424 71. COMPOSITE : INTJLOIDE-ffi. 



2. Leontopodium japonicum, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. ii. 



p. 178. 



Gnaphalium Sieboldianum, Franch. et Savat. Enum. PI. Jap. i. p. 242. 



Htjpeh: Patting district (A. Henry I). Herb. Kew. 



Japan. 



An imperfect specimen in the Kew Herbarium, from Yunnan, 

 collected by Mr. P. S. A. Bourne, is tbis or a very closely allied 

 species. 



3. Leontopodium sibiricum, Cass. Diet. Sc. Nat. xxv. p. 475 ; 

 DC. Prodr. vi. p. 276; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 12; 

 Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 84; Franchet in Mem. Soc. Sc. Nat. 

 Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 227, et PI David, p. 162 ; Ledeb. Fl. Boss. 

 ii. p. 614. 



Antennaria leontopodina, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 269 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 

 1878, p. 12. 



Gnaphalium leontopodoides, Willd. Sp. PL iii. p. 1893 ; Franch. et 

 Savat. Enum. PL Jap. i. p. 243. 



Chihli : Peking, western hills (Bretschneider ! Hancock ! 

 BushellY); Shingking: near Moukden {Webster !), Talienhwan 

 (Swinhoel Birniel), Jaoling (BossV) ; Shantung: Chefoo 

 (Forbes ! Perry !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Altai and Dahuria eastward. 



4. Leontopodium sinense, Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate XII.) 

 Herba perennis, tomentosa, caulibus simplicibus gracillimis, 



12-18 poll, altis, internodiis foliis multo brevioribus. Folia 

 sessilia, semiamplexicaulia, oblonga, 9-12 lineas longa, apiculata, 

 utrinque araneoso-tomentosa vel lanata, discoloria ; folia sub 

 capitula involucrum falsum formantia unicoloria, basi attenuata. 

 Capitula discoidea, unisexualia, sessilia, conferta ; involucri 

 bractese pauciseriatae, oblongse, extus lanata?, lamina colorata (ut 

 in L. alpinum) minutissima vel omnino carens. Flores involu- 

 crum vix excedentes. Achcenia (immatura tantum visa) appresse 

 puberula ; pappi seta? corollam aequantes, minute scabridae, basi 

 vix connatae. 



Szechuek: Mount Omei, 4500 feet (Faber !). Herb. Kew. 



This resembles L. alpinum, var. Stracheyi, Hook. f. (PL Brit. 

 Ind. iii. p. 279), differing in the tomentose stems and absence of 

 coloured tips to the involucral bracts. It is readily distinguished 

 from L. japonicum by its half stem-clasping leaves and its 

 crowded heads. 



