292 Lxxviii. COMPOSITE. (J. D. Hooker.) [imtk, 



mose, broadly hemispTiieric ; outer invol. bracts broad, herbaceous, outermost 

 usually foliaceous. ' 



1. !• racemosa, Hooh.f. ; stem and leaves above scabrid, leeves densely 

 tomentose beneath crenate, radical long-petioled elliptic-lanceolate, cauline 

 oblong ^amplexicaul, heads very large 1^2 in. diam. racemed, inner invol. 

 bracts liaear acute. I. Boyleana, Clarke Comp. Ind. 118, not of DC. I.. 

 Helemum, Herb. Ind. Or. B.f. Sf T., not of lAnn. 



Wbstebn Himaiata ; on the borders of fields, &e. ; Eashmir, alt. 5-7000 ft.,. 

 Falconer, &c.; Piti, alt. 9-10,000 ft,, Thomson. 



A tall stout herb, 1-5 ft., stem grooved. Leaves coriaceous, radical 8-18 by 6-8 

 in., narrowed into a petiole as long ; cauline often deeply lobed at the base. Heads 

 many ; outer invol. bracts broad, with recurved triangnlaj" tips ; ligules slender, J in. 

 Aohenes ^ in., glabrous^ slender; pappus ^ in., reddish. 



2. I. Royleana, DC. Prodr. v. 464 ; stem and leaves above pubescent or 

 villous and glandular, leaves denticulate woolly beneath, radical ovate or oblong- 

 ■with a long winged petiole, cauline lyrate base auricled, heads 3-4 in. diam. 

 soUtary, inner invol. bracts slender acuminate. I. Stoliczkai, Clarke Comp. Ind. 

 118. P I. macrocephala, Kotsc%y in Boiss. Flor. Orient, m.. 186. 



Western Himaiata; Kashmir, alt. 7-11,000 ft., Boyle, Thomson, Aitchison, &c. 



A stout herb ; stem 1-2 ft., grooved. Leaves rather membranous, obtuse, glabrate' 

 pubescent or villous above, sometimes thickly woolly beneath, radical 6-10 by 4-6 in. 

 exclusive of the winged petiole, cauline variable. Heads very handsome, on a stout 

 erect woolly or hirsute peduncle ; invol. much broader than in. /. racemosa, achenes^ 

 similar ; pappus-hairs paler. — The root is, from its similarity to that of the Kut 

 (Sausmrea Lappa), used to adulterate that article (Aitchison). 



Sect. II. Bubonium. Herbs. Heads small, corymbose or solitary, 

 hemispheric, campanulate or turbinate ; outer invol. bracts narrow, dry, rigid, 

 or with herbaceous or squarrose tips, or outermost narrow and foliaceous. 



* Heads turbinate, terminating numerous slender branches. Achenes hairy, 

 contracted into a small cup at the tip. 



3. X. gri'^'Veolens, Desfont. Fl. Atlant. ii. 275 ; slender, much branched, 

 pubescent and viscid, leaves small sessile linear acute I-nerved qiiite entire, heads 

 ^ in. diam. termiuafing slender axillary branchlets, invol. bracts few linear acute 

 or acuminate erect, outer green pubescent and glandular, ligules very short, 

 achenes hairy and viscid. Boiss. Fl. Orient, iii. 199 ; Clarke Comp. Ind. 120. 

 Erigeron graveolens, Linn. ; Sibth. Fl. Orcec. t. 866. P I. brahuica, Boiss. Fl. 

 Orient, iii. 199. 



N.TV. India; Peshawur, in waste ground, Stewart. — Distbib. Westwards to 

 Spain. 



Annual, 1-2 ft high, stem and branches slender, often flexuous. Leaves I-I5 by 

 i-J in., spreading, midrib strong beneath. Heads rather obconic. Achenes J in. 

 long, contracted at the apex with a cup-shaped tip ; pappus-hairs rather coarse, 

 inserted on the edge of the cup, but not united at the base. 



** Heads terminal, solitary or corymbose. Achenes silky or hairy. 



4. I. macrosperma, Hook. f. ; stout, herbaceous, stem winged glabrous 

 or pubescent, leaves amplexicaul decurrent oblong-ovate acuminate puberulous, 

 heads 1^2 in. diam. subcorymbose on stout erect peduncles, invol. bracts few 

 lanceolate subacute pubescent, achenes very large narrowly obovate-oblong 

 compressed strongly ribbed hispid above the middle much longer than the red 

 stout scabrid pappus. 



