Gnaphalium.'] LXXVIII. COMPOSITE. (J. D. Hooker.) 289 



clusters, invol. bracts oblong obtuse yellowish or golden glistening, achenes 

 papillose. Clarke Comp. Ind. 114; Wight Ic. t. 1114. 



TEMPERATE HIMAIAYA ; from Kashmir to Bhotan, alt. 3-7000 ft KHASIA MTS., 

 alt. 3-5000 ft. MABWAK, Mt. Aboo, Herb. Dalzell, King. NILGHERRY MTS., alt. 

 5-7000 ft. DISTBIB. China, Japan, Abyssinia. 



A usually taller and often stouter annual than G. luteo-album, easily distinguished 

 by the longer very acuminate leaves woolly beneath only, with often broadly auricled 

 bases. The Nilgherry specimens have paler heads. 



** Heads in leafy spikes. 



3. G. indicum, Linn ; DC. in Wight Contrib. 22 ; Prodr. vi. 231 ; softly 

 cottony, stems many from the root ascending leafy, leaves linear-obovate or 

 spathulate apiculate, heads in. diam. in simple or branched leafy spikes or 

 racemose clusters, invol. bracts linear-oblong acute pale reddish-brown or 

 yellowish, achenes minutely papillose, pappus-hairs not coherent at the base. 

 JPaB. Cat. 2954; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iii. 225; Clarke Comp. Ind. 114; Dalz. $ 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 130; G. strictum and multicaule, Roxb. FL Ind. iii. 424, 425. 

 G. nilaicum, Raddi; DC. 1. c. G. spathulatum, Del. FL JEgypt. 122, t. 44, f. 

 2, not of Lamk. 



Throughout INDIA on the plains, from the Punjab eastwards to Birma and Mar- 

 taban, ascending 1000 ft. in the Himalaya. DISTEIB. Westwards to Senegal and 

 eastwards to China, Japan and Australia. 



Branches slender, 4-6 in. -Leaves f-l|- in. Heads in. diam., sometimes crowded 

 and forming ovoid clusters. 



G. PFRPUREUM, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. vi. 182 ; annual, sparsely cottony, 

 stems many from the root stout ascending, leaves spathulate tip broadly rounded, 

 heads \ in. diam. in spicate globose clusters, invol. bracts linear subacute 

 shining, achenes minutely papillose, pappus-hairs cohering at the base. 



UPPER GANGETIC plain, Falconer. Jugulliri, Edgeworth. Meerut, Moradabad and 

 Bignore, Thomson, no doubt introduced. DISTBIB. N. & S. America. 



This closely resembles G. indicum, but is a very much larger stouter plant, with 

 stems 12-18 in. high, and leaves attaining 4 inches ; the heads, too, are twice as large. 

 Amongst a very lar >e suite of specimens of indicum, from all parts of India I find 

 none approaching this. The cohesion of the pappus hairs by their very base is a very 

 marked character. 



4. G. Stewartii, Clarke mss. ; cottony, stem short leafy, leaves linear 

 erect or recurved acute radical rosulate, heads 5- in. diam. in lax or dense leafy 

 racemes, invol. bracts linear-oblong acute and obtuse chestnut-brown, achenes 

 subsilky or scabrid, pappus-hairs not cohering. 



WESTEBN HIMAIAYA, Stewart. KASHMIR, alt. 10,000 ft., Aitchison. WESTERN 

 TIBET; Karakoram, alt. 13,000 ft., Clarke. 



Perennial? Stems tufted, 2-4 in., elongating in fruit. Leaves ^-1 in., very 

 narrow. Heads usually peduncled ; invol. bracts a dark rich brown. Flowers few. 



* Heads in rounded leafy axillary or terminal clusters. 



5. G pul vina turn, Delile Fl. &gypt. 122, t. 44, f. 1 ; woolly, stems 

 very many spreading from the root short prostrate, leaves small spathulate, 

 heads minute in. hidden amongst the bases of the crowded spreading ter- 

 minal leaves and immersed in wool, invol. bracts slender linear recurved green 

 with acute hyaline tips, achenes slender minutely papillose. DC. Prodr. vi. 

 231; Boiss. FL Orient, iii. 225. G. crispatulum, Clarke Comp. Ind. 115. 

 G. depressum, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 61 ; FL Ind. iii. 425. G. prostratum, Roxb. 

 in Wall. Cat. 2955. Filago prostrata, DC. in Wight Contrib. 22; Prodr. vi. 

 249. Evax indica, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 



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