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LXXV. COMPOSITE. 
[Blumea. 
(7) B, glomerata DC. in Wight, Contrib. 15. 
Erect herb 1‘5 to 2 ft. tall, glandular pubescent. Leaves mem¬ 
branous, sparsely strigose on both sides, lower leaves lyrate lobed, 
lobes dentate, uppers lanceolate, toothed. Heads 2 to ’25 in. 
across in sessile clusters of 2 or 3 in axils of leaf-like bracts along 
the slender branches. Corolla very slender. Involucre often 
pink; bracts very narrow. Pappus white. Hab. Penang (Des- 
champs). Not seen. Distrib. Xndo-Malaya, China. 
Excluded Species 
B. Wightiana DC. in Wight , Contrib. 14. “ Penang and Singa¬ 
pore by roadsides, not common ”; King, l.c. 35. 
I have seen no specimen of this anywhere in the peninsula. 
23 . PLUCHEA, Cass. 
Shrubs, glabrous (or tomentose). Leaves alternate dentate. 
Heads small in terminal corymbose cymes (or large and solitary) 
lilac (white or yellow), outer florets filiform, female. Disc-flowers 
bisexual, few, sterile, 5-lobed. Involucre ovoid or campanulate; 
bracts dry, stiff, ovate or lanceolate. Achenes small. Pappus 
scanty. Species 30, tropics. 
(1) P. indica Less. Linnaea vi. 150; DC. Prodr. v. 451; King, 
l.c. 37. 
Shrub about 4 ft. tall or less, glabrous. Leaves membranous, 
obovate acuminate, narrowed to base, dentate, *2 in. long, 1 in. 
wide. Panicles in flower 2 in. across. Flowers very slender, white 
or violet; lobes very short. Pappus *i in. long, white. Hab. Ex¬ 
tremely common in tidal swamps and often persisting long after 
the land has ceased to be tidal. Whole peninsula from Singapore 
to Perlis. Distrib. Indo-Malaya to Australia. Native name: 
Poko Beluntas. 
24 . DICHROCEPHALA, DC. 
Annuals with alternate lyrate leaves. Heads small, globose in 
panicles; outer florets female, 2- to 3-toothed. Disc-florets bisexual 
4- to 5-toothed. Pappus none or of 2 to 3 bristles. Species 5, 
Asia and Africa. 
(1) D. latifolia DC. in Guilt. Arch. Bot. ii. 518; King, l.c. 30. 
Annual weed 1 to 2 ft. tall. Leaves ovate-lanceolate to lyrate 
or pinnatifid, terminal lobes ovate, toothed, 1 to 4 in. long; 
petioles *25 to 1-25 in. long. Heads *15 in. through, yellow or 
purplish; pedicels slender, *5 in. long in lax panicles. Hab. Rare, 
in damp spots. Perak, Thaiping (Ridley). Distrib. Africa, India, 
Malaya. 
25 . EPALTES, Cass. 
Herbs. Leaves alternate toothed (or entire). Heads rather 
small, disc-like. Flowers purplish or white, in many series. 
