ASTER. BRACHYACTIS. 49 



(15.) Aster Laka nov. sp. 



Caulis (basi suffrutieulosus) parum divisus glaber ramis superne 

 villesulis monocephalis. Folia longe petiolata ovata basi cor- 

 data aut bastata, serrata, supra fere glabra, subtusreticulata 

 subglabra secus nervos scabride pilosa. Capitula magna. 

 Pbyllaria ovata subfoliacea valde imbricata pubescentia. Li- 

 gulee 1-seriales elongatas. Corollae tubus glaber. Pappus mul- 

 ti-setosus, junior albidns, corollam bermapnroditam sub®- 

 quans, setis basi haud dilatatis. Aclia3ninm oblongum com- 

 pressum utrinque 1-nervium pilosum. 



Hab. Ad Laka prope Dhurmsala in Himalaya boreali-occiden- 

 tali ad 11000 ped. alt. mense Oct. florens. 



[IST. B. — In omnibus speciebus Asteris Indicis pollen globosum 

 parvum flavum undique setulis brevibus ecninatum.] 



Aster cabulicus Lindl. ~) . , . , T . , 



A. ferrugineus Edgw. ] ^ Sub M ^oglossa. 



Callistepbus Wightianus DC. 7 - -, i -n v 



~, -rr l -Rn c ^d. sub Puhcana. 



C. Heyneanus JJU. ) 



Aster multiradiatus Wallich ~) 



A. belhdioides Don. > vid. sub Erigerone. 



Heterochasta erigeroides DC. ) 



[Aster nitidulus DC. V. p. 247 in montibus Neelgerry lectus, 

 mihi ignotus, remanet dubius.] 



Beachtactis Ledeb. Bth. Cen. 150. 



(1.) Brachyactis indica (7. B. G. Erigeron ? anomalum DC. V. 



p. 293. 

 Cauhs erectus simplex 1-2-pedahs pubescens hneis decurrenti- 

 bus angularis. Folia anguste elliptica utrinque acutata ser- 

 rata ima basi dilatato-semi-amplexicauha et paullo decur- 

 rentia, utrinque scabride puberula. Capitula mediocria in 

 axilhs fohorum breviter pedicellata aut in ramis axillaribus 

 abbreviatis subspicata, paniculam angustam fohosam effor- 

 mantia. Phyllaria sub-biseriaha anguste lanceolata acumi- 

 nata subsequilonga dorso puberula interiora marginibus sicca 

 aut scariosa. Flores fseminei 25-40 hermaphroditi c 5. Flores 

 fseminei in serie exteriore siti liguliferi, liguhs quam styli 

 rami brevioribus ceeruleis : dein flores faarrmiei in seriebus 

 interioribus siti filiformes, subglabri. Flores hermaphroditi 

 tubo elongato externe pubescenti limbo brevi campanulato. 

 Styli rami complanati, in medio dilatati, apice conico-lanceo- 



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