72 COMPOSIT/E 



ANAPHALIS. 



See Vol. I p. 227, but add : 



Some of the species are very strongly scented ; thus 

 A. travancorica and A. aristata both emit a strong 

 odour of curry. A. aristata is most easily distinguished 

 from A. Wightiana by growing in dry places, and flower- 

 ing in the early months of the year. 



Anaphalis notoniana DC. ; RB.L iii 248, XXXIX 17. 



Distinguished among our species by the broad obtuse 



involucral bracts. Stem branched from the base, and 



leafy to the ends of the branches, very woolly. Leaves 



oblong, obtuse, equally woolly on both ends, one-nerved. 



Heads crowded at the ends of the branches. Involucral 



bracts obtuse, erect, glistening yellow or pink, scarious 



and wrinkled. Lady Bourne's Ootacamiind flowersy p. 63. 



Nilgiris : Dodabetta, Church Hill, Ootacamund, Avalanche. 

 [E,T.B.] 



Anaphalis marccsccns Clarke ; F.B.L iir286, XXXIX 

 25. Stem slender, twiggy, much branched. Leaves 

 linear 54 to I inch, one-nerved, with strongly revolute 

 margins, glabrous on the upper side, woolly on the under, 

 like the stem. Heads % inch diameter in rounded 

 terminal corymbs. Bracts glistening white, lanceolate. 

 Wight Ic. t. 1 1 15. 



Nilgiris : Kotagiri. Fir. Jan.-Feb. Clarke. But Sedgwick 

 No. 1483 fir. June. 



GNAPHALIUM. 



See Vol. I p. 288, and add : 



Gnaphalium hypolcucum DC. ; F.B.L iii 288, XLII 2. 

 Stem corymbosely branched, cottony or ultimately 

 glabrous. Leaves linear or oblong, with auricled base, 

 flat, the margins not recurved, woolly on the under side, 

 glabrous on the upper. Heads in small rounded masses 

 forming large terminal corymbs. Bracts bright yellow, 

 erect 



