Tr-icholepis.'] LXXVIIJ. COMPOSITE. (J. D. Hooker.) 381 



WESTERN HIMALAYA ; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 4-8000 ft. 



Stem 2-5 ft., sparingly branched. Leaves very variable, surface covered with 

 raised points or scaberulous or pubescent, in the largest specimens 4 by 1 in., toothed 

 and pinnatifid at the base as in the largest leaved form of Saiissurea pallida ; in 

 others 2 "by $ in., oblanceolate and regularly coarsely serrate ; in others linear and" 

 pinnatifid or serrate above and pinnatifid towards the base. Heads erect or suberect, 

 like those of T. furcata; corolla - in., yellow. Achencs \ in., acutely angled, 

 narrowly oblong, slightly broader upwards, truncate ; pappus in., copious, pale 

 brown, shining. 



** Pappus-hairs scabrid, not connate at the base, flattened below, or scanty or 

 ; corolla red or lilac. 



5. T. radicans, DC. Prodr. vi. 584 ; slender, glabrous, smooth or sca- 

 berulous, much branched from the base, branches decumbent or erect, leaves 

 covered with raised points sessile ^-amplexicaul linear obovate oblong or spathu- 

 late remotely irregularly toothed or pinnatifid, heads |- in. on slender naked 

 glabrous peduncles, outer invol. bracts acicular from an ovate base recurved, 

 inner more lanceolate, recept. bristles longer than the oblong compressed smooth 

 achenes which are longer than the very short flattened pappus-hairs. Clarke 

 Comp. 2nd. 239 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. FL 131. Oarduus radicans, Roxb. FL 

 Ind. iii. 408 ; Wall Cat. 2907. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; from the Circars and Bombay southwards. 



Annual, 6-18 in. high, branches angular, rarely erect and stout. Leaves 13 in. T 

 membranous, teeth mucronate or bristle-pointed. Heads on very slender peduncles, 

 erect; corolla ^ in., lilac. Achenes i in., obovoid or oblong, compressed, truncate, 

 .sides rounded, faces with very many slender ribs, pale, shining, almost twice as long 

 as the scabrid flattened hairs of the pale brown pappus. 



6. T. amplexicaulis, Clarke Comp. Ind. 240; quite glabrous, erect, 

 rigid, stem stout and branches angled and ribbed quite smooth, leaves linear- 

 oblong from a dilated auricled toothed ^-amplexicaul base finely toothed or 

 ciliate covered with raised points, heads f-1 in. on short stout angular peduncles 

 glabrous or puberulous bracteate by linear leaves, invol. bracts acicular from a 

 linear base recurved, recept. scales much longer than the broadly oblong smooth 

 achenes, pappus or of a few bristles. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; Canara and Mysore, Dalzell, Law. 



Annual, very stout, 3-5 ft. ; stem and branches shining. Leaves 3-5 by -l in., 

 rigid, quite glabrous, pale when dry. Invol. bracts often tipped with black ; corolla 

 i-| in. Achenes ~ in. long, compressed, perfectly smooth, glossy, pale brown, sides- 

 rounded, top rounded with a very small apical areole, basal areole broad, very 

 oblique. 



VAR. 0, leaves 2-H in..- elliptic, obovate acute denticulate teeth mucronate. 

 Concan, Dal~cll. 



7. T. glaberrima, DC. Prodr. vi. 564 ; quite glabrous, erect, rigid, 

 stem slender and branches angled and ribbed quite smooth, leaves sessile linear- 

 oblong or -lanceolate acute entire or serrate scaberulous and covered with 

 raised points base simple or auricled, heads small 53- in. diam., iuvol. bracts 

 subulate from a lanceolate base erect, recept. bristles exceeding the pappus, 

 achenes oblong faintly ribbed, twice as long as the pappus. Clarke Comp. Ind. 

 240; Dak. $ Gibs. L'omb. Fl. 131 ; Dene, m Jacq. Voij. Sot. 98, t. 106. ? Ser- 

 i-atula indica, Willd. Sp. PI. iii. 1G42. 



CENTRAL INDIA ; Indoro, Edgcworlh. MARWAR ; Mt. Aboo, King. The CONCAK 

 and DECCAN, common, DalzdJ, &c. 



Habit of T. amplexicauli^. but more slender, with much smaller heads*, straight 



