71. composite: cynaroidejE. 469 



ii. p. 751 ; Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 175 ; Franchet, PI. David, p. 183 ; 

 Franch. et Savat. Enum. PI. Jap. i. p. 262. 



Rhaponticum pungens, Franch. et Savat. Enum. PI. Jap. i. p. 263 ? 



Serratula pungens, Franch. et Savat. Enum. PI. Jap. ii. p. 416 ? 



Chihli : in the plain (David, 564, ex Franchet) ; Shantung 

 (Maingay !) ; Kiangsi : Kiukiang (Shearer !) ; Hupeh : Ichang 

 and Patung districts (A. Henry, 430, 2455, 4618, 5111!); 

 Corean Archipelago (Oldham, 464!). Herb. Kew. 



Dahuria, Mandshuria, Sachalin, and Japan. 



With a considerable series of specimens it seems difficult to 

 retain S. pungens as an independent species. 



2. Serratula centauroides, Linn. Sp. Fl. ed. 1, p. 820; DC. 

 Frodr. vi. p. 668 ; Bunge, Enum. Fl. Chin. For. p. 37 ; Maxim. 

 Ind. Fl. Peh. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 473 ; Ledeb. Fl. Boss. ii. 

 p. 757; Franchet, PI. David, p. 183. 



Chihli : near Peking (Bunge ! Bretschneider ! Bushell ! Wil- 

 liams V). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 

 Siberia, from Dahuria eastward. 



3. Serratula chinensis, S. Moore in Joum. Bot. 1875, p. 228 ; 

 Franchet, Fl. David, p. 182. 



Kiangsi: Kiukiang (Shearer \ David ex Franchet). Herb. 

 Kew. 



4. Serratula coronata, Linn. Sp. Fl. ed. 2, p. 1144 ; DC. Frodr. 

 vi. p. 667 ; Ledeb. Fl. Boss. ii. p. 756 ; Franch. et Savat. Enum. 

 JPJ. Jap. i. p. 263. 



Chihli: Peking (Bretschneider^; Corea: Chemulpo 

 (Carlesl). Herb. Kew. 

 European Kussia to Japan. 



[Serratula multiflora, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 483), nonLinn., 

 is perhaps a species of Saussurea.] 



5. Serratula radiata, Bieb. Fl. Taur. Cauc. iii. p. 545 ; DC. 

 Frodr. vi. p. 668 ; Ledeb. Fl. Boss. ii. p. 757 ; Franchet, Fl. 

 David, p. 183. 



Chihli: Jehol (David ex Franchet). 

 The Caucasus eastward. 



[Serratula Scordium, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 483), is another 

 obscure plant, almost certainly not of this genus.] 



