Tas, 6912. ; 
ASTER STRACHEYI. 
Native of the Western Himalaya. 
Nat. Ord. Compositex.—Tribe ASTEROIDER. 
Genus AstEr, Linn; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. ii, p- 271.) 
Aster Stracheyi; humilis, hirsuto-pubescens, subacaulis, stolonifera, foliis radi- 
calibus rosulatis oblanceolato-spathulatis integerrimis v. dentatis paucinerviis, 
stolonibus elongatis prostratis apicibus adscendentibus sparsim foliatis, foliis 
parvis sessilibus obovato-spathulatis, scapis pedunculisve adscendentibus gracili- 
bus pauci-bracteatis rufo-brunneis monocephalis, capitulis parvis, involucri 
campanulati bracteis oblongo-lanceolatis fimbriato-ciliatis rufo-brunneis medio 
viridibus, ligulis numerosis l-seriatis pallide cxruleo-lilacinis, floribus disci 
paucis, pappo sordide albo v. rufescente, acheniis compressis oblanceolato- 
cuneatis sericeis. 
A. Stracheyi, Hook, fil. Flora of British India, vol. iii. p. 250. 
 Heterocheta, No. 2, Strachey and Winterbottom, Himal. Herb. 
The species of Aster and FHrigeron are amongst the 
greatest ornaments of the grassy and rocky pastures of the 
loftiest Himalaya, where, however, they form groups of 
Species most puzzling for the botanist to distinguish and 
describe; and indeed, with regard to some of them, it is 
difficult to decide to which of the above-named genera they 
should be referred. Fortunately A. Strachey is one of 
those that can least be confounded with any other; its 
small size, copious stolons, slender one-flowered scapes, 
and small heads are easily recognized characters. It is 
apparently a very local species, and has hitherto been 
found only in the provinces of Garwhal and Kumaon (west 
of Nepal). Wallich first procured it, probably from Dr. 
Govan, the earliest botanical explorer of that region. 
Some thirty years afterwards, Madden, Strachey,and Winter- 
bottom all found it at the Pindari Glaucier, alt. 12,500 feet ; 
and still more lately it has been found on the Bamsor Pass, 
in Garwhal, at an elevation of 15,000 to 16,000 feet, by 
Mr. Duthie, Superintendent of the Saharunpore Botanical 
Gardens. 
The specimen figured was received from the Saharunpore 
pec, Ist, 1886. 
