^30 COMPOSITE. 



leaves, above very cottony. Leaves close set except 

 near the flowering region, Ya. inch only apart, oblanceo- 

 late or spathulate, acute, clasping the stem by a broad 

 base, concealed by cottony web : midrib prominent, but 

 the pair of lateral nerves visible only when the cottony 

 covering is removed : and margin reflexed. The lower 

 of the still green leaves spread outwards, the younger 

 arching over the bud. 



Flower-heads in close panicles, the lower branches of 

 which are half as thick as the stem : lower bracts leaf- 

 like, upper triangular acute, and uppermost, close under 

 each flower-head, very cottony except for the scarious 

 tip. Involucral bracts many-seriate, the ends of the 

 outer reflexed and forming a glistening white fringe 

 i/i6 inch wide round the disc ; the innermost erect, 

 oblanceolate-oblong and green except at the tip. Disc 

 3/16 inch remarkably uniform in size, without ray florets. 

 Florets all tubular, i/io inch, their upper halves yellow. 

 Stylar arms short, broadened at the ends. Achenes 

 brown, i/ioo inch, nearly cylindrical, densely papillate; 

 pappus hairs as long as the corolla, few, in a single 

 circle. After the dispersion of the fruits the recepta- 

 cles appear as greenish papillate discs surrounded by 

 flat wings Y^ inch wide of narrow bracts, t. 161. 



Quite common on the Pulney downs, above Kodaikanal 

 especially where exposed to alternate dry winds and fog. Fyson 

 535, 1068, 1839, 2159. Bourne 1112,420, 1560, 1562,* 2010, 

 2052. 



Anaphalis oblonga DC. ; F.B.L iii 283, XXXIX 14 ; 

 common Cudweed, pink or white flowered. 



Stem cottony, often unbranched below the flowering 

 region, I to 2 feet ; base clothed with dead leaves. 

 Leaves sessile, erect, oblong or oblanceolate, acute, 

 usually J4 to I by ^ to ^ inch, but in extreme cases 2 by 

 Y2 inch ; one-nerved, cottony ; margin flat ; base broad. 



