252 LXXVIII. coMPOSITE. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Aster. 
Kumaon and Western Tipe, alt. 11-14,000 ft., Falconer, &c.—DisTRIB. Affghan 
and Beluchistan, Central Asia, Altai Mts., China. 
Stem 2-3 ft. and branches slender, green. Leaves 1-2 in., sometimes contracted at 
the base, nerves very obscure, Heads 4-2 in, diam., peduncled or sessile; invol. 
bracts 4 in.; ligules 20-30, short, blue, revolute when dry, sometimes 9. <Achenes 4 
in.; pappus rather longer.—Lindley's Galatella juncea is founded on a cultivate 
specimen of this from the Saharunpore Bot. Gardens, which is glabrous with linear 
leaves and rounded branches; the achenes are immature, and I do not recognise the 
difference from those of altaicus pointed out by Clarke. A young specimen of A. 
aliaicus from Beloochistan presents the same characters. 
10. A. trinervius, Roxb. Hort. Beng, 61; Fl. Ind. iii. 433; glabrous or 
scaberulous, slender, leafy, leaves sessile or petioled lanceolate obtuse acute or 
acuminate coarsely serrate, heads corymbose, invol. bracts linear obtuse or acute, 
ligules 12-15 short, achenes hairy, pappus reddish with a few short slender 
outer hairs. Don Prodr. 177. A. scabridus, Hook. f. § Thoms. Herb. Ind. Or.; 
Clarke Comp. Ind. 47. A. Benthami, Steetz in Seemann Bot. Herald. 385. A. 
asperrimus, Wall. Cat. 2070. Diplopappus asperrimus, DC. Prodr. v. 277 
(excl. syn. Roxb.). Galatella asperrima, Nees Aster, 173. Diplopappus laxus, 
Benth. in Hook, Lond. Journ. Bot. i. 487. ' 
CENTRAL and Western Himataya; Nipal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 5-7000 ft, 
Misumi Mrs. Griffith. Kuasta Mrs, alt. 3-6000 ft.—Disrrim, Japan, N. China. 
Stem 2-3 ft., rarely almost glabrous, grooved, sometimes almost hispid. Leaves 
1-4 in., very variable, rarely oblong and obtuse, hase rounded or acute, usually 
scabrid on both surfaces. Heads 4-3 in diam.; ligules 10-12, white, narrow. 
Achenes 3; in. ` pappus 1 in. 
ll. A. sikkimensis, Hook. f. & Thoms. in Bot. Mag. t. 4507 ; erect, 
leafy, glabrous or puberulous, branches terete flexuous, leaves large sessile or 
short-petioled lanceolate acuminate entire or subserrate membranous, heads 
many small corymbose, invol. bracts linear acuminate, achenes hispid 4-ribbed, 
pappus single white or reddish. Clarke Comp. Ind. 42. 
Eastern Nat, and Sr«xim, alt. 6-12,000 ft., J. D. H. 
Stems 3-4 ft., much branched, soft. Leaves 3-7 by %-2 in., narrowed into the 
broad short 4-amplexieaul petiole, membranous, Heads $ in. diam., very numerous, 
on glabrous or very pubescent branches; peduncles slender or stout; ligules very 
many, blue. Achenes j; in.; pappus A in. 
Secr. IV. Invol. bracts narrow or broad.—Tall herbs with large leaves, 
corymbosely branched stems above, the branches bearing single, rarely corymbose 
very large heads. 
12. A. Thomsoni, Clarke Comp. Ind. 48 ; laxly villous, erect, branched, 
leaves subsessile broadly ovate acuminate coarsely serrate, heads few large long- 
peduncled, invol, bracts linear-lanceolate acuminate, achenes hairy, pappus single 
much shorter than the corolla reddish, bairs subulate. Callimeris flexuosus, 
Royle in DC. Prodr. v. 258; Royle Ill. 251, t. 58, f. 2. 
Western Himataya; from Nipal to Kashmir, alt. 7-10,000 ft, 
An erect laxly branched herb, with flaccid hairs; branches slender, flexuous. 
Leaves 2-4 by 1-2} in., membranous, base contracted and j-amplexieaul. Heads 
solitary, 13-23 in. diam.; invol, bracts herbaceous; ligules 20-30, 3-8 in. long. 
Achenes 4-4, much longer than the pappus. 
13. A. asperulus, Nees Aster. 981; laxly hairy or glabrate, erect, 
branched, leaves petioled ovate or lanceolate acuminate coarsely serrate, heads 
few large on slender peduncles, invol. bracts linear or lanceolate acuminate often 
long and leafy, achenes hairy, pappus hairs white or reddish equalling the 
corolla with a few short ones. Wall, Cat. 2968, A. peduncularis, Wall, Cat. 
