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Blumea.] 
is obtained from it. King gives a variety angustifolia with narrow 
leaves less than -5 in. broad, an odd form from Singapore. Distrib. 
Indo-Malaya. Native names : Chapa; Chapu; Sembong. 
(3) B. aromatica DC. Prodr. v. 88; Hook. fit. F.B.I. iii. 270. 
A tall shrubby plant tomentose more or less. Leaves mem¬ 
branous, white arachnoid tomentose beneath, glabrous above, 
elliptic acuminate, long narrowed down the petiole, glandular 
denticulate, 12 in. long, 5 i n - wide; petioles 3 in. long. Panicle 
of heads large, 6 to 12 in. long, tomentose. Heads over *5 in. 
across. Bracts green, tomentose, lanceolate acuminate, very 
narrow, as long as the white or reddish pappus, basal ones half as 
long. Hab. Roadsides in mountain forest, rare. Negri Sembilan, 
Bukit Tangga Pass. Selangor, Sempang Mines (Ridley). Distrib. 
Indo-Malaya. 
This somewhat resembles B. balsamifera, but has no camphor-scent. 
(4) B. myriocephala DC. Prodr. v. 445; Hook. fit. F.B.I. 
hi- 269. . . . . 
Shrubby plant about 8 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous shining above, 
quite glabrous, 4 to 10 in. long, 3 in- or niore wide, oblanceolate- 
acuminate sub-serrate, narrowed to the winged petioles. Heads 
•5 in. across in a large pyramidal panicle. Pappus red, silky. Hab. 
Mountain forests. Selangor, Ginting Bidai; Kwala Lumpur 
(Curtis). Sungei Ujong (Cantley). Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tangga. 
Perak, Hulu Batang Padang (Ridley). Distrib. Indo-Malaya. 
(5) B. lacera DC. in Wight, Contrib. 14; King, l.c. 35. 
Herb 1 to 3 ft. tall with a turpentine odour, hairy or villous, 
simple or branched. Leaves obovate toothed, tomentose beneath, 
or runcinate, 3 in. long, *9 in. wide, winged to base of petiole. 
Heads -3 in. across, in dense terminal spikes. Involucre hairy, 
woolly. Bracts narrow, green tipped pink. Corollas yellow with 
red lobes. Achenes hairy. Pappus white. Hab. Common road¬ 
side weed. Singapore, Tanglin; Jurong. Johor, Tana Runto. 
Malacca, Bukit Bruang (Derry). Muar (Feilding). Pahang, 
Pekan; Kwala Tembeling. Penang Hill (Curtis). Perils. Dis¬ 
trib. Tropical Asia and Africa. Native name : Lumai hitam. 
(6) B. membranacea DC. Prodr. v. 440; King, l.c. 35. 
A weed about 2 ft. or more tall nearly glabrous. Leaves 
thin membranous oblanceolate, toothed or runcinate, winged to 
base of petiole, 2 to 7 in- long, '5 to 2 in. across. Panicle often 
large, many-branched with numerous heads "25 in. across. Bracts 
linear acuminate. Corolla yellow. Pappus white. Hab. Sporadic 
in open places in the south, common in the north, Singapore, 
Alexandra Road. Malacca (Hullett, Griffith). Negri Sembilan, 
Tampin Hill. Selangor. Kwala Lumpur. Perak, Larut Hills; 
Temengoh. Penang, Ayer Hitam; Hill (Curtis). Lankawi. 
Perlis, Kanga. Distrib. Indo-Malaya. 
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