386 LxxYiii. COMPOSITE. (J. D. Hooker.) [OartTiamus. 



tate, aurioleg connate, tails short fimbriate. Style-arms short or long'. Achenes 

 glabrous, obovoid, 4^angled or compressed, basal areole oblique or lateral, all or 

 the outer only without pappus, or all or the inner only with paleaceous oo -seriate 

 pappus. — DisiKiB. Species about 20, of the Mediterranean region extending into 

 Asia. 



1. C. tinctorius, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iii. 709; glabrous or pubescent, 

 leaves entire and unarmed or spinulose-serrate, outer inrol. bracts ovate-oblong 

 constricted above the base green spinous or not, inner ovate-oblong acute, flowers 

 orange-red, achenes (often deformed) obovoid 4Uangled truncate at the top with 

 4 bosses, pappus 0. DC. Prodr. vi. 612; Heiehb. Ic.'Fl. Oerm. t. 746; Ho.rb. 

 Fl. Indi iii. 409 ; Wall. Cat. 2959 ; Clarice Comp. Ind. 244. 



Cultivated throughout India.— The SaiBower. 



2. C. oxyacantlia, Sieb. ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iii. 709 ; puberulous, stem 

 and branches white, leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate lower shortly spinulose- 

 toothed upper ^-amplexicaul very spinous, outer invol. bracts exceeding the 

 head white below the pontracted portion green above it with yellow spines, 

 flowers orange-yellow, achenes obovoid 4-angled smooth shining truncate at the 

 top with 4 bosses, pappus 0. DC. Prodr. vi. 612 ; Clarke Comp. Ind. 244. 



The Punjab ; from Lahore westward, Eoyle, &c. — Disteib. Westward to the 

 Caucasus. 



Perhaps the wild form of the Safflower, C. tinctorius (Clarke). 



3. C. lanatus, Linn. ; Boiss. Fl. Oi-ient. iii. 706 ; very rigid, cobwebby 

 cottony or glabrate, stem strict erect, leaves hispid or scaberulous, radical lyrate- 

 pinUatifid, cauline ovate J-amplexicaul with an auricled toothed base strongly 

 3.-nerved spinescent, heads large, outer invol. bracts large far exceeding the 

 flowers lanceolate leafy spinescent on the sides, inner entire, flowers pale yellow, 

 achenes thick very broad turbinate obtusely 4-angled smooth pitted above, pap- 

 pus longer than the achenes of narrow linear acute shining elastic pales. Bat. 

 Mag. t. 2142; Clarke Comp. Ind. 707. Kentrophyllum lanatum, Z)C Prodr. 

 vi. 610. CardunceUus lanatus, Beichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 746. 



Kashmie, alt. 5-6000 ft., Falconer, &o. — Distkib. "Westward to the Atlantic. 



Stem 6-18 in. terete. Leaves ^-l^ in., spreading, hard, green. Heads 1-lJ in. 

 diam. ; outer bracts 1-2 in., spreading ; lower linear, scariously coriaceous, brown, tip 

 spinescent ; recept. bristles very long. Achenes ^ in., pale yellowish or grey, pericarp 

 crustaceous ; pappus pales narrowly sword-shaped, unequal, very beautiful, silvery or 

 rich bronze-colourod. 



TbibeX. mUTISXACEJE. 



97. XiEUCOnXERXS, Don. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate, broad, quite entire. Heads corym- 

 bose, homogamous, discoid, 4-8-fld., white ; fl. all g , similar and fertile, tubular, 

 segments 5 narrow revolute. Involucre much shorter than the flowers, ovoid ; 

 bracts oo -seriate, ovate or lanceolate, coriaceous or dry, outer smaller ; receptacle 

 flat, naked. Anther-bases sagittate, auricles connate, tails ciliate. jSfyie filiform, 

 obtuse, 2-fid. ^c/ienes oblong, subterete, 6-ribbed, silky ; pappus copious,- hairs 

 very slender, scabrid, outer shorter. — Distkib. 2 Indian species. 



1. Ii. spectabilis, Don Prodr. 170; leaves elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate 

 densely velvetty-tomentose beneath, invol. bracts few linear-oblong obtuse or 

 acute glabrous, pappus pale. Wall. PI. As. Bar. ii. 8, t. 3 ; DC Prodr. vii. 25 ; 

 JDeless. Ic. Sel. iv. t. 78 ; Clarke Comp. Ind. 245. L. macrophylla, DC. I. e. 

 Eupatorium candicans, Wall. Cat. 2999. E. spectabile, Spreng. Syst. iii. 410. 



