296 LXXVIII, COMPOSITÆ. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Inula. 
ligules ` achenes and pappus the same.— The Moulmein specimen has very short 
elliptic leaves 3 by 13 in., coriaceous, and scabrid above. 
17. I. cuspidata, Clarke Comp. Ind. 195; shrubby, branches glabrous 
or young pubescent, leaves petioled elliptic-lanceolate ‘acuminate serrulate 
membranous glabrous or scaberulous above, heads numerous in terminal corymbs 
3 in. diam. on slender peduncles, invol. bracts linear acute pale rigid, outer 
subulate, achenes silky. I. polycephala, Klatt in Sitzungb. Miinch. Akad. 187 8, 
85. Amphiraphis cuspidata, DC. Prodr. v. 343. Solidago cuspidata, Wall, 
Cat. 3244. 
Western HIMALAYA; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 4-7000 ft. 
A nearly glabrous shrub, with rather slender branches. Leaves 3-5 in., always 
acute at both ends, young softly pubescent; petiole slender; ligules broad revolute. 
Achenes 3 in. ; pappus Ä in., yellowish, hairs thickened at the tip.—A Simla specimen 
from Major Madden has the leaves finely tomentose beneath. 
Srcr. V. Limbarda. Heads panicled or racemed (solitary in Z. gran- 
tioides). 
18. I, rubricaulis, Clarke Comp. Ind. 196; shrubby, branches and 
leaves glabrous, leaves sessile elliptic-lanceolate acuminate serrate membranous, 
heads $ in. diam. 3-5 together in very short axillary racemes with tomentose 
peduncles and slender pedicels, invol. bracts subulate-lanceolate acuminate or 
aristate straight, achenes silky. Amphiraphis rubricaulis, DC. Prodr. v. 343. 
Solidago rubricaulis, Wall. Cat. 3223. 
Susrropicat HiMwALAYA; alt, 3—6000 ft., from Kumaon to Sikkim. 
Shrub 3-6 ft.; branches long, slender, flexuous. Leaves 4-6 by 1-1} in., nerves 
almost parallel with the margin. Corymbs not } the length of the leaves, sometimes 
racemed towards the ends of the branches ; invol. bracts green or purplish ; ligules 
short, broad, revolute. Achenes } in., slender ; pappus 4 in., white, hairs not thickened 
at the tip. 
19. I. Griffithii, Clarke Comp. Ind. 126; shrubby, branches woody aud 
leaves scabrid on both surfaces, leaves very large sessile obliquely oblanceolate 
acuminate denticulate, heads 4 in. diam: few in a small terminal spreading 
slender sessile pubescent panicle half the length of the leaves, invol. bracts few 
linear with a subulate point straight rigid, ER inh glabrous. 
Buoran ; rocks near Dairang, Griffith. 
Branches as thick as a goose-quill. Leaves 1 foot., membranous, curved, abruptly 
acuminate, narrowed to the very base, green, nerves slender spreading. Panicle as 
broad as long, compound, with curved lanceolate leafy bracts at the axils; peduncles 
very slender; ligules 0?; anther-tails very long, lacerate. Achenes unripe, 35 in.; 
pappus $ in., hairs thickened a little at the tips. 
20. I. grantioides, Boiss. Fl. Orient, iii. 195; shrubby, papillose glan- 
dular and hairy, branches very stout short, leaves fleshy lower long-petioled 
cuneate 3-fid. upper linear entire or 3-toothed, heads 1 in. diam. solitary, invol, 
bracts pubescent and viscid, outer short green obtuse, inner narrower long acute, 
achenes large strongly ribbed hispid above constricted below the üp. L 
cutchica, Clarke Comp. Ind. 126. 
Homan ; at Kutch, Kurachee, &c. Wozuristan, Stewart. 
A low, stout, woody shrub, with fleshy leaves and a balsamic odour. Leaves 1-2 
in. long, lobing variable. Ligules few, short, yellow ; lobes of disk. fl, very acuminate, 
Achenes 3. in., narrowly oblong, ribbed as in Z. macrosperma ; pappus twice as long, 
reddish, scabrid.— Bentham (Gen. Pl. ii. 322) refers this to Grantia Aucheri, Boiss., 
to whieh it bears a most deceptive similarity, differing almost solely in the pappus- 
hairs being filiform to the base; it invalidates the genus Grantia. Stock’s specimens 
were not gathered in Beluchistan as Boissier supposed. 
