382 LXXVII. composir#. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Tricholepis. 
more subulate shorter invol. bracts, distantly ribbed achenes, and conspicuous 
though short pappus ; the leaves also are more entire and have stronger nerves. 
8. T. angustifolia, DC. Prodr. vi. 564, excl. syn.; quite glabrous, very 
slender, branches spreading angled quite smooth, leaves sessile but not amplexi- 
caul lower obovate upper linear-oblong all entire or subserrate covered with 
raised points, heads small 3-3 in. diam. ovoid on slender peduncles, invol. bracts 
acicular from a lanceolate base recurved glabrous, recept. bristles longer than 
the oblong smooth faintly ribbed achenes, pappus 0, Clarke Comp. Ind, 240. 
Western PENINSULA; Travancore, Klein; Mangalore, Hohenacker ; Canara, 
Thomson. 
A very slender species, at times resembling in habit T. radicans, at others more 
erect with longer straighter branches, small heads, and achenes like those of 7. 
amplexicaulis, but only } in. long. 
9. T. tibetica, Hook. f. $ T. in Clarke Comp. Ind. 241; woody below, 
quite glabrous, branches erect cylindric quite smooth, leaves small sessile 
coriaceous scattered without raised points, lower distantly pinnatifid upper 
ovate linear entire base simple, heads 3-3 in. diam. scaberulous, outer invol. 
braets ovate-subulate inner subulate-lanceolate rigid suberect, recept. bristles 
longer than the linear-oblong silvery truncate achenes, pappus a brush of com- 
pressed bristles twice as long as the achenes, 
Western Tirer and NomTmERN Kasumir; alt. 8-12,000 ft, Falconer, &e.— 
Disrrin. Affghanistan. 
A corymbosely branched undershrub, about a foot high, naked below; branches 
slender, virgate, terminating in a strict peduncle with a small erect head. Leaves 
1-3 in. long, very narrow, obtuse, lobes of the pinnatifid ones few spreading or 
recurved triangular or oblong acute, upper 4-1 in., 4-2 in. diam., subacute.  Znvol. 
bracts appressed, minutely scabrid, inner j in. long ; corolla red, more than } in. long. 
Achenes (unripe) 4 in., obscurely ribbed, top with a distinct broad rim to which the 
pappus is attached, basal areole very oblique ; pappus-hairs } in. long, nearly white, 
one or two of the innermost often much longer than the rest, and flattened as in 
Jurinea modesta and Volutarella divaricata.—This has the habit, truncate aehene, 
and pappus of Jurinea chetolepis, Boiss., from Affghanistan (Tricholepis spartoides, 
Clarke Comp. Ind. 241), which has the involucre of a Tricholepis, and the oblique 
basal areole of the achene, and is rightly referred to the latter genus by Clarke. 
*** Pappus-hairs feathery. 
10. T. stictophyllum, Clarke Comp. Ind. 241; quite glabrous, stem 0 
or 6-12 in. sparingly branched from the base, branches angular grooved leafy 
below, leaves sessile j-amplexicaul linear or ligulate quite entire or obscurely 
toothed acute covered with obscure raised points, nerves parallel to the midrib, 
heads 1-13 in. diam. at the naked ends of the branches glabrous, invol, bracts 
appressed glabrous outer ovate acuminate inner linear-lanceolate with erect 
flexuous tips, recept. bristles longer than the linear-oblong compressed many- 
ribbed truncate achenes, pappus copious of slender feathery hairs. Stictophyllum 
glabrum. Edgew. in Trans Linn, Soc. xx. 78. Cnicus angustifolius, Wail. Oat, 
2915. 
Western HIMALAYA ; Garwhal at Kansrow Ghat, Falconer; Subsiwalik hills, in 
grassy places, Edgeworth. | CENTRAL INDIA (probably Saugur), Jerdon. 
Root perennial ?; habit subseapigerous. Leaves 3-5 by 4-4 in., flat, quite smooth; 
midrib slender. Heads rarely 2 together ` invol. bracts 4-4 in.; corolla ĉin., straight. 
Achenes $ in. long, pale, margins rounded, basal areole very oblique, top rather 
dilated, as in T. tibetica ; pappus $ in. long, soft, silvery brown, hairs slightly united 
at the base, —An anomalous plant, with the habit and involuere of Serratula, and the 
pappus of Jurinea; the achene is, however, quite that of Tricholepis tibetica, and 
