192 lxxv. composite. [Laggera. 
sometimes petioled), toothed; nerves 8 pairs, conspicuous. Heads 
few, ‘25 in. across; peduncles slender. Corolla yellow. Hab. 
Penang " in the mountains of the island, Dec. 1822 ” (Wallich). 
Never seen since. Distrib. North India. 
22 . BLUMEA, DC. 
Herbs; sometimes shrubby at base, often tomentose. Leaves 
alternate, lobed. Heads panicled, rarely racemed. Flowers 
yellow. Ray-florets in several rows, female, filiform 2- to 3-toothed. 
Disc-florets few bisexual. Involucre ovoid, bracts in several 
rows, outer smaller. Pappus hairs in a single row. Species 60, 
Asia, Africa, Australia. 
Scandent. Pappus white . . . . . (1) B. chinensis 
Erect, heads in large terminal panicles. 
Tall shrub, camphoraceous; pappus often red¬ 
dish; leaves thick . . . . . (2) B. balsamifera 
Tall herb, base shrubby; leaves membranous; 
pappus hardly reddish . . . • (3) B. aromatica 
Tall herb; leaves stiff, shining, quite glabrous . (4) B. myriocephala 
Herb 2 to 3 ft. tall; heads axillary and terminal, 
clustered; pappus white. 
Leaves thick, tomentose beneath . . . {5) B. lacera 
Leaves thin, membranous, glabrous . . (6) B. membranacea 
Heads in sessile clusters of 2 or 3 in axils of bracts 
in a pseudo-spike.(7) B. glomerata 
(1) B. chinensis DC. Prodr. v. 444; King, l.c. 32. 
Scandent. Leaves membranous, elliptic acuminate, narrowed to 
rounded base, with distant teeth; nerves 4 to 5 pairs; 2^25 to 3*25 in. 
long, *85 to 1*4 in. wide; petioles '2 to “3 in. long. Cymes 3 in. long 
or less axillary, peduncled. Heads sessile ’35 in. across. Bracts 
outer 2 rows short, ovate-lanceolate blunt, pubescent, inner two 
rows much longer, linear acuminate, longer than the copious white 
pappus. Hob. Woods. Not rare. Singapore, Bukit Timah; 
Tanglin; Pulau Ubin. Johor, Bukit Murdom (Kelsall). Malacca, 
Ayer Panas (Derry). Selangor, Rawang (Goodenough). Perak, 
Thaiping Hills. Tringganu, Bundi (Rostados). Penang (Wallich, 
Curtis). Distrib. Indo-Malaya. Native name: Tombak-Tombak. 
var. riparia King, l.c. B. riparia Blume. Somewhat hairy; 
nerves 3 or 4 pairs. Hab. Perak (Kunstler, Scortechini). 
(2) B. balsamifera DC. Prodr. v. 466; King, l.c. 33. 
Shrub, 6 to 12 ft. tall, tomentose, smelling strongly of camphor 
when bruised. Leaves membranous elliptic-lanceolate, serrate- 
dentate acute, base narrow, densely tomentose beneath, 3 to 6 in. 
long, 1 to 2 in. wide or larger; petioles 1 in. long. Heads ‘25 in. 
across, numerous in large terminal panicles. Flowers yellow; 
involucral bracts linear acuminate tomentose. Pappus red (when 
dry). Achenes 10, ribbed. Hab. Very common in open places, 
whole peninsula, easily recognised by its scent. The Ngai camphor 
