45. Saussurea.] 78. COMPOSITE. 



and upj)ermost narroAvly oblong. Heads 1" diam. long-peduncled in 

 large open panicled corymbs (but see above). Invol. bracts cottony 

 or pubescent, acnminate. Cypsele 5-angled muricate. 



Very rare. Hills of Chota Natrpur, Kolhan. Gamble ! It is chiefly a Himalayan 

 plant. Fl. March-:\ray. 



Leaves with a larg-e terminal elliptic lohe and a few lower ones. Heads "S-'O" 

 long- in fruit with the pappus far exceeding- the "5" long involucre, Biacts linear- 

 lanceolate, sharply acuminate. 



2. S. affinis, Sjjr. 



An annual less robust herb than S. candicans, erect about 2 ft. 

 high (sometimes much more outside our area), with striate puberulous 

 stems and deeply pinnatifid leaves white-cottony beneath, terminal 

 lobe usually large lanceolate or broadly triangular-ovate dentate 

 acute. Heads pink or pale lilac-red •5-6" long, long-pedicelled, in 

 open glabrous panicled corymbs sometimes reduced to a few heads. 

 Outer bracts very short, inner •3-"4" with 5-6 distinct dark nerves. 

 Achenes 1", papi)us -3" feathery. 



Not common in our area and only on the northern friiig-e. Extends from 

 Gorakhpur on the west to Rajshaye on the east of it. '" Poorneah." T.T. ! (" Bengal, 

 regio trop.," J.D.II. 4- T.T., but the name may be Poormah?;. Fl., Fr. Feb.- 

 April. 



Radical leaves long petioled3-4", cauline sessile auricled 1*5-2" rarely i" with the 

 seg-ments up to 2-5" (in Rajshaye) oblong-obovate and coarsely dentate, often 

 the leaves less lyrate than in S. candicanit with the terminal lobe only 1" and 

 lateral "9", less white beneath than in that species. Longer pedicels of coryml> 

 sometimes 4-5"5". Small Gorakhpur specimens have sometimes only 3 heads. ' 



46. GONIOCAULON, Cass. 



An erect glabrous annual with acutely 4-8-angled stem. Leaves 

 narrow alt. toothed. Heads narrow, fascicled and corymbose, homo- 

 gamous with few fls. all herm. with slender tube, limb longer 5-fid 

 to the middle or more. Invol. oblong, base very narrow, bracts 

 many-seriate, pale, very narrow, rigid, acute, outer gradually shorter. 

 Kecept. palseaceous. Filaments hairy, anther-bases sagittate, connate 

 with short tails. Style-arms filiform. Cypsele glabrous, oblongs 

 about 2U-ribbed, basal areole straight. Pappus of many-seriate very 

 unequal scales. 



1. G. glabrum, Cass. Syn. CI. indicum, Clarice: Athanasia indica, 

 Roxh. 



A somewhat strict herb 2-3 ft. high with ribbed and angled hollow 

 stems and narroAv sessile serrate leaves 2-4" long. Heads numerous, 

 purplish-rose, '5-7" long, narrow, florets about 5 only. 



High cultivated lands, but rare in our area. Behar. Kio-z ! Fl. Jan.-March. 



Stems prominently ang-led. Leaves oblong, liuear-obloug or sometimes obovate, 

 somewhat obovate or spathulate. Heads in terminal corymbs. 



47. TRICHOLEPIS, DC. 



Herbs with entire or toothed leaves or the lower pinnatifid, 

 often with raised dots (crystal-cells?). Heads terminal, solitary, 

 j)eduncled; florets all herm., with slender tube and limb 5-cleft to the 

 middle, purple red or yellow. Invol. bracts many-seriate, narrow, 



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