Plants of the Punjab. 888 
Herss, ErREot with ALTERNATE ExstTIPULATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Lear Marcins Tooruep. 
PETALS UNITED. 
FLOWERS, MINUTE, IN HEADS, INNER TUBULAR, OUTER LIGULATE. 
Myriactis Wallichii, 
ComposiTz. 
fe-bals mi. 247; 
Himalaya, 
4-10,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Rhynchospermum 
verticillatum, 
Aster Amellus, 
Aster Pseudameilus, 
Aster molliuseulus, 
- Aster Thomsoni, 
ComposiTz. 
ipeeisedh a, O52; 
Himalaya, 
7-10,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Kashmir. 
Aster asperulus, 
CoMPOSITA. 
F. B. I. i. 252. 
Himalaya, 
east of the Ravi, 
4-9,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
very like the last species, but more slender, less hairy, 
heads smaller on slender stalks, 
Simple, 
see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, 
Entire, 
see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 
Entire, 
see Herbs, Hrect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 
Entire. 
see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 
Entire. 
medium size to large, annual, hairy, branches bending 
at the joints ; leaves 2-4 by 1-23 in., broadly ovate, long- 
pointed, nearly sessile, base narrowed, half stem-clasping, 
coarsely sharply toothed; flowers, inner yellow, outer 
lilac or purple, in long-stalked solitary heads, 14-21 in. diam., 
bracts of heads green, linear-lanceolate, long-pointed, 
pappus hairs single, much shorter than the corollas and 
achenes, reddish, corollas, inner 5-toothed, outer 20-80, 
3-3 in. long, entire or minutely toothed, anther-bases 
blunt, entire, style-arms flattened ; achenes }-} in., flat- 
tened, hairy. 
very like the last species, but the stem is nearly smooth, 
leaf stalks winged, pappus as along as the corollas. 
