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530. Pluchea lanceolata, Wall. 
Between Thal and Chaprí, on peculiar clay soil, very local. 
1224 (1879). Filago germanica, Linn., ex Fl. Brit. India, was distributed 
as F. arvensis, Linn. 
914 (1879). Anaphalis contorta, Hook. fil. ex Fl. Brit. India, was 
distributed as A. tenella, DC. 
801, 1223 (1879). A. virgata, Thoms., var. 
With rose-coloured bracts. 
9. Lasiopogon lanatum, Cass. 
Kuram district, on the shingle-plains near Shálizán, in localities 
where there is clay-soil on which water collects, at an altitude 
of from 4000 to 5000 feet. 
The plant looks like a collection of small balls of cotton, or 
some gigantie mildew. 
404. Phagnalon niveum, Edgew. 
The specimens nos. 298, 229 (1879), distributed as P. denticu- 
latum, Decne., and no. 564 (1879), as P. acuminatum, Boiss., are all 
this species. 
. 266 (1879). Gnaphalium pulvinatum, Delile, was distributed as 
G. crispatulum, Delile. 
976 (1879). Inula rupestris," Aitchison $ Hemsley, n. sp. Aff. I. multi- 
caulis, Fisch. & Mey., differt foliis scabridis, capitulis discoideis, acheniis 
omnino hirsutis quam pappus multo brevioribus. 
Suffrutez ramosissimus, 12-18 poll. altus, ramis ramulisque gracilibus, 
scabridis. Folia sessilia, rigida, lineari-oblonga vel linguzformia, usque 
ad 23 poll. longa, apice callosa, obtusiuscula, basi angusta, integra, 
utrinque scabrida. Capitula flava, discoidea, 3-4 lineas diametro, ad 
apices ramulorum solitaria; involucri bractez pallide, scarioso-her- 
bacez, ovato-lanceolate, acute, ciliolate, exteriores gradatim breviores ; 
receptaculum planum. Flores involucrum paullo excedentes. Ache- 
nia brevia, omnino hirsuta; papp sete circiter 20, scabridz, corolla 
paullo breviores. 
Alikhél, profuse; August. Distributed as Z. caspia, Blume. 
431. Pulicaria vulgaris, Gert. : 
Near Kuram, on the sides of rivulets and in rice-fields, at an 
altitude of 4000 feet. Flowers yellow. 
Helianthus annuus, Linn. 
Cultivated in most gardens. 
572 (1879). Achillea micrantha, Bieb., was distributed as Tanacetum 
millefolium, Fisch. & Mey. 
60, 245 (1879). A. Santolina, Linn., was distributed as A. leptophylla, 
Bieb, 
