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Anaphalis, DC. 



Cons])ectus of Species. 

 Leaves adnate but not decurrent at the base, 1 -nerved ; flowcr-lieads pedxinclcd, 3 — 4 



lin. in diameter, corymbose ; an adnatc-lanate berb, A. Royleana. 



Leaves more or less deeurrent at the base, 3-nerved ; flower-heads half the size, sessile 



and clustered, in corymbs ; densely white adnate-woolly stout herb, ..,.A.. adnata. 



1. A. EoTLEANA, DC. Prod. VI. 272 ; Clark. Comp. Ind. 104. 

 Hab. Here and there in the hill-toungyas of Martaban east o£ Toun- 



ghoo, at about 4 — 5000 ft elevation ; also Ava hills. — Fl. March. 



2. A. ADNATA, DC. Prod. VI. 274 ; Clark. Comp. Ind. 108. 



Hab. Frequent in the drier hill-, esj^ecially the pine-forests, and on 

 the hill-pastures of the higher ridges of Martaban, from 5400 — 7100 ft. ele- 

 vation. — Fl. Nov. — Febr. ; Fr. Febr. — March. 



Gnaphalium, L. 



Conspectus of Species. 



* Floiver-Jieads corymbose^ or the corymbs contracted and almost head-like. 



X Leaves linear, with a rounded base half-stem-clasping. 

 Tall annual ; flower-heads laxly corymbose, tha involucral bracts yellow or brown, 



. . G. hypoleucum. 

 X X Leaves more or less spatulate -linear to cuneate-obovate. 

 Silky-villous herb much branched from the base ; flower-heads densely clustered and 

 forming- leafless more or less lax corymbs, the involucre -bracts bright yellow or 



greyish pale yellow, G. hiteo-albiim. 



Simple or almost simple tender herb, thinly viscid-pilose ; leaves obovate-cuneate, 

 almost half-amplexicaul, thinly herbaceous ; flower-heads in dense terminal almost 

 head-like corymbs, the involucral bracts almost membranous, often more or less 

 steel-blue coloured, G. flaccidum. 



* * Flower-heads clustered or rarely solitary in the axils of the leaves and usually 



gradually passing into a leafy terminal spike or head. 

 Erect or spreading from the base, more or less silky-pilose ; leaves elongate obovate- 

 cuneate ; flower-heads only about a Hne long, leafy spicate, G. Indicum. 



As preceding, but flower-heads about 2 lin. long, the involucre-bracts firmer, 



. . G. purpttreum. 



Prostrate and spreading, the branchings only slightly leaved at the lower parts, more 



so upwards, the upper leaves forming stellate involucres to the densely crowded 



leafy heads, G. crispatulmn. 



1. a. HTPOLErcrM, DC. in Wight Contr. 21 and Prod. VI. 222 ; 

 Wight Icon. t. 1114 ; Bth. Fl. Hongk. 187; Clark. Comp. Ind. 114. {G. 

 confertum, Bth. in. Lond. Journ. Bot. I. 488). 



Hab. Frequent in the drier hill-, especially the pine-forests, and 

 freely springing up as well in the clearings as on the hill-pastures, of 

 Martaban, at 4000 to 6000 ft. elevation ; also Ava-hills. — Fl. Fr. March. 



2. G. LUTEO-ALBUM, L. sp. pi. 1198 ; Engl. Bot. t. 1002 ; Fl. Dan. 

 t. 1763, DC. Prod. VI. 230; Clark. Comp. Ind. 114. {G. pallidum, Lamk. 



