Inula.] LXXVIII. composiraz. (J. D. Hooker.) 295 
13. I. Kalapani, Clarke Comp. Ind. 123; pubescent or hirsute, stem 
simple or sparingly forked, radical leaves petioled elliptic-ovate or lanceolate 
obtuse or acute subdentate, cauline oblong or ovate-oblong from an amplexicaul 
dilated base, heads 3-1 in. diam. few corymbose, invol. bracts few linear acute 
hirsute green, achenes minute glabrous. 
Kuasa Mrs. ; Kalapani river, alt. 4-5000 ft., J D. H. & T. T., Clarke. 
Habit of an Aster, 12-18 in. high. Leaves, radical 2-3 in. long, narrowed into 
the petiole, cauline 1-13 in., erect or spreading. ` Zuel, bracts spreading or recurved, 
onter subfoliaceous; ligules short, about 4 in. Achenes j; in. long; pappus scanty, 
very short, } in., reddish. 
Sect. III. ZBgopthalmus. Stemless. Heads sessile amongst the rosu- 
late leaves, 
14. I. rhizocephaloides, Clarke Comp. Ind. 124; leaves all radical 
rosulate obovate-spathulate obtuse ciliate, heads 2-1 in. diam. crowded sessile, 
invol. bracts linear acute erect or tips recurved, achenes glabrous ribbed. 
Western Tiger, Falconer; Dras, alt. 7-9000 ft., Thomson ; Ladak, alt. 12-14,000 
ft., Stoliczka. 
Whole plant 2-5 in. diam. Leaves horizontal, appressed to the ground, narrowed 
into a broad petiole. Znvol. bracts all similar ; ray-fls. very few with minute ligules 
or tubular or 0. Achenes A in.; pappus j in., red.— This resembles closely the Z. 
rhizocephala, Schrank, but the invol. bracts are narrower, less rigid, and purple, and 
the rays are very different. 
Secr. IV. Cappa. Shrubs. Heads small, corymbose or racemose ; invol. 
bracts linear or subulate, outer gradually smaller. 
15. I. Cappa, DC. Prodr. v. 469; shrubby, branches leaves beneath and 
corymbs densely silkily villous or woolly, leaves sessile or shortly petioled 
oblong or oblong-lanceolate acute toothed pubescent or glabrescent above, heads 
very many } in diam., invol. bracts linear rigid acuminate pubescent, achenes 
silky. Clarke Comp. Ind. 124, I. Pseudo-cappa and eriophora, DC. l c. 469, 
470. I. salviodora, Schultz-Bip. in Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 62. Conyza lanugi- 
nosa, eriophora and argentea, Wall, Cat. 2922, 3013, 3014. ©. Cappa, Ham. in 
Don Prodr. 176. Duhaldea chinensis, DC. l. c. 366. 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; from Kumaon to Bhotan, alt. 4-6000 ft. (ascending to 
10,000 in Kumaon, Str. d Wint.) KmastA Mrs., alt. 4—5000 ft. Prev and BIRMA, 
—Distris. Java, China. 
Shrub 4-8 ft. high; branches very stout. Leaves 3-6 by 1-24 in., coriaceous, 
acute or obtuse, base rounded or acute (in Sikkim leaves 9 by 2} in., gradually 
acuminate at both ends), toothing variable. Heads very numerous; invol. bracts 
very variable in length, number and breadth, always narrow and linear or subulate ; 
ligules few, very short or 0. Achenes d; in.; pappus 3 in., dirty-white, hairs thickened 
at the ends. 
16. I. eupatorioides, DC. Prodr. v. 469; shrubby, branches stout and 
leaves beneath and corymbs pubescent or subtomentose, leaves shortly petioled 
elliptic-oblong or lanceolate acuminate coriaceous irregularly toothed scaberulous 
above, heads numerous } in. diam. in terminal corymbs shortly peduncled, invol. 
bracts subulate tomentose, achenes silky. Clarke Comp. Ind. 125. Conyza 
eupatorioides, Wall, Cat. 2993. Amphiraphis heterotricha, DC. l.e. 343. 
Conyza and Solidago heterotricha, Wall. Cat. 3225. 
Eastern HiMarayA; Sikkim, J. D. H. Bhotan, Griffith, Kmasr Mrs., alt. 
4-6000 ft. Dua, Griffith. MovrwEm, Lobb. 
Very closely allied to Z. cuspidata, but differing in the much stouter habit, shorter 
stouter-petioled more rigid leaves with much-reticulated nervation beneath, narrower 
