Plants of the Punjab. 



477 



Hebbs, Unbranched, with Alteknate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 



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



Aster Laka, 



Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 253. 

 Himalaya, 

 10-11,000 ft. 

 Laka above 

 Dharmsala 

 (Edgewortb). 



small perennial , rootstock woody , felted, stem 6-8 

 in., short, stout, leaves ovate or heart-shaped, short-point- 

 ed, coarsely toothed, stalks broad, sheath-like, heads 

 large, solitary on stout stalks, bracts of recepatcle very 

 large, ovate, blunt, leafy, achenes hairy, pappus hairs 

 wh'te or reddish equal to the corollas ; for other characters 

 see the last species. 



Erigeron 

 multlradlatus. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Entire. 



Inula racemosa, 



see Herbs, Erect. Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Toothed. 



Inu'a Eoyleana, 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Toothed. 



Inula grandiflora, 



Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 294. 

 Himalaya, 

 8-12,000 ft. 

 Matiana (Collett). 

 Jalowri Pass in 

 Kulu. 

 Kashmir, 



large, perennial, stem bristly or hairy above, leafy ; 

 leaves 2-8 by f in., lanceolate, dilated at the base, sessile, 

 glandular-toothed, fringed with long hairs ; flowers f-1 

 in. long, all yellow, in large solitary heads. 2-2^ in. diam. ; 

 bract< of receptacle toothed, inner narrow, short, outer 

 long, leaf-like, inner cor* lias tubular. 5-toothed, outer 

 strap-shaped, very f^lender, f-1 in. long, 8-toothed, pappus 

 I in., dirty white, anther-tails forked, style-arms linear, 

 blunt ; achenes j-^ in., angled, nearly smooth. 



Inula acuminata, 



C0MP0SIT.S:. 

 F. B. I. iii. 294. 

 Himalaya, 

 8,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



small, annual, stem 10-14 in., shining ; leaves 1-4 

 in., base broad forked tapering to a long-pointed tip, sessile, 

 heart-shaped, base slightly toothed, smooth, heads ^-^ 

 in. diam., few in clusters, bracts of receptacle narrow, 

 linear, long-pointed, green, erect, ligulate flowers recurv- 

 ed, achenes 



Vt Ill- 



long with a few short hairs, pappus 



I in., pale red ; for other characters see the last species. 



