Anaphalis.'] CompOSltcE. 29 



I. numerous, closely placed, large, i\-2\ in., broadly strap- 

 shaped or narrowly oblong, slightly tapering to broad base, 

 obtuse, with a decurved apiculus, margin usually slightly 

 recurved, densely finely tomentose on both sides and covered 

 with a loose removable cottony pellicle, conspicuously 3- or 

 5-nerved, thick almost fleshy ; heads rather small, under \ in. 

 long and less wide, sessile, congested in a flat-topped or 

 subglobose cottony inflor., involucre cup-shaped, bracts erect 

 or slightly spreading, small, appendage long, oval-oblong, 

 subacute, white. 



Upper montane zone ; very rare. A few clumps on the slope of Tota- 

 pella Mt., Horton Plains, at about 7400 ft. Fl. November; yellow, inv.- 

 bracts greenish-white. 



Endemic. 



The largest of our species, but doubtfully distinct from some forms of 

 A. cinnaiiwinea. It differs from A. adnata of the Himalaya in its more 

 branched habit, and approaches A. Beddoinii^ Hook., of the Nilgiris, 

 which has still broader 5-veined leaves. Its peculiar indumentum, with 

 the additional removable outer skin formed of the longer hairs matted 

 together, is characteristic, and distinguishes it from the other Ceylon 

 species. 



Dr. Stapf informs me that in the Kew Herb, there aie specimens of 

 this under C. P. 1763 from N. Eliya, and that it was included as 'form 3' 

 under A. zeyhmka by Sir J. Hooker; but in Fl. B. Ind. that form is 

 described as having 'very narrow' leaves. From that species it is easily 

 distinguished by the much smaller heads, in addition to the leaf- 

 characttrs. 



3. A. fruticosa, Hk. f. in Fl. B. Ind. iii. 282 (1881). 

 Gnaphaliiun adnatum^ var. spathulifoliiim., Thw. Enum. 422 (part). 



C. P. 132. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 282. 



Stems rather stout, woody below and covered with per- 

 sistent imbricated bases of 1. above, clothed with white 

 cottony felt; 1. very numerous, closely placed, i|-if in., 

 oblong-spathulate, tapering below to broad sheathing base, 

 acute, glabrous above, covered beneath with a dense soft felt 

 of pale cinnamon-coloured cottony wool, 3-veined ; heads 

 about \ in., shortly stalked, clustered at ends of branches of 

 large lax corymbose panicles, involucre obconic, outer bracts 

 slightly cottony, inner ones longer, pale shining brown, 

 appendage oval, subacute, dead white. 



Montane zone ; very rare. I have only seen the C. P. specimens 

 which were collected on Adam's Peak by Gardner. 



Endemic. 



4. A. Thwaitesii, Clarke.^ Comp. Ind. no (1876). 

 Gnaphaliu7n adnatmn., var. spathulifoliiim, Thw. Enum. 422 (part). 



C. P. 528. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 284. 



