Plants of the Punjab. 477 
© Herss, UNBRANCHED, WITH ALTERNATE HXSTIPULATE! SIMPLE LEAVES, 
PETALS UNITED. * 
FLOWERS, MINUTE, IN HEADS, INNER TUBULAR, OUTER LIGULATE. 
Aster Laka, 
CoMPosIT#. 
Be Bet. un. 258: 
Himalaya, 
10-11,000 ft. 
Laka above 
Dharmsala 
(Edgeworth). 
Erigeron 
multiradiatus, 
Inula racemosa, 
Inu‘a Royleana, 
Inula grandiflora, 
CoMPOSsITS. 
FOB, T. 1. 294: 
Himalaya, 
8-12,000 ft. 
Matiana (Collett). 
Jalowri Pass in 
Kulu. 
Kashmir, 
Inula acuminata, 
CoMPposIT&. 
P. Be T. 11294: 
Himalaya, 
8,000 ft. 
Kashmir. 
small perennial , rootstock woody , felted, stem 6-8 
in., short, stout, leaves ovate or heart-shaped, short-point- 
ed, coarsely toothed, staiks broad, sheath-like, headg 
large, solitary on stout stalks, bracts of recepatcle very 
large, ovate, blunt, leafy, achenes hairy, pappus hairs 
whte or reddish equal to the corollas ; for other characters 
see the last species. 
see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 
Entire. 
see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 
Toothed. 
© 
see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 
Toothed, 
large, perennial, stem bristly or hairy above, leafy ; 
leaves 2-3 by 3 in., lanceolate, dilated at the base, sessile, 
glandular-toothed, fringed with long hairs; flowers 3-1 
in. long, all yellow, in large solitary heads, 2-24 in. diam. ; 
bract: of receptacle toothed, inner narrow, short, outer 
long, leaf-like, inner corollas tubular, 5-toothed, outer 
strap-shaped, very slender, 3-1 in. long, 8-toothed, pappus 
4 in., dirty white, anther-tails forked, style-arms linear, 
blunt ; achenes +4 in., angled, nearly. smooth, 
small, annual, stem 10-14 in., shining; leaves 1-4 
in., base broad forked tapering toa long-pointed tip, sessile. 
heart-shaped, base slightly toothed, smooth, heads 4-3 
in. diam., few in clusters, bracts of receptacle narrow. 
linear, long-pointed, green, erect, ligulate flowers recurv- 
ed, achenes ,; in. long with a few short hairs, pappus 
d in., pale red ; for other characters see the last species. 
