Notes on Malay Compositae IV

1.a. Achene 10-ribbed; pappus reddish (when dry) ..... 2 b. Achene angular or subterete with less than 10 ribs or not ribbed; pappus white, dingy white or reddish (when dry) .... 3 2.a. Pappus uni-seriate or nearly so ...... Decaneurum b. Pappus clearly bi-seriate ......... Lepidaploa 3.a. Pappus uni-seriate or, if bi-seriate, inner involucral scales caducous afterwards .............. 4 b. Pappus bi-seriate ............. 5 4.a. Heads many-flowered; involucral scales linear-lanceolate to oblong, acute to very pointed at the top ....... Cyanopis b. Heads 1—10-flowered; involucral scales oblong or ovate, small, obtuse at the top .......... Strobocalyx 5.a. Achene angular, glabrous or pilose; outer row of the pappus consisting of flattened setae or scales ........ 6 b. Achene terete or subterete, more or less clearly ribbed, more or less appressed pubescent; setae of the outer row of the pappus filiform Tephrodes 6.a. Heads paniculate, corymbose or few together, pedunculate, 12- to many-flowered ............. 7 b. Heads glomerate, sessile or subsessile, 2—9-flowered .. Congestae 7.a. Outer row of the pappus consisting of flattened setae. Claothrachelus b. Outer row of the pappus consisting of scales .... Lepidella