278 
FLORA OF THE SUNDRIBUNS 
126. Leaves alternate . , , , , ^ , 
Leaves opposite 
127. Plants armed with sharp spines ..... 
Plants unarmed ........ 
128. Spines forked, scattered along stem; margins of leaves not 
i2y 
13s 
128 
I2g 
g^. Xanthiiim. 
g6. Cnicus. 
• 130 
P 7 . Launea, 
• 131 
g2. Pluchea. 
spiny ....... 
Spines simple, on margins of the leaves 
129. (127) Juice not milky .... , 
Juice milky .... , , 
130. Herbs 
Shrubs or under-shrubs .... 
13 1. Florets yellow 
Florets purple ...... 
132. Stems not winged ..... 
Stems winged . . , . • 93> 
133. Anther-cells without tails .... 
Anther-cells tailed ..... 
134. Outer florets of head (ray) differing from central 
stem erect . . . , 
Outer florets like central ; stem prostrate 
135. (126) Florets yellow . . „ . . 
Florets purple ..... 
136. (125) Leaves alternate or radical only • . . , 
Leaves opposite ........ 
137. Plants with milky juice ; trees , «. • . 
Plants with watery juice ; if bitter or resinous, not milky . 
138. Flowers visible . . ...... 
Flowers minute, hidden within a hollow, closed, fleshy 
receptacle . • . . . . 772. Ficus. 
139. Flowers small or minute, incomplete; perianth green . 140 
Flowers large ; corolla white . . • 102, Cerbera. 
140. Leaves smooth; juice acrid; fruit a 3-celled capsule . 141 
Leaves scabrid, juice bland; fruit covered by the persistent 
. . 132, 
8g, Vernonia, 
• 133^ 
Sphaeranthus. 
• ^4 
gi. Blumea. 
florets ; 
go, Conyza. 
8g. Grange a. 
g$, Wedeliu. 
88. Ageratum. 
. 137 
• ^93 
. 138 
142 
^39 
141. 
42. 
M 3 - 
144. 
calyx, membranous, i -seeded , . , 
Racemes terminal ; leaves toothed . 
Racemes axillary ; leaves entire 
(137) Leaves with a convolute leaf-sheath 
Leaves with no distinct leaf-sheath 
Stems erect, woody ; shrubs or small trees . 
Stems herbaceous, or stem none ; leaves radical 
I'] 3. Streblus. 
168. Sapium. 
i6g. Excoecaria. 
. • 143 
• . 15^ 
. 144 
• ^45 
Leaves with orbicular blades 
not prickly 
distinct from leaf-sheaths ; 
. . . g8, AEgialitis. 
