jgC> lxxv. composite. [Erigeron. 
rows, female of the disc bisexual. Involucre canipanulate, bracts 
2 or more rows. Receptacle flat, nude or with small paleas, outer 
female flowers ligulate, very narrow. Achenes flattened. Pappus 
of many slender bristles. Species about 100, whole world. 
Much-branched weed 3 to 6 ft. tall; leaves toothed . (i) E. sumatrense 
Dwarf unbranched herb; heads racemose; leaves 
entire .( 2 ) E - oreophilum 
(1) E. sumatrense Retz Obs. v. 28; Ridl. Journ . Roy. As. Soc. 
S. Br. 79, p. 90. Conyza semipinnatifida, Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. 
Soc. S. Br. 49, p. 18, not of Wallich. 
Hairy weed 3 to 6 ft. tall. Lower leaves membranous, lanceo¬ 
late, strongly sparingly toothed, sub-acute gradually narrowed to 
the base of the petioles 3-5 in. long, including petiole *5 in. across. 
Uppermost leaves in inflorescence linear, 1 in. long, *05 in. wide, 
entire. All coarsely white-hairy. Panicle very large, strict, 
many-branched, hairy. Heads ‘i in. long on pedicels slender, 
■25 in. long, '4 in. across in fruit. Involucral bracts linear-acuminate 
very narrow. Receptacle pustulate. Pappus, white. Hab. 
Common weed in clearings and waste ground. Singapore, Pulau 
Ubin • Bukit Mandai. Johor, Batu Pahat. Malacca, Bukit 
Asahan. Pahang River. Sungei Ujong, Burunang (Cantley). 
Selangor, Batu Caves. Perak. Bindings, Lumut (Curtis). 
Penang, Tanjong Bunga (Curtis). Distrib. Siam, Java, Sumatra, 
Philippines. Native names : Sumbong Jantan; Sari Bulan. 
(2) E. oreophilum Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 79, p. 9 1 * 
Simple unbranched herb, 6 to 8 in. tall, soft-pubescent. Leaves 
oblong-lanceolate entire, obtuse (upper ones smaller, narrower, 
acute) narrowed to base of petiole; *4 in. long, '12 in. wide or 
less, white hairy. Heads racemose or with one or two short 
branches *1 in. long, shortly peduncled in fruit *25 in. across. 
Peduncle slender, white-hairy ’12 in. long. Involucral bracts 
very narrow, linear-acuminate, pubescent or glabrous, not imbricat¬ 
ing outer flowers with a minute oblong ligule. Achenes (not ripe) 
glabrous. Pappus white. Hob. Perak, Gunong Kerbau at 6600 ft. 
altitude (Robinson). 
29. MICROGLOSSA, DC. 
Scandent shrub. Leaves alternate, entire. Heads small in 
large corymbose panicles. Ray-florets female, ligule white, disc- 
florets bisexual, limb 3- to 4-lobed. Involucre campanulate of 
several rows of narrow bracts. Achenes angled. Pappus of many 
silky hairs. Species 6, Asia and Africa. 
(1) M. volubilis DC. Prodr. v. 320; King, l.c. 31. 
Glabrous, shrubby. Leaves ovate-lanceolate acuminate, base 
