Anaphalis COMPOSITAE Inula 



IV. Inuleae Inula Tribe Mfflfcffik (Hsiian Fu Hua Tsu) 

 Brg. often low woolly herbs with mostly discoid or disciform heads, sometimes 

 radiate; bracts of the involucre in several series: anthers sagittate, the basal lobes 

 tailed: pappus usually of fine hairs or none, sometimes of scales. 150 genera, of world- 

 wide distribution, but most common in the southern hemisphere. 



9. Anaphalis DC. Everlasting $<|| (Ti Shu) 

 Erect woolly perennial herbs with alternate entire lvs. : internodes narrowly winged 

 throughout: heads disciform, small, in crowded corymbs; bracts of the involucre scarious, 

 in several series, mostly white, the outer shorter: anthers tailed at the base; style 2- 

 cleft: pappus of slender bristles. 35 species, in north temperate regions; 12 in China. 

 (The Greek name of a similar plant.) 



1. Anaphalis sinica Hance (J.B.1874:261). Erect perennial herb, to 0.8 m.; fls. white, 

 VII-IX; some fls. sterile. Central China; locally in Ki. Grassland, brushland. 



10. Gnaphalium Linn. Cudweed BM^-U (Shu Ch'ii Ts'ao Shu) 

 Woolly, often low diffuse herbs with alternate entire lvs. and small, often crowded, 

 disciform heads: internodes winged only above if at all: involucres yellow or yellowish: 

 all the fls. fertile, being either pistillate or perfect: pappus a single row of slender 

 bristles. 120 species, widely distributed; 20 in China. (From the Greek term meaning 

 " a lock of wool ".) 



Key to the Species 



Lvs. linear, glabrous above: plant 5-10 dm. tall 1 . G . hypolcvcvm 



Lvs. linear-spatulate, white-woolly on both sides: plant 2-5 dm. tall.. 2. G. tmdticeps 



1. Gnaphalium hypoleucum DC. &BM^ (Ch'iu Shu Ch'ii Ts'ao) (Be. F. 187). Erect 

 herb, to 1 m.; fls. yellow, VIII-X. Southeastern Asia; locally in Ki., Ku. Roadsides, 

 grassland. 



2. Gnaphalium multiceps Wall, ex DC. MB.^ (Shu Ch'ii Ts'ao; Rat- odor Herb) 

 D.T.F.144). Slender herb, to 0.6m.; fls. yellow, V-VII. Southeastern Asia; 

 locally in An., Ki., Ku. Waste land. Fig. 373. 



11. Helichrysum Gaertn. $Ji^J§ (La Chii Shu; Wax Chrysanthemum) 

 Herbs or shrubs, often woolly-tomentose, with alternate entire lvs.: heads disci- 

 form, 2-5 cm. in diam., solitary or in terminal clusters; involucral bracts many, in 

 several rows, colored yellow, red or reddish purple; the inner often enlarged and 

 simulating rays: fls. of 2 kinds, the outer pistillate: pappus bristles sometimes feathery 

 above. 300 species, in Eurasia, Africa and Australia; 1 cultivated in China. (Greek: 

 helio, sun, and chryso, gold.) 



1. Helichrysum bracteatum Andr. Strawflower (B.M.1022). Stout erect herb, to 

 lm.; fls. yellow to reddish purple, VII; heads solitary- Introduced from 

 Australia; locally in Ku. Cultivated, ornamental. Fig. 374. 



12. Inula Linn. Elecampane MWflcM (Hsiian Fu Hua Shu) 

 Coarse perennial herbs, with alternate lvs. and medium to large radiate heads; 



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