LIST OF PLANTS, 
323 
COMPOSITiE. 
174. Tussilagro Farfara, Linn. — Common in Kashmir 
and Ladak up to 1100 ft. 
175. Aster alpinus, Linn. — Ladak and Yarkand, 13 to 
17,000 ft. This was one of the few plants got on the 
Lingzi Thang plains, but only in places where there was 
moisture and shelter. 
176. Aster (Diplopappus), sp. = Sp. H. f. and T. dist. — 
Chang-la Pass, Ladak. 
* 177. Callistephus chinensis, Nees. — China asters 
in great variety are the most favourite flowers in Yarkand 
gardens. 
178. Srigreron acris, Linn. — Kashmir and Ladak up to 
13,000 ft. 
179. Erlgreron, sp. — Diplopappus, H. f. & T. — Dras. 
' * 180. Karelinia Caspia, Less. — Yarkand City. 
181. Inula, sp. = H. f. and T. dist.— Ladak, 9 to 10,000 ft. 
* 182. Inula, sp. — About Yarkand City. 
** 183. Iphonia (Vartheimia) radiata, Benth., sp. nov. — 
Herbacea v. suffruticosa, ramosissima, foliis parvis sessilibus 
ovato-lanceolatis, basi dilatatis cordatisque margine revolutis 
subtus canohirsutis capitulis radiatis ad apices ramorum 
solitariis breviter pedunculatis, pappi setis exterioribus bre- 
vioribus perpaucis. 
Caules J^-l-pedales, duri, fere e basi ramosissimi, ad- 
scendentes v. erecti, pilis longiusculis conspersi v. fere glabri. 
Folia numerosa, patentissima, sparsa, crassiuscula, obtusis- 
sima, 1-2 lin. longa v. rarius longiora, summa in pedunculo 
minima distantia. Involucrum campanulatum, circa 4 lin. 
longum, bracteis pluriseriatim imbricatis oblongis obtusis 
siccis subcoloratisque (flavicantibus) intimis angustis sub- 
scariosis, exterioribus gradatim brevioribus. Keceptaculum 
planum v. vix convexum, nudum, scrobiculatum. Flores radii 
1-seriati hand numerosi, disci numerosi, omnes ut videtur 
fertiles. Corollae flavse, glabrae, radii tubo longo gracili, 
ligula patente 2 lin. longa apice 3-dentata, disci tubu- 
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