482 71. COMPOSITE: CICHOEIACEJ!. 



tula mediocria, circiter 10-flora, paniculata ; panicula angusta, 

 2 ped. longa, ramulis pedunculisque fere filiformibus, pedunculis 

 bracteis minutis instructis ; involucri bracteae glaberrimae, basi 

 vix incrassatse, interiores longiores saepius 5, obtusae, apice colo- 

 ratae, pappum aequantes; receptaculum nudum. Flores lutei. 

 Achcenia ovalia, compressa, fusca, rubro-maculata, utrinque 

 3-costata ; pappi setae molles, alba?, minutissime barbellatae. 



Chekiang: mountains of Ningpo (Faber !) ; Hupeh: Nanto 

 and mountains to the northward (A. Henri/ !). Herb. Kew. 



In foliage this strongly resembles L. triangulata, Maxim., but 

 the leaves are not stem-clasping, and the flower-heads and 

 branches of the inflorescence are much slenderer; and the 

 achenes of L. triangulata are black and only one-ribbed on each 

 side. 



5. Lactuca formosana, Maxim, in Mel. Biol. ix. p. 353 ; S. 

 Moore in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 231. 



Chekiang: Ningpo {Oldham, 59!); Kiangsi: Kiukiang 

 (Shearer I)', Fobmosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 279!). Mus. Brit; 

 Herb. Kew. 



Var. ? caulibus foliisque glabris glaucis capitulis minoribus. 



Hupeh : Ichang, Patung and immediate neighbourhood (A. 

 Henry X). Herb. Kew. 



There are other varieties of what we take to be this species 

 from Chungking (Faber, 402) and Ichang (A. Henry, 4100) ; 

 but we cannot refer them here without doubt. 



6. Lactuca graciliflora, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 139 ; Hook. f. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. iii. p. 406. 



Hupeh: Patung district (A. Henry, 2396, 2544?). Herb. 

 Kew. 



The Chinese specimens are doubtingly referred to this species, 

 which is a native of India. 



7. Lactuca gracilis, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 140; Clarke, Comp. 

 Ind. p. 271 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 410. 



Hupeh : Patung, Nanto and mountains to the northward 

 (A. Henry, 1879, 3935 !) ; Szechuen : Mount Omei, at 3000 

 feet (Faber !). Herb. Kew. 



Himalaya and Khasia mountains. 



