320 Lxxv. Composira. (J.D. Hooker.) ` [Tanacetum. 
times almost hidden (as in the following species), and their brown scarious edges 
concealed. The flowers (with the achenes) rarely exceed j in. long. 
8. T. robustum, H. f. $ T.; Clarke Comp. Ind. 154; very stout, softly 
tomentose, stem subsolitary from a stout woody stock robust angled, radical 
leaves long-petioled 3-4 in. oblong in outline 2-pinnatisect, segments linear- 
obovoid obtuse, cauline few, heads } in. diam. in branched corymbs with very 
stout woolly and leafy branches and peduncles, invol. braets densely woolly 
oblong with very narrow scarious pale margins, receptacle convex, flowers 
numerous. 
Western Himataya; Kunawur, below the Werang Pass, Thomson. 
I doubt this being anything but a very large robust form of T. senecionis, with very 
stout stem and branches of the corymbs, larger heads, and woolly bracts. Root woody, 
with a prostrate, branched crown. eaves long-petioled, 3-1 in. diam. Achenes un- 
ripe, but apparently as in T. senecionis, with the corolla $ in. long. 
9. T. Falconeri, Hook. f.; rather silkily tomentose or hoary, stem 1-2 
ft. robust grooved, radical leaves 2-4 in. linear-oblong in outline 2-pinnatisect, 
segments linear narrow acute, heads 4 in. diam. peduncled in branched corymbs 
with linear or divided leaves, invol. bracts densely pubescent linear-oblong 
margins narrowly scarious pale, receptacle convex, flowers about 20. 
Western TinET (or Kashmir), Falconer; Kasumir, Bellew. 
A very robust tall species, differing from T. robustum in the larger size, the longer 
leaves more oblong in outline, with slender lobes. Achenes pale, linear-oblong, rather 
dilated upwards, pericarp loose, tip truncate and lobed, with the corolla about } in. 
long. In Bellew's specimen the corymb is 6 in. diam., with long stout ascending 
branches, the lower 7-8 in. long; the heads are longer peduncled, and the leaves on 
the corymb simple, slender, undivided, and 1 in. long. In Faleorer's the corymbs are 
much smaller and denser, with divided leaves. 
10. T. longifolium, Wall. Cat. 3231 ; laxly villous, stem single from the 
root stout 6—18 in., radical leaves 5-10 in. slender linear in outline 2-pinnatisect, 
segments subfiliform, heads 4-4 in. diam. in a close woolly corymb or rounded 
cluster (rarely solitary and 1 in. broad), invol. bracts narrowly oblong with a 
pubescent disk and broad scarious purple margins, receptacle hemispheric, flowers 
50-60. DC. Prodr. vi. 130, excl. syn.; Clarke Comp. Ind. 154. 
WzsrERN HiwALAYA; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 10-13,500 ft. 
A very distinct species in foliage, though offering no characters of importance in 
the head and flowers. Root as thick as the thumb, woody, crowned with the shining 
base of the old petioles. Stem stout, erect, striated, not angled. Leaves very long and 
finely cut. Heads sometimes reduced to one, then 1 in. diam., with very many invol. 
bracts ; flowers with the aehenes, } in. long. Achenes narrowly obovoid, with 5 strong 
ribs; pappus 0.—The form with a large solitary head is rather an abnormal develop- 
ment than a normal variety, and, except in the absence of ligules and presence of 
the shining remains of the petioles, it resembles most closely Chrysanthemum Atkin- 
soni. 
]l. T. nanum, Clarke Comp. Ind. 155; hoary, rootstock excessively 
stout branched, radical leaves 3-1 in. ovate 2-pinnatisect, segments minute short 
acute incurved, flowering stem 3 in. sparingly leafy simple, heads capitate 4 in. 
diam., invol. bracts with a woolly disk and broad brown scarious margins, recep- 
tacle convex. 
Western Tiger; Nubra Valley, alt. 16,000 ft., Thomson, 
This differs from all the other Indian species in the minute incurved segments of 
the leaves, which are quite acute; the heads resemble those of T. nubigenwm, but the 
habit is very different. The woody root is almost as thick as the thumb, the achenes 
are immature. 
