386 LXXVIII. COMPOSITE. (J. D, Hooker.) [Garthamus. 



tate, auricles connate, tails short -fimbriate. Style-arms sliort or long. Achenes 

 glabrous, obovoid, 4-angled or compressed, basal areole oblique or lateral, all or 

 the outer only without pappus, or all or the inner only with paleaceous GO -seriate 

 pappus. DISTRIB. Species about 20, of the Mediterranean region extending into 

 Asia. 



1. C. tinctorius, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iii. 709; glabrous or pubescent, 

 leaves entire and unarmed or spin ulose-serr ate, outer invol. bracts ovate-oblong 

 constricted above the base green spinous or not, inner ovate-oblong acute, flowers 

 orange-red, achenes (often deformed) obovoid 4-angled truncate at the top with 

 4 bosses, pappus 0. DC. Prodr. vi. 612; Eeichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 746; Roxb* 

 Fl. 2nd. iii. 409; Wall. Cat. 2959; Clarke Comp. Ind, 244. 



Cultivated throughout INDIA. The Safflower. 



2. C. oxyacantha, Bieb. ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iii. 709 ; puberulous, stem 

 and branches white, leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate lower shortly spinulose- 

 toothed upper ^-amplexicaul very spinous, outer invol. bracts exceeding the 

 head white below the contracted portion green above it with yellow spines, 

 ilowers orange-yellow, achenes obovoid 4-angled smooth shining truncate at the 

 top with 4 bosses, pappus 0. DC. Prodr. vi. 612 ; Clarke Comp. Ind. 244. 



The PUNJAB; from Lahore westward, Roylc, &c. DISTRIB. Westward to the 

 Caucasus. 



Perhaps the wild form of the Safflower, C. tinctorius (Clarke). 



3. C. lanatus, Linn. ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iii. 706; very rigid, cobwebby 

 cottony or glabrate, stem strict erect, leaves hispid or scaberulous, radical lyrate- 

 pinnatifid, cauline ovate ^-amplexicaul with an auricled toothed base strongly 

 3-nerved spinescent, heads large, outer invol. bracts large far exceeding the 

 flowers lanceolate leafy spinescent on the sides, inner entire, flowers pale yellow, 1 

 achenes thick very broad turbinate obtusely 4-augled smooth pitted above, pap- 

 pus longer than the achenes of narrow linear acute shining elastic pales. Bot. 

 Man. t. 2142; Clarke Comp. Ind. 707. Kentrophylluni lanatum, DC. Prodr. 

 vi. 610. Carduncellus lanatus, Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 746. 



KASHMIR, alt. 5-6000 ft., Falconer, &c. DISTRIB. Westward to the Atlantic. 



Stem 6-18 in. terete. Leaves -1^ in., spreading, hard, green. Heads 1-1 in, 

 diam. ; outer bracts 1-2 in., spreading ; lower linear, scariously coriaceous, brown, tip 

 spinescent ; recept. bristles very long. Achenes % in., pale yellowish or grey, pericarp 

 crustaceous ; pappus pales narrowly sword- shaped, unequal, very beautiful, silvery or 

 rich Lronze-colourod. 



TRIBE X. 1KUTXSXACEJE. 

 97. LEUCOITCERIS, Don, 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate, broad, quite entire. Heads corym- ' 

 bose, homogamous, discoid, 4-8-fld., white ; fl. all 5 , similar and fertile, tubular, 

 segments 5 narrow revolute. Involucre much shorter than the flowers, ovoid ; 

 bracts oo -seriate, ovate or lanceolate, coriaceous or dry, outer smaller; receptacle 

 flat, naked. Anther-bases sagittate, auricles connate, tails ciliate. Style filiform, 

 obtuse, 2-fid. Achenes oblong, subterete, 5-ribbed, silky ; pappus copious, hairs 

 very slender, scabrid, outer shorter. DISTRIB. 2 Indian species. 



1. I*, spectabilis, Don Prodr. 170; leaves elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate 

 densely velvetty-tomentose beneath, invol. bracts few linear-oblong obtuse or 

 acute glabrous, pappus pale. Wall. PL As. Rar. ii. 8, t. 3 ; DC. Prodr. vii. 25 ; 

 Deless. Ic. Sel. iv. t. 78 ; Clarke Comp. Ind. 245. L. macrophylla, DC. I. c. 

 Eupatorium candicans, Wall. Cat. 2999. E. spectabile, Spreng. Syst. iii. 410. 



