180 composite. [Solidago. 



N. India this variety {Amphirhapis pnbescens, DC.) is also common as well as a glabrous- 

 fruited one, which sometimes is precisely similar to the Chinese specimens, sometimes acquires 

 the luxuriant northern form described as 8. thyrsoidea, E. Mey. 



17. INULA, Linn. 



Flower-heads heterogamous. Florets of the circumference female, yellow 

 like the disk, either ligulate and radiating, or shorter than the involucre, and 

 tubular or irregular. Disk-florets hermaphrodite, tubular, 5-toothed. Invo- 

 lucral bracts imbricate, very unequal, in several series. Receptacle naked. 

 Anthers with double tails, often fringed. Style-branches linear, somewhat 

 flattened. Achenes nearly cylindrical or 4-angled. Pappus of copious capil- 

 lary bristles, in a single series. — Perennial stiff herbs, or rarely annuals. 

 Leaves alternate, often stem-clasping, undivided. Flower-heads terminal, 

 solitary or corymbose. 



A considerable genus, spread over the northern hemisphere in the Old World, chiefly in 

 temperate Asia and Europe, with very few tropical species. 



1. I. Cappa, DC. Prod. v. 469. A shrub or undershrub 3 to 4 ft. high. 

 Branches firm, hairy or woolly. Leaves sessile or very shortly stalked, from 

 narrow oblong to nearly obovate, 3 to 4 in. long, slightly toothed, green and 

 glandular-scabrous above, thickly silky hairy or woolly underneath. Flower- 

 heads in dense corymbs, either terminal or in the upper axils. Involucres 

 ovoid, 3 to 3-| lines long, the outer bracts short, obtuse, and tomentose. 

 Flowers yellow, sweetly perfumed. Florets of the circumference shorter than 

 the involucre, unequally 3-toothed. — /. oblonga and I. pseudocappa, DC. 1. c. 

 469. Dukaldea chinensis, DC. 1. c. 366; Steetz in Seem. Bot. Her. 388. 

 Vernonia congesta, Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. i. 487, and Kew Journ. Bot. 

 iv. 232. Moquinia eriosematoides, Walp. Rep. vi. 317. 



Very abundant in Hongkong, Champion and others. Common in northern India, from 

 Deyra-Dhoun to Sikkim, Khasia, and the hills about Ava. 



18. ANISOPAPPUS, Hook, and Arn. 



Flower-heads heterogamous. Florets of the circumference female, yellow 

 like the disk, ligulate, in a single series. Disk-florets tubular, hermaphrodite, 

 5-toothed. Involucral bracts imbricate, in few series. Receptacle chaffy. 

 Anthers with simple hair-like tails. Style-branches short, almost club-shaped, 

 obtuse. Achenes narrow, ribbed. Pappus of chaffy pointed scales, with 3 

 to 5 longer unequal stiff awns. Leaves alternate. 



The genus consists of a single species. 



1. A. chinensis, Hook, and Arn. Bot. Beech. 196. A stiff, erect, pu- 

 bescent herb, apparently perennial. Leaves shortly stalked, from ovate-lan- 

 ceolate to narrow-oblong, obtuse, coarsely toothed, \\ to 2 in. long. Flower- 

 heads few, on short rigid peduncles, forming a terminal corymb. Involucre 

 hemispherical, about \ in. diameter ; the bracts linear, obtuse, pubescent. Ray 

 rather short, yellow. — Verbesina chinensis, Linn.; DC. Prod. v. 618. 



On Victoria Peak, Champion. Only known from S. China. 



Tribe Y. AMBROSIEJS. 

 Leaves alternate. Flower-heads unisexual. Anthers not united. 



