Aster.] Lxxviii. composite. (J. D. Hooker.) 251 



6. JL. tibetlcua, Hook. f. ; pubescent or slightly yillous, slenderj erect, 

 sparingly leafy, radical leaves petioled lanceolate or oUanceolate obtuse or acute 

 juite entire, cauline sessile linear-oblong obtuse, heads solitary rarely 2-3, outer 

 invol. bracts Uiiear acute pubescent or villous, achenesglubrescent, pappus double 

 ■white, outer hairs very fevr short subulate. 



Western Himalata and Tibet, Jacquemont ; Piti, Hanli Plains and Pangong 

 Lake, alt. 15-16,000 ft., in salt grassy plains, Thomson, H. Straohey ; Laptal (N. of 

 Kumaon), alt. 15,000 ft., Sir. ^ Wint. (Diplopappus, No. 2.) ; Karakoram, alt. 

 14-15,000 ft., Clwrke. 



Perennial, 4-12 in, high. Leaves small, radical 1-2 in. including the petiole. 

 Heads 1-2 in. diam. ; ligules very many, i-| in. long, bright blue. Achenes very 

 small, flat, ^ in. ; pappus J in., hairs few slender. 



7. A. diplostepliioldes, Benth. in Oen. PI. ii. 272; erect, robust, 

 villous, stem simple leafy, leaves sessile erect lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate 

 acute quite entire, lower narrowed at the base, heads solitary 3 in. diam., invol. 

 bracts lanceolate leafy, outer often very long, ligules very long and narrow, 

 achenes sUky, pappus reddish, outer very short white. Clarke Comp. Ind. 45. 

 Heterochseta diplostephioides, I)C. Prodr. v. 282. Diplopappus diplostephioides, 

 Jlerb. Ind. Or. Hf. ^ T. in part. 



Alpinb Himalaya ; Kashmir, alt. 8600-1 1,500 ft.. Falconer, &c. ; Wurdwan, Lance ; 

 Kunawur, alt. 14,000 ft., Thomson; Kumaon, alt. 13,000 ft., Str. S[ Wint. (Stenactis 

 sp. 3) ; Sikkim, alt. 16,000 ft., /. J). H. 



A very handsome species, 12^18 in. high. Leaves 2-3 in. Invol. hracts some- 

 times 1 in. ; ligules very many. Achenes ^ in., and pappus no longer than in the 

 preceding. — Thomson's Kumaon specimens have broader leaves than the others ; Fal- 

 coner's Kashmir ones are more leafy. Aitchison says the roots are used by the 

 Kashmiris for washing clothes. 



Sect. III. Invol. hracts in few or many series, narrow, dry or scarious, rarely 

 herbaceous. — Heads small, corymbose or solitary. 



8. A. molliusculus, Wall. Cat. 2972 ; pubescent or sparsely villous, 

 stems many erect or ascending from a woody rootstock leafy, leaves subsessile 

 linear elliptic or obovate-oblong entire or toothed, heads long-peduncled solitary, 

 invol. bracts linear-lanceolate acuminate, ligules very many short slender, 

 achenes sUky, pappus reddish, outer very short white. Clarke Comp. Ind. 45. 

 ? A. scaposus, Klatt in Sitz. MUneh. Akad. 1878, 84. Diplopappus moUiusculus, 

 Idndl. in DC. Fi'odr. v. 277. HersUia simplex, Slotzsch in Pr. Wald. Seis. 

 Sot. 75, t. 73. 



Westeen Himaxata ; from Kumaon to Kashmir, alt. 5-8000 ft. Tibet (N. of 

 Kumaon), alt. 15,000, Str. S; Wint. (Diplopappus, No. 3), and of Sikkim, J. D. H. 



Stems sometimes branched, 4-12 in., slender, rigid. Leaves J-1 in., acute or 

 obtuse, glabrous or scaberulous. Heads rarely 2-S, i-f in. diam. ; ligales 20-30, 

 revolute when dry. Achenes j in. ; pappus rather longer. — Tibetan specimens are 

 short, prostrate, with linear leaves and larger flowers. It is difficult (if possible) to 

 distinguish this from Erigeron multiradiatus, 



9. A. altaicus, Willd, Unum. Hort. Berol. 881 ; rigid, scaberulous, stem 

 grooved much branched leafy, leaves sessile linear or oblong obtuse quite entire, 

 heads solitary subcorymbose, invol. bracts linear-lanceolate acuminate, achenes 

 silky, pappus single reddish. Clarke Comp. Ind. 46 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iii. 158. 

 A. angustifolius, Idndl. in Moyle III. 251, t. 58,/. 1. A. spartioides, Clarke I. e. 

 Callimeris altaica and canescens, Nees Aster. 228, 229; DC. Prodr. v. 258, 

 259. Hersilea ramosa, Klotuch in Pr, Wald. Meia. Bot. 75, t. 73. GalateUa 

 juncea, lAndl. in Boyle lU. 251, t. 58. 



Westebn Himalaya; Lahul and Kashmir, alt. 9-13,000 ft., Jaeschke, &o.; 



