Pulicaria.] xxv. compositz. (J. D. Hooker.) 299 
Callistephus Wightianus, DC. Le 275; Wight Ic. t. 1089 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 
Fi. 123. C. Heyneanus, DC. l.c. Poloa Wightiana, DC. in Wight Contrib. 10. 
Erigeron Wightianus, Wall. Cat. 3284. Aster indicus, Heyne; and A. hydera- 
badensis, Wall. Cat. 2971, 2972. 
Hilly country of the Deccan and Marson, common from the Conean southwards. 
A tall, stout, much branched, leafy herb, 12-18 in. high; branches often angled, 
erect. Leaves 1-2 in. erect. Heads 4-3 in. diam., peduncles swollen upwards. 
Achenes } in., brown, shining, as are the highly coloured pappus hairs. 
5. P. angustifolia, DC. Prodr. v. 479; annual, softly pubescent, 
branches erect or ascending, leaves sessile linear-oblong or obovate, base narrow 
entire or serrulate, tips obtuse or apiculate and recurved, heads small, invol. 
bracts herbaceous lanceolate acuminate, ligules equalling or exceeding the 
bracts, pappus white or reddish twice as long as the glabrate achenes, outer 
scales laciniate. Clarke Comp. Ind. 199. P. indica, Jaub. § Spach. Ill. Pl. 
Orient. t. 343. P. Stocksii, Boiss. Fl. Orient. iii. 206. P. saxicola, Edgew. in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 323. Callistephus concolor, Dalz. in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. 
344; Dalz. $& Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 125. 
Nortu-Western Ten, Royle; Delhi, Jacquemont. BANDA, Edgeworth. ` Goen, 
Stocks. The Concan, Law, &c.—Distrre. Beluchistan. 
A very variable annual, with sometimes a woody stock, much smaller than P. 
Wightiana, with shorter leaves, narrower at the base, more slender peduncles, and 
smaller heads. The ligules are very deciduous, if indeed they are always present, 
which is perhaps doubtful. 
Sror. III. Francceuria. Invol. bracts slender or subherbaceous. Pappus 
hairs bearded, thickened at the tips; outer scales connate with the hairs and 
deciduous with them. 
6. P. crispa, Benth. in Gen. Pl. ii. 336; perennial, shrubby below, 
branches and leaves beneath densely cottony, leaves sessile linear-oblong or sub- 
spathulate, margins recurved toothed and crisped lower j-amplexicaul, involucre 
pubescent, bracts very slender setaceous, ligules shorter than the bracts, pappus 
white three times as long as the glabrate achenes. Clarke Comp. Ind. 129. 
Francceuria crispa, Cass. ; DC. Prodr. v. 475; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iii. 206. Inula 
quadrifida, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 2963. Duchesnia crispa, Cass. in Dict. Sc. Nat. 
xiii. 546. 
The PuxzAB, Royle, Ee, Upper Gancetic D'A and eastwards to Benar.—Drs- 
TRIB. Westwards to Arabia, Africa, the Canary and Cape de Verd Islands. 
Stout, shrubby, 1-2 ft. high, very leafy; branches ascending. Leaves 3-1} in.» 
lowest in young plants sometimes 4 in., obovate-spathulate, with flat margins; upper 
very small Heads 1—3 in. diam. (ligules sometimes 0, Zoissier). 
7. P. gnaphalodes, Boiss. Fl. Orient. iii. 203; annual, softly woolly 
below, leaves sessile obovate-spathulate obtuse waved and crisped, heads very 
small, invol. bracts few pubescent short oblong-lanceolate, ligules few very short, 
D pus white or reddish hairs twice as long as the silky achenes. Inula gnapha- 
es, Vent. Hort. Cels. t. 75. Strabonia gnaphalodes, DC. Prodr. v. 481. 
Western TrBET; Iskardo, Thomson.—Disrris. Affghanistan, Persia. 
Habit of P. crispa, but not cottony, usually more slender, with larger heads and 
very different involucre. Thomson’s specimens are very old, and have neither flowers. 
nor achenes; but I do not doubt their belonging to this species. 
Szor. IV. Platycheete. Juno, bracts elliptic or linear-lanceolate, acute. 
Pappus double; outer a short jagged crown, inner of flattened shining rigid 
