4.02 MR. F. N. WILLIAMS: REVISION 
114, A. Monticona, Edgew. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 238 
(1874); Jacks. Ind. Kew. i. p. 180. 
Glabra, dense cespitosa omnino squarrosa, basi lignosa. Rami 
dense foliati. Folia basi scarioso-vaginantia, rigida brevia 
patenti-recurva subulata, apice aciculata, margine inerassata 
ciliolata, nitida, nervo mediano valde prominente floralia majus- 
cula lanceolato-subulata scariosa. Flores solitarii sessiles. Calyx 
basi truncatus ; sepala ovato-lanceolata acuminata valde trinervia, 
ultranervos late scariosa. Petala lateovata, sepalis longiora, basi 
breviter unguiculata, apice rotundata, alba. Capsula globosa. 
Forms squarrose green patches, on which the large white 
flowers are conspicuous. 
Hab. Tibetan region of Sikkim Himalaya, at 4800 metres; 
but does not occur in British India. 
115. A. kawsuENsIs, Maxim. in Bull. Acad. Pétersb. xxvi. 
p. 428 (1880) ; Mél. Biol. x. p. 579; Fl. Tangutica, p. 86, t. 14 
(1889). 
Densissime pulvinata, glabra. Caudex lignosus, polycephalus. 
Cauliculi 24 mm. simplices. Folia subtriquetra pungentia, 
turionum basi latiora scariosa scabro-serrulata, ramulorum flori- 
ferorum ad apicem fere scariosa, supremis bractealibus decres- 
centibus. Pedicelli pilosi. Calyx basi rotundatus, haud ineras- 
satus; sepala lanceolata obsolete subtrinervia late hyalino 
marginata, acuta vel sepius acuminata, apice recta. Petala 
obovata, calyce occultata. Ovarium globosum. 
Hine A. monticole persimilis, differt autem hzc foliis bractea- 
libus tantum 4 dilatatis, flore sessili, pedicello glabro, petalis e 
ungue distincto ovatis sepala distincte trinervia superantibus, 
ovario ovoideo neque globoso, flore paullo minore. 
Hab. China: prov. of Szetschuan (Potanin, 1885), abore 
Tachien-lu on the confines of Tibet (A. E. Pratt, 1890). Tibet: 
Amdo in prov. of Tangut, and prov. of Kansu (Przewalski, 1873) 
Iconogr.— Mazaim. Fl. Tangutica, l. c. 
Sectio ii. . 
Calyx basi induratus. Flores cymosi vel solitarie — 
Subsectio 1.— Caules floriferi simplices, remote foliati; turiones 
foliis angustis dense comati multum breviores. Flores 
cymosi. Petala sepius sepalis longiora. mp" 
116. A. scaRrOsA, Boiss. in Tehihat. Asie Min. Bot. i. p? 
(1860); Fl. Orient. i. p. 692. 
e. . jonosus, 
Basi indurata, valde cespitosa. Caudex crassus lign 
