Scdbiosa.] Lxxvii. dipsace^. (C. B. Clarke.)T 219 



, Alpiite SiKKiM, alt. 10-14,000 ft. ; Tungu, J. J). H., Elmes. 

 Sootstock woody. Leaves all subradical, 6 by | in., alternate at the base, sessile 

 orp..tioled. Fedunoles 4-14 in., radical, l^headed; heads 1-lf in. diam., globose, 

 many-flowered. Bracts i l"? I i"-. ovate-oblong, braeteoles J in., linear-spathulate, 

 Jnvolucet ^ in., hairy, not scarious. Calyx-bristles 20-24, J in., filiform, hairy. 

 Corolla J in., tnbular-funnel-shaped, hairy without. 



Sect. II. AsiEKOCBPHALtrs. BractedleB small or 0. Invohicd-numth 

 funnel-shaped, scarious in fruit. Calyx-limb of 5 long bristles. Corolla 5-fid. 



2. S. Ollvleri, Chidt. Dips. 36, t. 2, Jig. 10 ; hairy, stem leafy, leaves 

 narrowly oblong subentire or pinnatifld, heads small, bracts oblong-lanceolate, 

 corollas all equal small much shorter than the calyx-briatles; DC. Prodr. iv. 

 656; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iii. 141. 



West Punjab; Peshawur, Vicairy; Bawul Pindee and Huzaree, Stewart. — Dis- 

 TRiB. AfFghanistan to Armenia and Arabia. 



Stem 3-1 in., annual, often much branched. Leaves 2 by J in., narrow-oblong 

 and entire, or 4 by 2 in., deeply pinnatifid. Heads few-flowered ; bracts scarcely J in. 

 Flowers purple, hairy without, little longer than the involucel. . InvoVuoel \ in. diam. 

 in fruit, 16-20-ribbed, scarious between the ciliate-pilose ribs. Calyx-bristles ^ in., 

 barbellate, brown. Achene silkily hairy. 



3. S. Candolllana, Wall. Cat. 430; subglabrous, leaves very distant 

 linear subentire, heads small radiate, bracts ovate obtuse, corollas sojie exceeding 

 the calyx-bristles. S. Candollii, DC. Prodr. iv. 654. 



Western Himalaya. ; from Murree to Kumaon, alt. 3-5000 ft., Blinkworth, &e. 



Stem 12-18 in. from a perennial rootstock, little branched. Leaves 1^ by ^ in., 

 lower subspathulate, puberulous. Heads few-flowered; bracts ^-^ in. Flowers 

 purple, hairy without; of the ray sometimes \ in. long. Lwolucel ^ in. diam. in 

 fruit, 16-20-ribbed, scarious between the pubescent ribs. Calyx-bristles ^ in., barbel- 

 late, brown. 



4. S. speciosa, Boyle III. 245, t. 55, Jig. 2 ; stem pubescent leafy, leaves 

 oblong often pinnatifid at the base with small lobes, heads large radiate, bracts 

 narrowly oblong, corollas much exceeding the calyx-bristles. 



Tbmpeeate HiMAiATA; from Kashmir (abundant) to G-urwhal, alt. 7-11,000 ft. 



Stems 1-2 ft., often branched, from a perennial rootstock. Leaves 2 by* in., hairy 

 on both surfaces. Heads many-flowered ; bracts ^-| in. Flowers bright-mauve, hairy 

 without ; those of the ray | in. long, those of the disk exceeding the calyx-bristles. 

 Involuoel in fruit J in., subcampanulate, nearly glabrous without, scarious between the 

 16-20 ribs. Calyx-bristles J in., barbellate, nearly black. Achene ^ in. and upwards, 

 silky below, the upper j 8-ribbed, with long deep pits between the ribs. 



Oedee LXXVIII. CODXFOSXTH;. (By J. D. Hooker.) 



Herbs or shrubs, rarely trees. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite or whorled, 

 simple or compound : stipules 0. Inflorescence a centripetal head of many small 

 fiowers, sessUe on the dilated top of the peduncle (receptacle), enclosed in an 

 involucre of whorled bracts ; floral bracts 0, or jeduced to paleas scales or bristles 

 on the receptacle. Flowers all tubular (head discoid), or the outer, or all, ligu- 

 late (head rayed), all 2-sexual, or the inner 2-sexual or male, the outer female 

 or neuter, sometimes dioecious. Calyx superior ; limb 0, or of hairs (pappus) or 

 scales. Corolla of 2 forms : 1st, tubular or campanulate, 4-6-lobed, lobes val- 

 vate, with marginal nerves ; 2ndly, ligulate, lobes elongate and connate into a 

 strap-shaped or elliptic ligule. Disk epigynous. Stamens 4-5, inserted within 

 the cOroUa-tube ; maments usually free ; anthers basi-fixed, usually connate ; 

 connective produced upwards ; cells simple or tailed at the :]]ase ; pollen sub- 



