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on slender stalks forming large, terminal and axillary corymbs. 
Ligules very short, notched ; corolla of inner flowers 5-lobed. 
Simla, common ; August, September. — Temperate Himalaya, 1000-6000 ft. 
— S. India, Burmah. — E. Africa. 
13. BLUMEA. In honour of Dr. C. L. Blume, a Dutch bota- 
nist of the nineteenth century. — Tropical regions of Asia, Africa, 
and Australia. 
Blumea Wightiana, DC . ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 261. An erect 
herb densely covered with soft, often glandular hairs ; stems 
10-24 in., simple or branched. Leaves alternate, toothed ; lower 
ovate, lj-2xf-l in., stalked or nearly sessile; upper lanceolate 
or linear, smaller, sessile. Heads discoid, \ in. diam. or rather 
less, crowded in stalked, terminal or axillary cymes. Outer 
involucral bracts few, short, inner many, narrow, acute, slightly 
exceeding the flowers ; receptacle flat, naked ; flowers pale yellow, 
often a few purple ones in the centre ; pappus scanty ; corollas of 
outer flowers very slender, minutely 2-3-toothed, of inner larger, 
4-5-lobed ; anther-cells tailed ; style-arms short. Achenes minute, 
angled, slightly pubescent. 
Valleys below Simla ; April-June. — Throughout India, ascending to 4000 ft. 
— Tropical Asia, Africa, Australia. 
14. LAGGERA. In honour of Dr. Dagger, a Swiss botanist 
of the nineteenth century. — Tropical regions of Asia and Africa. 
Laggera alata, Schultz -Bip . ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 271. An erect, 
glandular-pubescent herb ; stems robust, 2-4 ft., leafy, winged 
with the decurrent leaf-bases. Leaves alternate, oblong, 4x1 in., 
acute ; teeth numerous, small, sharp. Heads many, discoid, f in. 
diam., in axillary racemes often forming a large, terminal, leafy 
panicle. Involucral bracts many, narrow, rigid, acute, the outer 
shorter, the inner equalling the flowers ; receptacle flat, naked ; 
pappus white ; flowers purple ; corollas of the outer very slender, 
minutely toothed, of the inner larger, 5-lobed ; style pubescent. 
Achenes small, hairy. 
Sutlej and Giri valleys; September, October. — Hilly districts throughout 
India, 1000-6000 ft. — Tropical Asia and Africa. 
L. flava, Benth., is common in the plains and may occur in the hills below 
3000 ft. ; it differs from L. alata in its slender, naked, glabrous stem and yellow, 
flowers. 
15. SPHASRANTHUS. From the Greek sphctira, a globe,, and 
anthos, a flower, referring to the shape of the inflorescence. — 
Tropical regions of the Old World. 
