292 LXXVIII. composit#. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Inula. 
. mose, broadly hemispheric ; outer invol. bracts broad, herbaceous, outermost 
usually foliaceous, 
1, I. racemosa, Hook, f. ; stem and leaves above scabrid, leaves densely 
tomentose beneath crenate, radical long-petioled elliptic-lanceolate, cauline 
oblong j-amplexicaul, heads very large 14-2 in. diam. racemed, inner invol. 
bracts linear acute. I. Royleana, Clarke Comp. Ind. 118, mot of DC. I. 
Helenium, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T., not of Linn. 
Western HIMALAYA ; on the borders of fields, Ze, ` Kashmir, alt. 5—7000 ft., 
Falconer, &c.; Piti, alt. 9--10,000 ft., Thomson. 
A tall stout herb, 1-6 ft., stem grooved. Leaves coriaceous, radical 8-18 by 5-8 
in., narrowed into a petiole as long; cauline often deeply lobed at the base. Heads 
many ; outer invol. bracts broad, with recurved triangular tips ; ligules slender, 4 in. 
Achenes Y in., glabrous, slender ` pappus 4 in., reddish. 
2, X. Royleana, DC. Prodr. v. 464; stem and leaves above pubescent or 
villous and glandular, leaves denticulate woolly beneath, radical ovate or oblong 
with a long winged petiole, cauline lyrate base auricled, heads 3-4 in. diam. 
solitary, inner invol. bracts slender acuminate. I. Stoliczkai, Clarke Comp. Ind. 
118. ? I. macrocephala, Kotschy in Boiss. Flor. Orient. iii. 186. 
Western Himaraya; Kashmir, alt. 7-11,000 ft., Royle, Thomson, Aitchison, &c. 
A stout herb; stem 1-2 ft., grooved. Leaves rather membranous, obtuse, glabrate 
pubescent or villous above, sometimes thickly woolly beneath, radical 6-10 by 4-6 in. 
exclusive of the winged petiole, cauline variable. Heads very handsome, on a stout 
erect woolly or hirsute peduncle; invol. much broader than in. Z. racemosa, achenes 
similar; pappus-hairs paler.—The root is, from its similarity to that of the Kut 
(Saussurea Lappa), used to adulterate that article (Aitchison). 
Secr. II. Bubonium. Herbs. Heads small, corymbose or solitary, 
hemispheric, campanulate or turbinate; outer invol. bracts narrow, dry, rigid, 
or with herbaceous or squarrose tips, or outermost narrow and foliaceous. 
* Heads turbinate, terminating numerous slender branches. Achenes hairy, 
contracted into a small cup at the tip. 
3. I. graveolens, Desfont. Fl. Atlant. ii. 275 ; slender, much branched, 
pubescent and viscid, leaves small sessile linear acute 1-nerved quite entire, heads 
3 in. diam, terminating slender axillary branchlets, invol. bracts few linear acute 
or acuminate erect, outer green pubescent and glandular, ligules very short, 
achenes hairy and viscid. Boiss. Fl. Orient. iii. 109; Clarke Comp. Ind. 120. 
Erigeron graveolens, Linn, ; Sibth. Fl. Gree. t. 866. ?I. brahuica, Boiss, Fl. 
Orient, iii. 199. 
N.W. Inpa; Peshawur, in waste ground, Stewart.—Disrris. Westwards to 
Spain. 
Annual, 1-2 ft. high, stem and branches slender, often flexuous. Leaves 1-1j by 
i5-à in., spreading, midrib strong beneath. Heads rather obconie. Achenes iin. 
long, contracted at the apex with a cup-shaped tip; pappus-hairs rather coarse, 
inserted on the edge of the cup, but not united at the base. 
** Heads terminal, solitary or corymbose. Achenes silky or hairy. 
4. I. macrosperma, Hook, f.; stout, herbaceous, stem winged glabrous 
or pubescent, leaves amplexicaul decurrent oblong-ovate acuminate puberulous, 
heads 14-2 in. diam. subcorymbose on stout erect peduncles, invol. bracts few 
lanceolate subacute pubescent, achenes very large narrowly obovate-oblong 
compressed strongly ribbed hispid above the middle much longer than the red 
stout seabrid pappus. 
