71. COMPOSITE : INTJLOrDB.1!. 431 



Var. lanatum, Clarice, Gomp. Ind. p. 130; Rook.f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. iii. p. 301. 



Hupeh : Patung district {A. Henry !) ; Szechuen : Mount 

 Omei at 4000 feet {Faber !). Herb. Kew. 



North India in the Sikkim and Khasia mountains. 



3. Carpesium minus, Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate XIII.) 



Herba perennis, erecta, 6-12 poll, alta, gracilis, parce lanata, 

 caulibus ramulosis. Folia crassiuscula, inferiora longe petiolata, 

 sursum gradatim minora, oblongo-lanceolata vel suprema linearia, 

 maxima cum petiolo 4 poll, longa, pauce calloso-denticulata, 

 obtusa vel subacuta, supra scabrida, subtus parce pilosa, venis 

 primariis lateralibus utrinque 5-6, inter se anastomosautibus. 

 Capitula discoidea, erecta, terminales, graciliter pedunculata, 

 maxima 3-4 lin. diametro ; iuvolucri bractea? pluriseriata? (2-3 

 exteriores interdum foliacea?), subscariosa?, glabra? vel cito gla- 

 brescentes, oblongse, obtusissimae vel fere truncatae, interiores 

 apice crenulatae, erecta?, flores fere sequantes ; receptaculum 

 leviter convexum, glabrum. Flores lutei, glabri ; corolla sub- 

 cylindrica. Achcenia calva, teretia, apice leviter glandulosa. 



Szechuen : Mount Omei at 4000 feet {Faber !). Herb. Kew. 



This species is characterized by a dwarf, slender habit, narrow, 

 rather thick leaves, and small, erect, slenderly pedunculate flower- 

 heads. 



4. Carpesium trachelifolium, Less, in Linncea, vi. p. 233 ; DC. 

 Prodr. vi. p. 282 ; Hooh.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 301. 



Carpesium cernuum, var. trachelifolium, Clarke, Cotnp. Ind. p. 131. 

 Hupeh : Patung district {A. Henry, 2387, 2466, 4987, 5193 !). 

 Herb. Kew. 



North India, from Kashmir to Sikkim. 



Var. ? foliis lanceolatis. 



Hupeh : Ichang {A. Henry !) ; Szechuen : Mount Omei 

 {Faber !). Herb. Kew. 



[Buphthalmum oleraceum, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 506), is an 

 obscure plant, apparently not of the genus to which it is re- 

 ferred.] 



1. Anisopappus chinensis, Hook, et Am. Bot. Beech. Toy. 

 p. 196; Benth. Fl. Hongh. p. 180; Henriq. in Bolet. Soc. 



