■Inula.'] ixxviii. composite. (J. D. Hooker.) 295 



13. X. Kalapani, Clarke Comp. Ind. 123 ; pubescent or hirsute, stem 

 simple or sparingly forked, radical leaves petioled elliptic-ovate or lanceolate 

 obtuse or acute subdentate, cauline oblong or ovate-oblong from an amplexicaul 

 dilated base, heads f-1 in. diam. few corymbose, invol. bracts few linear acute 

 hirsute green, achenes minute glabrous. 



Khasia Mts. ; Kalapani river, alt. 4-5000 ft., J D. H. ^ T. T., Clarke. 



Habit of an Aster, 12-18 in. high. Leaves, ladieal 2-3 in. long, narrowed into 

 the petiole, cauline 1-lJ in., erect or spreading. Imol. bracts spreading or recurred, 

 outer Bubfoliaceous ; ligules short, about ^ in. Achenes ^ in. long ; pappus scanty, 

 very short, J in., reddish. 



Sbci. ni. HIg'optlialinus. Stemless. Heads sessile amongst the rosu- 

 late leaves. * ' 



14. X. rbizocepbaloides, Clarke Comp. Ind. 124 ; leaves all radical 

 rosulate obovate-spathulate obtuse ciliate, heads |-1 in. diam. crowded sessile, 

 invol. bracts linear acute erect or tips recurved, achenes glabrous ribbed. 



Westeen Tibet, Falconer; Dras, alt. 7-9000 ft., Thomson; Ladak, alt. 12-14,000 

 ft., Stolicuka. 



Whole plant 2-6 in. diam. Leaves horizontal, appressed to the ground, narrowed 

 into a broad petiole. Invol. bracts all similar ; ray-fls. very few with minute ligules 

 or tubular or 0. Achmies ^ in. ; pappus J in., red. — This resembles closely the /. 

 rhizocephala, Schrank, but the invol. bracts are narrower, less rigid, and purple, and 

 the rays are very different. 



Sect. TV. Cappa. Shrubs. Heads small, corymbose or racemose ; invol. 

 tracts linear or subulate, outer gradually smaller. 



15. X. Cappa, DC. Prodr. v. 469 ; shrubby, branches leaves beneath and 

 corymbs densely silkily villous or Woolly, leaves sessile or shortly petioled 

 oblong or oblong-lanceolate acute toothed pubescent or glabrescent above, heads 

 very many J in diam., invol. bracts linear rigid acuminate pubescent, achenes 

 dSkj. Clarke Comp. In4. 124. I. Pseudo-cappa and eriophora, DC. I. e. 469, 

 470. I. salviodora, Schultz-Sip. in Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 62. Conyza lanugi- 

 nosa, eriophora and argentea, Wall. Cat. 2922, 3013, 3014. 0. Cappa, Ham. in, 

 Don Prodr. 176. Duhaldea chinensis, DC. I. c. 366. 



Tempeeatb Himalaya; from Kumaon to Bhotan, alt. 4-6000 ft. (ascending to 

 10,000 in Kumaon, Sir. ^ Wint.). Khasu Mts., alt. 4-6000 ft. Pegu and BrnnA. 

 — DisTKiB. Java, China. 



Shrub 4-8 ft. high; branches very stout. Leaves 3-6 by 1-2^ in., coriaceous, 

 acute or obtuse, base rounded or acute (in Sikkim leaves 9 by 2f in., gradually 

 acuminate at both ends), toothing variable. Heads very numerous; invol. bracts 

 very variable in length, number and breadth, always narrow and linear or subulate ; 

 ligules few, very short or 0. Achenes ^ in. ; pappus J in., dirty-white, hairs thickened 

 at the ends. 



16. X. eupatorioides, DC. P/-odr. v. 469; shrubby, branches stout and 

 leaves beneath and corymbs pubescent or subtomentose, leaves shortly petioled 

 elliptic-oblong or lanceolate acuminate coriaceous irregularly toothed scaberuloua 

 above, heads numerous J in. diam. in terminal corymbs shortly peduncled, invol. 

 bracts subulate tomentose, achenes sUky. Clarke Comp. Ind. 125. Oonyza 

 eupatorioides, Wall. Cat. 2993. Amphu-aphis heterotricha, DC. I.e. 348; 

 (Jonyza orat^.Bolidago heterotricha; WalL Cat. 3225. 



Eastken Himalaya ; Sikkim, J. B. H. Bhotan, Griffith. Khasia Mts., alt. 

 4-6000 ft. BiKMA, Griffith. Moulmein, Lohb. 



Very closely allied to /. cmspidata, but differing in the much stouter habit, shorter 

 stouter-petioled more rigid leaves with much-reticulated nervation beneath, narrower 



