250 
LIT. COMPOSITE 
tinged with red. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, 1 in., entire or 
obscurely toothed. Heads long-stalked, in. diam. ; ray-flowers 
lilac ; ligules short, often recurved ; outer hairs of the pappus much 
shorter than the inner. Achenes hairy. (Fig. 76.) 
Simla, on dry banks, common ; May-September.— W. Himalaya, 5000 
8000 ft.— Tibet. 
2. Aster Thomsoni, C. B. Clarke ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 252. Hairy; 
stems 1-3 ft., bending at the joints. Leaves nearly sessile, ovate, 
2-4 x 1-2^ in., coarsely and sharply toothed, long-pointed. Heads 
1 J-2 in. diam. Involucral bracts herbaceous ; ray-flowers purple ; 
ligules long, spreading ; pappus of disk-flowers short. Achenes 
pubescent. 
Simla, common in woods ; July-September. — Temperate Himalaya, 7000- 
10,000 ft. 
A form with leaves about 1 \ x § in. and smaller flowers occurs at Mahasu. 
