GnaTphalium.'\ Lxxviii. cOMPOSiTiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 289 



clusters, invol. bracts oMong obtuse yeUowish. or goldea glistening, achenes 

 papillose. Clarke Cainp. Ind. 114; Wiffht Ic. t. 1114. 



Tempebate Himaiata ; from Kashmir to Bhotan, alt. 3-7000 ft. Khasia Mts., 

 alt. 3-5000 ft. Marwab, Mt. Aboo, Herb. Salzell, King. Nilgherby Mts., alt. 

 5-7000 ft. — ^DiSEBiB. China, Japan, Abyssinia. 



A usually taller and often stouter annual than G. luteo-album, easily distinguished 

 by the longer very acuminate leaves woolly beneath only, ■with often broadly auricled 

 bases. The Nilgherry specimens have paler heads. 



** Beads in Utrfy ynkes. 



3. G. indicum, Linn; DC. in Wight Contrib. 22; Prodr.yi. 231 ; softly 

 cottony, stMus many from the root ascending leafy, leaves linear-obovate or 

 spiatbulate apicuHate, beads ^ in. diam. in simple or branched leafy spikes or 

 racemose elusteis, invol. bracts linear-oblong acute pale reddish-brown or 

 yellowish, achenes minutely papillose, pappus-hairs not coherent at the base. 

 Wall. Cat. 2954; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iii. 225; aarU Comp. Ind.-114.; Dalz. ^ 

 Gibs. BonA. PI. 130 ; O. strictum and multicaule, Roxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 424, 425. 

 G. nilaieum, Xaddi-, DC. I. c. Q. spathuHatum, Del. Fl. ^Egypt. 122, t. 44, f. 

 2, net ef "Lamk. 



Throughout India on the plains, from the jPunjab eastwards to Birma and Mar- 

 taban, ascending 1000 ft. in the Himalayia. — Distbib. Westwards to Senegal and 

 eastwards to China, Japan and Australia. 



Branches slender, 4-6 in. Jjcames \-\\ in. Heads ^ in. diam., sometimes crowded 

 and ifdrming ovoid clusters. 



G. PtrKPTJKETJM:, Linn. ; DC. . Prodr. vi. 182 ; annual, sparsely cottony, 

 stems many from the root stout ascending, leaves spathulate tip broadly rounded, 

 heads \ in. diam. in spicate globose dusters, invol. brac^ linear 'subacute 

 shining, achenes minutely papillose, pappus-hairs cohering at the base. 



Upeeb G-anoetic plain. Falconer. Jugulliri, Edgeieorth. Meerut, Moradabad and 

 Bignore, Thomson, no doubt introduced— IDisteib. N. & S. America. 



This closely resembles G. indicum, but is a very much larger stouter plant, with 

 stems 12-18 in. high, and leaves attaining 4 inches ; the heads, too, are twice as large. 

 Amongst a very lar^Je suite of specimens of indicum, from all parts of India I find 

 none approaching this. The cohesion of the pappus hairs by their very base is a very 

 marked character. 



4. G> Stewartlii Clarke mss. ; cottony, stem sbort leafy, leaves linear 

 erect or recurved acute radical rosulate, heads ^ in. ,diam. in lax or dense leafy 

 Tacemes, invol. bracts linear-oblong acute and obtuse chestnut-brown, achenes 

 subsilky or scabrid, pappus-hairs not cohering. 



Westebn HiMALAyA, Stewart. Kasbmih, alt. 10,000 ft., Jitchison. Westeen 

 Tibet ; Karakoram, alt. 13,000 ft,, Clarke. 



Perennial? Stems tufted, 2-4 in., elongating in fruit. Leaves ^-1 in., very 

 narrow. Heads usually peduncled; invol. bracts a dark rich brown. Mowers few. 



*** Beads in rownded leafy axillary or terminal clusters. 



5. G pulvinatum, DdUe Fl. Mgypt. 122, t. 44, f. 1 ; woolly, stems 

 very many spreading from the root short prostrate, leaves small spathulate, 

 beads minute ^ in. hidden amongst the bases of the crowded spreading ter- 

 minal leaves and immersed in wool, invol. bracts slender linear recurved green 

 with acute hyaline tips, achenes slender minutely papillose. DC. Prodr. vi- 

 231 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iii. 225. G. crisfatulum, Clarke Comp. Ind. 115. 

 G. depressum, Boxb. Sort. Beng. 61 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 425. G. piostratum, Boxb. 

 in Wall. Cat. 2955. Filago prostrata, DC. in Wight Contrib. 22; iVoe??-. vi. 

 249. £vax indiea, Sfam. in Wall. Cat. 



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