Aster."] Lxxviii. coMPOSiTiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 253 



2967 ; Clarke Comp. Ind. 48. Diplopappus asperulus and Amphiraphis pedun- 

 cularis, DC. Prodr. v. 277, 344. 



Western Himalaya, alt, 4-9000 ft., from Chumba to Kumaon. 



Very similar in habit and hairiness to A. Thomsoni, but readily distinguished by 

 the (usually -winged) petioles and pappus. The heads vary greatly in size, from |-1^ 

 in., and the iuvol. bracts from short narrowly linear ■with scarious edges, to nearly 

 1 by ^ in., green and leafy, and the pappus from white to red. 



14. A. Iiaka, Clarke Comp. Ind. 49; stems short stout simple from a 

 woody tomentose rootstock, leaves with broad sheath-like petioles, ovate or 

 cordate acute coarsely toothed, heads large solitary on stout peduncles, invol. 

 bracts very large ovate obtuse leafy, achenes hairy, pappus hairs white or red- 

 dish equalling the corolla.. 



Westekn Himalaya; at Laka, near Dhurmsala, alt. 10-11,000 ft., Edgeworth; 

 Clarke. , 



A remarkable species, eyidently allied to A. pedvmiulwiris, of which it has the 

 flowers, achenes and pappus, but only 6-8 in. high, with simple stout ascending stems, 

 broader leaves with sheath-llke petioles, and very broad obtuse invol. bracts. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES. 



A. NiTiDULDS, DC. in Wight Contrib. 9 ; Prodr. 247 ; is founded on an American 

 cultivated plant, probably A. lavis, Willd, 



A. ADEEus, Don Prodr. 178, with a yellow ray, cannot belong to the genus. 



21. BZIACHVACTIS, Led. 



Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves alternate. Heads solitary, axillary or 

 few in leafy panicles^ ;h^terogainou8, rayed; ray-fl. g, l-op -seriate, fertile; 

 ligule minute, bluish or rosy ; disk-fl. § , fertile, tubular, limb 5-cleft. Invol. 

 bracts half as long as the flowers, 2-3-seriate, narrow, outer often leafy ; recep- 

 tacle flat, naked or pitted. Anther-hoses obtuse, entire. iStyle-arms of J 

 narrow, flattened, tips narrowly lanceolate. Achene.s narrowly obo vate, quite 

 flat ; pappus-hairs sub- 2-seriate, outer shorter. — Disteib. Species 6, N. 

 American, Central Asian, Siberian, and the Himalayan. 



1. B. xnentliodora, Bemth. in Hook. Ic. PI. xii. t. 1106 ; tall, erect, 

 glandular-pubescent, , root perenijial, leaves oblong-lanceolate or ovate serrate 

 upper sessile i-amplexieaul, lower long-petioled, recept. not pitted, ligulea 

 longer than their styles. B. indica, Clarke Comp. Ind. 49. Erigeron anomalum, 

 DC. Prodr. v. 293. 



Alpine Himalaya; Kashmir, Bind valley, alt., 12,000 ft., Clarke; Sikkim, alt- 

 10-13,000 ft, /.i?. £■., &c. 



SieM stiff, 1-2 ft. ; branches short, erect. Leaves 1-2 in., eauline decurrent. 

 Heads ^-f in. diam., chiefly towards the tips of the stem or branches ; invol. bracts 

 few, linear, pubescent, 1-2 outer often much larger and leafy • fl. pale blue. Achenes 

 A in., nearly glabrous; margins thickened ; pappus i in. reddish. — Whole plant smells 

 like mint, but more sweetly. 



2. B. umbrosa, Benth. in, Hook. Ic. PI. under t. 1106 ; small, annual, 

 glandular and villous, leafy, branched from the base, leaves obovate lobulate or 

 cuneate narrowed into the petiole, ligules minute. B. wangtuensis, Clarke 

 Comp. Ind. 61. Oonyza umbrosa, Karel ^ Kiril. in Led. Fl. Ross. ii. 498. 0. 

 Koylei, DC. Prodr. v. 381. Vernouacea, Giif. Itin. Notes, 322, n. 1259. 



Westebn Himalaya and Tibet ; from Kashmir to the Karakoram, alt, 8-12,000 

 ft. ; Lahul, Jaesohke.— Sistbiii. Alatau Mountains. Afghanistan. 



Branches 4-8 in., rarely more, ascending, leafy4 Leaves ^-f in. Heads many, ^ 

 in. diam,, often one in every leaf-axil, sessile or long-peduucled. A»henes ^ in., 



