476 



Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Unbranchbd, with Alternate Exstipulatb Simple Leave?. 



Petals united. 



Flowers, minute, in heads, all tubular. 



sessile, narrow, f-| in. long, in spikes, bracts of heads manVj 

 erect, smooth, stiff, short-pointed, inner long, outer shorter ; 

 flowers 1-4, white or pinkish. 3 in a head as a rule, pappus 

 feathery brownish, corolla tube slender, unequally- 5-lobed ; 

 achenes 4 in., softly silky, 10-ribbed. 



Ainsliaea aptera, 

 Aaron's Rod, 



Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 388. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-8,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mahasu 

 (Collett). 

 Kashmir. 



very like the last species but in habit as well as ap- 

 pearance, but radical leaves not winged, flowering stalks 

 longer, heads in clusters. 



Inner tubular, outer ligulatb. 



Solidago 

 Virga-aurea, 

 Golden rod, 



Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 245. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-9,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Kashmir. 



small to large, perennial, smooth or velvety, stem 

 stout, rarely branched ; leaves lanceolate, lower 4-5 in., 

 stalked, toothed, upper smaller, sessile, entire ; flovrers 

 all yellow, ray flowers few in one row, strap-shaped, disk 

 flowers tubular. 5-fid, in man}' heads, f in. long, crowded in 

 a long, leafy terminal branching raceme, bracts of recep- 

 tacle unequal, narrow, short-pointed, receptacle naked, 

 pappus long, rough, style-arms flattened ; achenes 8-12- 

 ribbed, smooth or shghtly velvety. 



Flowers, minute, in heads, inner tubular, outer ligulate. 



Aster 

 diplostephioides, 



Composite. 

 F.B.I, iii. 251. 

 Himalaj'a, 

 8-11,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



medium size to large, stout, stem 12-18 in., leafy, 

 leaves 2-3 in., lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, sessile, erect, 

 short-pointed, entire, lower narrovrod at the base ; flowers 

 inner yellow, tubular, 5-cleft, outer blue, long, strap-shaped, 

 in solitary heads 3 in. diam., bracts of receptacle lanceolate, 

 leafy, outer long up to 1 in., pappus reddish, outer very 

 short, white, style-arms flattened ; achenes | in., flattened, 

 silky. 



