252 LXXTiii. COMPOSITJ!. (J. D. Hooker.) 



KuMAON and Westbien Tibet, alt. 11-14,000 ft.. Falconer, &c. — Distbib. 'Aflghan 

 and Eeluchistan, Central Asia, Altai Mts., China. 



Stem 2-3 ft. and branches slender, green. Leaves 1-2 in., somfetimes contraetedat 

 the base, nerves very obscure. Heads ^-| in. diam., peduncled or sessile ; invol. 

 bracts ^ in. ; Hgules 20-30, short, blue, revolute when dry, sometimes 0. Achenes A 

 in. ; pappus rather longer. — Lindley's Galdtella jtmcea is founded on a cultivated 

 specimen of this from the Saharunpore Bot. Gardens, which is glabrous with linear 

 leaves and rounded branches ; the achenes are immature, and I do not recognise the 

 difference from those of altaieus pointed out by Clarke. A young specimen of A. 

 altaicus from Seloochistan presents the same characters. 



10. A. trinervlus, Roxb. Bort. Seng. 61 ; Fl- Ind. iii. 4.33 ; glabrous or 

 soaljerulous, slender, leafy, leaves sessile or petioled lanceolate obtuse acut« or 

 acuminate coarsely serrate, heads corymbose, invol. bracts linear obtuse or acute, 

 ligules 12-15 short, achenes hairy, pappus reddish with a few short slender 

 outer hairs. Don Prodr. 177. A. acabridus, Hook.f. Sr Thorns. Serb. Ind. Or. ; 

 Clarke Comp. Ind. 47. A. Benthami, St.eetz in Seemann Bot. Herald. 385. A. 

 asperrimus, VFall. Cat. 2970. Diplopappus asperrimus, DC. Prodr. v. 277 

 (excl. syn. Roxb.). GalateUa asperrima, Nees Aster. 173. Diplopappus laxus, 

 Benth. in Hook. Land. Jaum. Bot. i. 487. 



Centeai and Western Himalaya ; Nipal, Wallich ; Sikkim, alt. 5-7000 ft. 

 MisHMi Mts. Griffith. Khasia Mts., alt, 3-6000 ft. — Distkib. Japan, N. China. 



Stem 2-3 ft., rarely almost glabrous, grooved, sometimes almost hispid. Leaves 

 1-4- in., very variable, rarely oblong and obtuse, base rounded or acute, usually 

 scabrid on both surfaces. Heads ^-| in diam, ; ligules 10-12, white, narrow. 

 Achenes Jj in. ; pappus i in. 



11. A. sikkimensis, Hooh. f. S[ Thorns, in, Bat. Mag. t. 4567 ; erect, 

 leafy, glabrous or puberulous, branches terete flexuous, leaves large sessile or 

 short-petioled lanceolate acuminate entire or subserrate membranous, beads 

 many small corymbose, invol. bracts linear acuminate, achenes hispid 4-i'ibbed, 

 pappus single white or reddish. Clarke Comp. Iiid. 42. 



Eastekn Nipal and Sitlkim, alt. 6-12,000 ft., J. D. H. 



Stems 3-4 ft., much branched, soft. Leaves 3-7 by f-2 in., narrowed into the 

 broad short -^-amplexicaul petiole, membranous. Heads | in. diam., very numerous, 

 on glabrous or very pubescent branches ; peduncles slender or stout ; ligules very 

 many, blue. Achenes ^ in. ; pappus ^ in. 



Sect. IV. Invol. bracts narrow or broad. — Tall herbs with large leaves, 

 corymbosely branched stems above, the branches bearing single, rarely corymbose 

 very large heads. 



12. A. Tbomsoni, Clarice Comp. Ind. 48; laxly villous, erect, branched, 

 leaves subsessile broadly ovate acuminate coarsely serrate, heads few large long- 

 peduncled, invol. bracts linear-lanceolate acuminate, achenes hairy, pappus single 

 much shorter than the corolla reddish, hairs subulate. Callimeris flexuosus, 

 Bot/le in DC. Prodr. v. 258 ; Jtoyle Ml. 251, t. 58, f. 2. 



Westeen HimaI/Ata ; from Nipal to Kashmir, alt. 7-10,000 ft. 



An erect laxly branched herb, with flaccid hairs; branches slender, flexuous. 

 Leaves 2-4 by 1-2J in., membranous, base contracted and ^-amplexicaul. Heads 

 solitary, 1^-2J in. diam.; invol. bracts herbaceous; ligules 20-30, 4-| in. long. 

 Achenes ^— ^, much longer than the pappus, 



IS. A. asperulus, Nees Aster. 281; laxly hairy or glabrate, erect, 

 branched, leaves petioled ovate or lanceolate acuminate coarsely serrate, heads 

 few large on slender peduncles, invol. bracts linear or lanceolate acuminate often 

 long and leafy, achenes bairy, pappus hairs white or reddish equalling the 

 corolla with a few short ones, Wdl, Cat. 2968, A- peduncularis, WaU, Cat, 



