Microglossa.\ lxxv. composite. *97 
round entire or toothed; nerves 4 or 5 pairs, i'5 to 2 in. long, 
•65 to 1*25 in. wide; petioles *25 to *4 in. long. Heads *35 in. 
across. Peduncles short in dense cymes, 2 in. across. Pappus 
dense, reddish. Hab. Hill forests; not very common. Malacca, 
Chabau (Cantley). Pahang, Telom. Perak, Hermitage Hill; 
Gunong Kerbau. Penang (Wallich, Phillips). Distnb. India, 
China. Native name: Poko Ragin. Use: A decoction of the 
roots used for colic. 
30 . CREPIS, Linn. 
Glabrous (or hairy) herbs. Leaves alternate, radical, lobed, 
runcinate (or entire). Heads peduncled corymbose yellow. 
Involucre cylindric; bracts multiseriate imbricate. Corollas 
ligulate with broad 5-toothed tips. Achenes fusiform or oblong, 
10 or more ribbed. Pappus copious, silvery. Species about 10, 
northern parts of Old World. 
(1) C. japonica Benth. FI. Hongk. 194; King, l.c. 48. 
Leaves thin runcinate, more or less toothed, mostly radical, 
1*5 to 5 in. long; petioles 15 to 1*5 in. long, nearly or quite glabrous. 
Stems 4 to 14 in. tall, slender 1 or more from root with a few small 
sessile cauline leaves. Heads usually numerous about *24 in. 
long on slender peduncles and pedicels. Flowers bright yellow. 
Hab. Dry banks and clay soils in clearings, etc. Johor, Bukit 
Soga; Gunong Pulai. Malacca Hill. Perak, Thaiping Hills; 
Kamuning. Penang Hill, common, at 2500 ft. altitude. Perlis. 
Distrib. East Asia. 
Order LXXVI. STYLIDIE^. 
Herbs. Leaves radical or scattered entire. Flowers in terminal 
racemes or panicles, irregular. Calyx-tube adnate to ovary, 
2-Upped, upper lip 3- lower 2-lobed. CoroUa gamopetalous, 5 - lobed, 
1 lobe smaller. Stamens 2, on a disc. FUaments connate with 
style; ovary inferior 2-celled; capsule 2-celled. Seeds minute. 
Species 100, few Asiatic, most Australian. 
1 . STYLIDIUM, Sw. 
Herbs annual. Corolla irregular, lip narrow. 
(1) S. tenellum Sw. Gesellsch. Nat. Bert. Mag., 1807, 5 L L 2 > 
Fig. 3; King, l.c. 49. (Fig. 87, p 198.) 
Very small slender herb, 1 to 8 in. tall, dichotomous. Leaves 
alternate oblong, *2 to *3 in. long. Flowers 2 to 5, sessile, mauve, very 
small. Capsule *5 to 7 in. long, slender 2-valved. Hab. In wet grassy 
