294 LXXVIII. COMPOSITE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Inula^ 



erect, acuminate ; ligules shorter than the diam. of the head. Achenes in. ; pappus 

 pale reddish. 



VAR. Clarkei ; stems and leaves beneath shortly tomentose, heads larger, invol. 

 bracts more villous greener very pubescent, outer larger longer more herbaceous. 

 Mustag Pass, Kashmir, 11,500 ft., Clarke ; Lahul, Jaeschke. This may be a different 

 species, but I think it is only a very luxuriant state of /. obtusifolia. 



*** Heads terminal, solitary or corymbose ; achenes nearly glabrous. 



9. I. Hookeri, Clarke Comp. Ind. 122 ; perennial, stem simple or branched 

 villous above, leaves sessile or sub-petioled elliptic-lanceolate acute at both ends 

 gland-toothed membranous hairy on both surfaces, heads l-2 in. diam. solitary 

 or 2-3, invol. hemispheric villous, bracts all very slender squarrosely recurved, 

 achenes very small glabrous. Sot. Mag. t. 6411. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; alt. 7-10,000 ft., J. D. H. , 



Stem 1-2 ft,, usually very shaggy above, but sometimes glabrescent. Leaves 3-5- 

 by 1-1 in., lower narrowed almost into a petiole, upper sessile, base auricled ; nerves 

 slender, diverging. Heads very broad, shaggy with very long hairs ; invol. bracts 

 f-1 in., almost filiform ; ligules many, slender, as long as the disk is broad. Achenes 

 in. ? angled; pappus in., dirty-white. 



10. I. grandiflora, Willd. ; Boiss. Fl Or. iii. 186; perennial, stem 

 simple hirsute or hairy above leafy throughout, leaves sessile oblong or elliptic- 

 lanceolate acuminate gland-serrate glabrescent or sparingly hairy and ciliate, 

 outermost often foliaceous, achenes very small nearly glabrous. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA ; from Kashmir, alt. 6-7000 ft., to Kumaon and Nipal, alt. 

 8-12,000 ft. DISTEIB. Westwards to the Caucasus. 



A shorter stouter species than 2. Hookeri, and with shorter leaves broader at the 

 base, and more oblique nerves and single heads. Involucre not shaggy in the Hima- 

 layan examples (as they are in the Caucasian) ; bracts pubescent, rather rigid ; ligules. 

 longer than the disk is broad. Achenes with a very few short hairs or 0, and pappus 

 as in /. Hookeri. Clarke states that his was found by Stoliczka at 14-17,000 ft. 

 elevation. 



11. I. acuminata, DC. Prodr. v. 471 ; annual, stem strict glabrous or 

 pubescent above, leaves small suberect elongate hastate acuminate from a 

 dilated sessile cordate base obscurely toothed glabrous, heads - f in. diam. few 

 subcorymbose, invol. bracts narrow linear acuminate erect green puberulous, 

 achenes minute nearly glabrous. I. salicina, Clarke Comp. Ind. 132, not of 

 Linn. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA, Eoyle, Falconer ; Kashmir, Stoliczka ; on calcareous rocks,, 

 alt. 8000 ft., Clarke. 



Usually quite alabrous, with the habit and foliage of a Lactuca. Stem shining, 

 10-14 in., sometimes branched. Leaves 1-4 in., gradually tapering from the broad 

 base to the very acuminate point ; ligules short, recurved. Achenes in. long, with 

 a few short, erect hairs ; pappus in., pale reddish. 



12. I. Falconer!, Hook.f.; annual, glabrous, sparsely hairy or tomentose^ 

 stem corymbosely branched rarely simple, lower leaves long linear or oblong or 

 linear-oblong gradually contracted above the amplexicaul auricled base, cauline 

 oblong, heads ^- in. diam. corymbose, invol. bracts linear acute pubescent or 

 tomentose erect or recurved green, achenes minute sparsely pubescent. 



WESTERN TIBET, Falconer ; Iskardo, alt. 7-8000 ft., Clarke. 



A very variable weedy annual; stems slender, glabrous simple and 12-18 in. high,, 

 or stout branched and tomentose. Leaves, lower sometimes 3 by | in. and contracted 

 below, at others ^--1 in. oblong with auricled bases, nerves very obscure. Achenes 

 and pappus as in /. acuminata. 



