gne vere Ee EST E T Mee 
Tricholepis. | LXXVII. COMPOSITE. (J. D. Hooker.) 381 
Western HrwALAYA ; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 4-8000 ft. 
Stem 2-5 ft., sparingly branched. Leaves very variable, surface covered with 
raised points or seaberulous or pubescent, in the largest specimens 4 by 13 in., toothed 
and pinnatifid at the base as in the largest leaved form of Saussurea pallida; in 
others 2 by 4 in., oblanceolate and regularly coarsely serrate ; in others linear and 
pinnatifid or serrate above and pinnatifid towards the base. Heads erect or suberect, 
like those of 7. furcata; corolla }-% in. yellow. Achenes } in., acutely angled, 
narrowly oblong, slightly broader upwards, truncate; pappus } in., copious, pale 
brown, shining. 
** Pappus-hairs scabrid, not connate at the base, flattened below, or scanty or 
0; corolla red or lilac. i 
5. T. radicans, DC. Prodr. vi. 584; slender, glabrous, smooth or sca- 
berulous, much branched from the base, branches decumbent or erect, leaves 
covered with raised points sessile }-amplexicaul linear obovate oblong or spathu- 
late remotely irregularly toothed or pinnatifid, heads Z 3 in. on slender naked 
glabrous peduncles, outer invol. bracts acicular from an ovate base recurved, 
inner more lanceolate, recept. bristles longer than the oblong compressed smooth 
achenes which are longer than the very short flattened pappus-hairs. Clarke 
Comp. Ind. 239 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 131. Carduus radicans, Roxb. Fl. 
Ind, ii, 408; Wall. Cat. 2907. 
WESTERN PENINSULA ; from the Cirears and Bombay southwards. 
Annual, 6-18 in. high, branches angular, rarely erect and stout. Leaves 1-3 in, 
membranous, teeth mucronate or bristle-pointed. Heads on very slender peduncles, 
erect; corolla 4 in., lilac. Achenes } in., obovoid or oblong, compressed, truncate, 
sides rounded, faces with very many slender ribs, pale, shining, almost twice as long 
as the scabrid flattened hairs of the pale brown pappus. 
6. T. amplexicaulis, Clarke Comp. Ind. 240; quite glabrous, erect, 
rigid, stem stout and branches angled and ribbed quite smooth, leaves linear- 
oblong from a dilated auricled toothed }-amplexicaul base finely toothed or 
ciliate covered with raised points, heads 1-1 in. on short stout angular peduncles 
glabrous or puberulous bracteate by linear leaves, invol. bracts acicular from a 
linear base reeurved, recept. scales much longer than the broadly oblong smooth 
achenes, pappus 0 or of a few bristles, 
Western PENINSULA ; Canara and Mysore, Dalzell, Law. 
Annual, very stout, 3-5 ft. ; stem and branches shining. Leaves 3-5 by 4-13 in., 
rigid, quite glabrous, pale when dry. Znvol. bracts often tipped with black; corolla 
1-3 in. Achenes } in. long, compressed, perfectly smooth, glossy, pale brown, sides 
rounded, top rounded with a very small apical arcole, basal areole broad, very 
oblique. 
Van. B, leaves 2-1} in., elliptic, obovate acute dentieulate teeth mueronate.— 
Conean, Dalzell. 
7. T. glaberrima, DC. Prodr. vi. 564; quite glabrous, erect, rigid, 
stem slender and branches angled and ribbed quite smooth, leaves sessile linear- 
oblong or -lanceolate acute entire or serrate scaberulous and covered with 
raised points base simple or auricled, heads small j-j in. diam., invol. bracts 
subulate from a lanceolate base erect, recept. bristles exceeding the pappus, 
achenes oblong faintly ribbed, twice as long as the pappus. Clarke Comp. Ind. 
240; Dalz. E Gibs. Bomb. FI: 181; Dene. tn Jacq. Voy. Dot. 98, t. 106. ? Ser- 
ratula indica, Willd. Sp. Pi. iii. 1642. 
CrexTRAr IxpiA ; Indore, Edgeworth. Marwar; Mt. Aboo, King. The Concan 
and DzccaAw, common, Dalzell, Ae, : 
Habit of T. aplericaulis, but more slender, with much smaller heads, straight 
