^ ligule short, 

 broad. 



Microglossa volubilis, DC. Khasi and Naga hills. Burma, Upper and Lower, up 

 to 3,500 ft. Malay Penins. and Archip. China. A large evergreen, straggling or 

 climbing shrub, branches grooved, branchlets and 1. slightly pubescent, 1. ovate-lanceo- 

 late, obscurely toothed, blade 2-3, pet. slender J in. long. Heads yellow, clustered on 

 the branches of a rounded corymb, invol. bracts lanceolate, imbricate, ligule of 

 marginal fl. minute, anther-base obtuse, achenes minute, 4-angular, pappus red much 

 longer than the achenes. 



4. BLUMEA, DC; M. Brit. Ind. iii. 260. 



Annual or perennial, a few shrubs, glandular-pubescent or woolly. Invol. 

 bracts imbricatej many-seriate, the outer smaller. Marginal fl. $ , numerous, 

 filiform, minutely dentate at the apex. Disk fi. bisexual, corolla tubular, limb 

 with 5 short teeth, anther-base sagittate, tails small, slender. Species 60, 

 Asia, Africa, Australia. 



1. B. cMnensis, DC. Nepal. Sikkim 2-4,000 ft. Bhutan. Khasi hills, Manipur. 

 Upper Burma, dry hill forest 5,000 ft., east of Bhamo. China. A shrub, scrambling 

 or scandent, glabroiis, only inflorescence pubescent. L coriaceous, shining, lanceolate, 

 slightly serrate. Heads yellowish, clustei'ed on the distant branches of a long terminal 

 panicle, receptacle densely clothed with long thin multicellular hairs. 



2. B. balsamifera, DC; Kurz P. Fl. ii. 82 [(Jonyza hal samifera, Linn.). Pdn-mathem^ 

 Burm. Sikkim, ascending to 4,000 ft. Assam, Khasi hills. Chittagong. Burma, 

 Upper and Lower. China, Formosa. Malay Peninsula and Archipelago". A large 

 short-lived vei^y aromatic shrub with herbaceous branches, sometimes a small tree, 

 coming up gregariously on deserted Taungyas, branches, 1. and inflorescence densely 

 clothed with silky tomentum, 1. lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, blade 4-10, petiole 

 ^-1 in. long, with several lanceolate lobes resembling pinnae. Heads yellow, |~| in. 

 diam , denselj^ clustered on the branches of a large terminal leafy panicle, pappus red. 

 Tields camphor, which is an article of trade in China. 3. B. aromatica, DO. Siibhimah 

 tract axid outer hills, from Kumaon eastwards. Khasi hills. Tenasserim. China. 

 Attains 6-10 ft. Glabrous or with thin cottony, sometimes glandular hairs, 1. mem- 

 branous, narrowed into a short petiole rarely bearing lateral lobes. 



5. PLUCHEA, Cass.; M. Brit. Ind. iii. 271. 



Shrubs, tomentose or glutinous, 1. alternate. Heads campanulate, hetero- 

 gamous, disciform, outer fl. ? fertile filiform, disc. fl. few, sterile tubular, 

 limb 5-fid, invol. bracts imbricate, dry, rigid, the outer smaller. Anther-base 

 sagittate. Achenes 4- or 5-angled, pappus hairs 1- seriate, slender, rigid. 

 Species 30, warmer regions of both hemispheres. 



A, L. broad, obovate or elliptic. 



1. p. indica, Lam. ; Wight 111. t. 131. Beach and tidal fox-ests on the coast from 

 Bengal to the Malay Peninsula. Andamans. Also inland in stream beds, Upper 

 Burma, Malay Archip. China. Nearly glabrous, I obovate obtuse more or less 

 dentate, 1-2 in., narrowed into a short slender x^etiole. 2. P. tomentosa, DC. Sind. 

 Gangetio plain from Dehra Dun to Lower Bengal. Western Peninsula. Attains 

 10 ft., branchlets and 1. pubescent or tomentose, 1. sessile, elliptic or broadly obovate, 

 obtuse, coarsely toothed, base auricled, pappus reddish. 



B. L. narrow, lanceolate or oblanceolate. 



3. p. Wallichiana, DC. Sind, Baluchistan, Grujarat, Punjab. G-landular-pubescent 

 and scabrid, 1. rigid, 1-2 in. long, oblanceolate or oblong, sessile, faintly toothed. 4. P. 

 lanceolata, Oliv. Sind. Punjab. Gangetio plain as far as Oawnpore. Afghanistan^ 



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