71. COMPOSITiE: CICHOBIA.CE.E. 479 



Fabebia, Hemsl. 



(Genus novum inter Troximonem et Taraxacum.) 



Capitula homogama, liguliflora. Involucrum campanulatum, 



bracteis herbaceis,intimis uniseriatis coloratis pappum aequantibus, 



exterioribus pluriseriatis appressis gradatim minoribus, extimis 



squamiformibus. Receptaculum planum vel leviter convexum, 



epaleaceum. Corollse ligulatae apice 5-dentata3. Antherae 



Styli rami tenues, elongati, papillosi. Achaenia fusiformia, striata, 

 vel leviter costata, minute bispidula, erostrata. Pappi setae fuscae, 

 uniseriatae, simplices, basin versus barbellataa, insequales. Herba 

 scapigera. Folia lyrato-pinnatifida. Scapi oligocephali. Capitula 

 majuscula. 



1. Faberia sinensis, Hemsl., n. sp. ; Hook. Ic. PI. t. 1815, iued. 



Herba perennis, glabrescens. Scapus nudus, 2-3 ped. altus, 

 supra medium laxe pauciramosus, ramulis paucisquamosis mono- 

 cephalis. Folia petiolata papyracea, discoloria, subtus praecipue 

 secus costam pilis longis multicellulars coloratis instructa, 8-20 

 poll, longa, insigniter lyrato-pinnatifida, lobo terminali ovata 

 longissitne acuminata, 5-10 poll, longo, obscure paucilobato simul 

 remote calloso-denticulato, lobis lateralibus parvis (maximis semi- 

 poll, longis vel latis) dissitis oblique rotundatis calloso-apicu- 

 latis deorsum gradatim minoribus. Capitula graciliter pedun- 

 culata, fructifera circiter 1 poll, diametro ; involucri bracteae 

 exteriores puberulae ciliolatae ovatae, vix acutae, interiores lineares 

 fere glabrae, apice ciliolatae. AcTusnia fusco-atra ; pappus patens. 



Szechuen : Mount Omei, 4000 to 4500 feet (Faber !). Herb. 

 Kew. 



In habit and in the coarse hairs on the leaves, as well as in the 

 involucre, this resembles some of the Mutisiaceae more than the 

 C ichor iaceae. 



The genus is named after the discoverer, the Eev. Ernst Faber, 

 a German missionary, who has collected in various parts of China, 

 and whose collection from Mount Omei, whence the present 

 plant was obtained, contains a considerable number of novelties. 



Schultz-Bipontinus proposed a genus Fabera, but he had been 

 anticipated by D. Don's Seriola, now reduced to Hypocharis. 



1. Lactnca brevirostris, Champ, in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. 

 P- 237 ; Benth.Fl. Hongk. p. 192 ; Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. Hi. p. 405. 



