Epaltes.] lxxv. composite. 195 
Involucre campanulate or hemispheric. Bracts in many series 
imbricate dry stiff. Receptacle flat (or elevate). Bisexual flowers 
regular, tubular; limb campanulate shortly 3- to 5-fid. ' Anthers 
sagittate; style subulate papillose at tip. Female flowers filiform 
minutely 2- to 3-toothed. Achenes sub-terete, 5- to 10-ribbed. 
Pappus o. Species 9 or 10. Hab. South America, Africa, Asia 
and Australia. 
(1) E. australis Merrill and Rolfe, Philipp. Journ. Sc. iii. 126. 
Low tufted herb, glabrous. Branches from the base 4 to 6 in. 
long. Leaves rather fleshy, spathulate, irregularly toothed at the 
tip, *3 to "4 i n - long, ’12 to *3 in, wide. Heads *25 in. across on 
peduncles *1 in. long. Involucre as long or longer than the flowers, 
pale, lowest bracts small ovate, upper ones numerous, oblong blunt 
or minutely sub-acute. Hab. Kelantan, Kota Bharu (Yapp). 
Distrib. Siam, Philippines. 
26 . GRANGEA, Forsk. 
Prostrate (or sub-erect) villous herbs. Leaves alternate pinnati- 
fid. Heads sub-globose, yellow, terminal or leaf-opposed, outer 
flowers female, 2- to 4-lobed. Disc-flowers bisexual, 4- to 5-lobed. 
Involucre broad, campanulate; bracts few, herbaceous. Pappus 
a cylindric fimbriate tube. Species 3 to 4, Asia and Africa. 
(1) G. maderaspatana DC. Prodr. v. 373; Hook. fil. F.B.I. 
iii. 247. 
Growing flat on the ground forming a patch 6 to 12 in. across. 
Heads solitary, *4 in. across. Hab. Rare. In rice-fields in the 
north, Setul and Perlis. Distrib. India. 
27 . CENTIPEDA, Lour. 
Small prostrate herb. Leaves alternate, toothed. Heads very 
small axillary, sessile (or racemose), yellow or purplish, outer 
florets female, in many rows minute; disc-florets bisexual, few. 
Corollas 4-lobed. Involucre hemispheric. Achenes 4-angled, 
hairy. Pappus o. Species 40, Asia, Australia, America. 
(1) C. orbicularis Loureiro FI. Cochinchine, 493; King, l.c. 
46. 
A very small herb, 1 in. tall to about 6 in. across, glabrous or 
tomentose sparsely. Leaves obovate or obcuneate sparsely 
toothed, *2 to *5 in. long. Heads *i to -15 in. across. Flowers 
minute. Hab. Waste ground and open spots, Singapore, Johor. 
Malacca. Perlis in rice-fields. Kelantan, rice-fields, Kota Bharu. 
Distrib. Asia generally. 
28 . ERIGERON, Linn. 
Tall or short herbs. Leaves alternate, entire or toothed or 
dissect. Heads racemose or panicled. Ray-florets 2 or many 
