Tas. 6411. 
INULA Hooxert. 
Native of the Sikkim Himalaya. 
Nat. Ord. Composittm.—Tribe InuLomEm. 
Genus Inuta, Linn. ; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. ii. p. 330.) 
Invuta Hookeri ; superne villosa, foliis sessilibus v. in petiolum brevem angustatis 
elliptico-lanceolatis acuminatis glanduloso-denticulatis membranaceis supra 
pilosis subtus tomentosis v. glabratis, capitulis solitariis 24-3} poll. diametro, 
involucri villosissimi bracteis elongato-subulatis recurvis demum squarroso- 
patentibus, ligulis perplurimis 1-seriatis pallide flavis angustis elongatis 
recurvis, acheniis minutis glabris sulcatis, pappo sordide albo. 
I. Hookeri, C. B. Clarke, Compos. Indice, p. 122. 
A very free-flowering perennial, with leaves of a remarkably 
delicate membranous texture and faintly sweet-scented 
flowers. Unfortunately it withers rapidly after being cut, 
so that it can be of little use for decorative purposes except 
in the garden. It is a native of rocky places and the interior 
valleys of Sikkim, at elevations of 7,000 to 10,000 feet, where 
it replaces the very similar J. barbata, Wall., of the western 
Himalaya. Both these closely resemble the JL. grandiflora, 
Willd. and J. glandulosa, Willd. which are natives of the 
Caucasus, and the former of which is enumerated by Mr. 
C. B. Clarke a native of the western Himalaya also. 
All these species are, like J. Hooker, remarkable for the 
glands which terminate at the teeth on the margins of the 
leaves, and all have narrow finally squarrose involucral bracts, 
covered with long shaggy hair. 
Inula Hookeri was introduced into cultivation in Kew by 
seeds sent by myself from Sikkim in 1849, which flowered in 
1851; and specimens from which are preserved in the Kew 
Herbarium. It was again raised two years ago from seeds 
sent by M. Gammie also from Sikkim, and from which plants 
the accompanying drawing was made in September of last 
ear. 
Descr. Fibrous, with soft hairs, which become tawny 
FEBRUARY lst, 1879. 
