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COMPOSITE. 
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1. F. pinifolia, Cass. ; DC. Prod. vi. 293. A much-branched gla- 
brous low shrub, with stems clothed with the adherent bases of fallen 
leaves. Leaves crowded, sessile, subcoriaceous, very narrow, in. 
broad, 1-nerved, f in. long. Heads few, small, in close thyrsoid or 
corymbose terminal panicles. Involucre funnel-shaped, in. deep, 
with 8-10 ligulate glabrous scales and 7-8 included flowers. Achenes 
slender, under T \ in. long ; pappus in - l° n g> °f copious scabrous 
white bristles, distinctly shorter than the yellow narrowly funnel-shaped 
corollas. Senecio pinifolius, Pers. Conyza pinifolia, Bory, non Lam. 
Mauritius, in high and damp stations, especially in the neighbourhood of Grand 
Bassin, Bouton r Also Bourbon. 
2. F. fiexuosa, Benth. Gen. Plant, ii. 443. A glabrous shrub, 
3-6 feet high, with slender woody branches. Leaves distinctly petioled, 
ovate or oblong, 2-4 in. long, subcoriaceous, acute, incised or crenate, 
rounded or narrowed at the base ; the veinlets beneath not raised. Heads 
very numerous, in dense terminal panicles. Involucre campanulate, ± 
in. "broad and long ; scales 10-12, brownish, glabrous, ligulate, with a 
deltoid tip. Receptacle conical, with a few obscure fibrillge. Elowers 
20-30 in a head. Corollas yellow, the limb almost campanulate. 
Achenes slender, glabrous, cylindrical, strongly ribbed, -§- in. long ; 
pappus as long as the achene, of copious distinctly ciliated white 
bristles. Cacalia flexuosa, Wall. ; DC. Prod. vi. 330. Senecio flexuosus, 
Less. Eupatorium flexuosum, Lam. Senecio pollicaris, DC. ; Bojer , 
Hort. Maur. 188. 
Par. LANCiroLiA, Baker. Leaves lanceolate, 3 in. long, under \ in. 
broad, narrowed gradually to both ends, sharply incised. Heads 
smaller, with fewer flowers in each. 
Mauritius, in woods through the island. Also Bourbon and Madagascar. Senecio 
subcordatus, Bojer, MSS. is a form with ovate leaves with a subcordate base. Bois 
Cassant. Bois cassem. Zigzag. 
3. F. reticulata, Benth. Gen. Plant, ii. 443. A glabrous under- 
shrub, 2-3 feet high, with flexuose terete branches. Leaves distant, 
sessile, round, with a deeply cordate base, 2-4 in. diameter, 
obtuse or cuspidate, finely regularly toothed, subcoriaceous, with the 
reticulated veinlets in relief on the under side. Heads 10-30, in 
crowded terminal corymbs. Involucre campanulate, in. broad and 
long ; scales about a dozen, glabrous, with a cusp. Receptacle conical. 
Flowers 30-40 in a head. Achenes glabrous, % in. long, slender, 
cylindrical ; pappus shorter than the achene, of densely ciliated firm 
white hairs. Cacalia reticulata, Pahl; DC. Prod. vi. 330. Senecio 
penicillatus, DC. ; Bojer , Hort. Maur. 188. Senecio asarifolius, Bojer , 
MSS. Cacalia asarifolia, Stead. 
Mauritius, in the forests of Grand Bassin and the Pitton de la Riviere Noire. 
Endemic. 
* Frechthites hieracifolia , Raf. ; DC. Prod. vi. 294, (Senecio caca- 
lioides, Syr eng. ; Bojer. Hort. Maur. 188), a common American weed, 
