Pulicana.'] LXXVIII. COMPOSITE. (J. D. Hooker.) 299 



Callisteplius \Yightianus, DC. I. c. 275 ; Wight Ic. 1. 1089 ; Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 123. C. Heyneanus, DC. I c. Poloa Wightiana, DC. in Wight Contrib. 10. 

 Erigeron Wightianus, Wall. Cat. 3284. Aster indicus, Heyne^ and A. hydera- 

 badensis, Watt. Cat. 2971, 2972. 



Hilly country of the DECCAN and MAISOR, common from the Concan southwards. 



A tall, stout, much branched, leafy herb, 12-18 in. high; branches often angled, 

 erect. Leaves 1-2 in., erect. Heads -f in. diam., peduncles swollen upwards. 

 Achenes yL in., brown, shining, as are the highly coloured pappus hairs. 



5. P. ang-ustifolia, DC. Prodr. v. 479; annual, softly pubescent, 

 branches erect or ascending, leaves sessile linear-oblong or obovate, base narrow 

 entire or serrulate, tips obtuse or apiculate and recurved, heads small, invol. 

 bracts herbaceous lanceolate acuminate, ligules equalling or exceeding the 

 bracts, pappus white or reddish twice as long as the glabrate achenes, outer 

 scales laciniate. Clarke Comp. Ind. 129. P. indica, Jaub. fy Spach. 111. PL 

 Orient, t. 343. P. Stocksii, Boiss. Fl. Orient, iii. 206. P. saxicola, Edgeiv. in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 323. Callistephus concolor, Dalz. in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. 

 344; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 123. 



NOKTH- WESTERN INDIA, Royle: Delhi, Jacqueinont. BAXDA, Edgeworth. SCIND, 

 Stocks. The CONCAN, Law, &c. DISTRIB. Beluchistan. 



A very variable annual, with sometimes a woody stock, much smaller than P. 

 Wightiana, with shorter leaves, narrower at the base, more slender peduncles, and 

 smaller heads. The ligules are very deciduous, if indeed they are always present, 

 which is perhaps doubtful. 



SECT. HI. Francceuria. Invol. bracts slender or subherbaceous. Pappus 

 hairs bearded, thickened at the tips ; outer scales connate with the hairs and 

 deciduous with them. 



6. P. crispa, Benth. in Gen. PL ii. 336; perennial, shrubby below, 

 branches and leaves beneath densely cottony, leaves sessile linear-oblong or sub- 

 spathulate, margins recurved toothed and crisped lower ^-amplexicaul, involucre 

 pubescent, bracts very slender setaceous, ligules shorter than the bracts, pappus 

 white three times as long as the glabrate achenes. Clarke Comp. Ind. 129. 

 Francceuria crispa, Cass. ; DC. Prodr. v. 475; Boiss. FL Orient, iii. 206. Inula 

 quadrifida, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 2963. Duchesnia crispa, Cass. in Diet. Sc. Nat. 

 xiii. 546. 



The PUNJAB, Eoyle, &c. UPPER GANGETIC PLAIN and eastwards to BEHAR. Dis- 

 TRIB. Westwards to Arabia, Africa, the Canary and Cape de Verd Islands. 



Stout, shrubby, 1-2 ft. high, very leafy; branches ascending. Leaves \-l^ in., 

 lowest in young plants sometimes 4 in., obovate-spathulate, with fiat margins; upper 

 very small. Heads \-\ in. diam. (ligules sometimes 0, Boissier). 



7. P. grnaphalodes, Boiss. Fl. Onent. iii. 203 ; annual, softly woolly 

 below, leaves sessile obovate-spathulate obtuse waved and crisped, heads very 

 small, invol. bracts few pubescent short oblong-lanceolate, ligules few very short, 

 pappus white or reddish hairs twice as long as the silky achenes. Inula gnapha- 

 lodes, Vent. Hort. Cels. t. 75. Strabonia gnaphalodes, DC. Prodr. v. 481. 



WESTERN TIBET ; Iskardo, Thoinson. DISTRIB. Afghanistan, Persia. 



Habit of P. crispa, but not cottony, usually more slender, with larger heads and 

 very different involucre. Thomson's specimens are very old, and have neither flowers 

 nor achenes ; but I do not doubt their belonging to this species. 



SECT. IV. Platychaete. Invol. bracts elliptic or linear-lanceolate, acute. 

 Pappus double ; outer a short jagged crown, inner of flattened shining rigid 



