426 MR. N. D. SIMPSON ON THE PLANTS OF 
sete barbellate, 1:2 em. long: ; achenium eylindrieum, glabrum, striatum, 
0*4 em. longum ; styli rami 0*1 em. longi. 
No. 90. On mountain-sides above 2150 m. where the soil is moist and 
peaty, forming alpine meadows, or on dry shady slopes, Western Tannu-ola 
Mts. and the north and south slopes of the mountains at the head of the 
Saklya River. 
Ecutnors Rirro, Linn. 
No. 146. Stony desert on hill-sides at 750 m. in the Kran River valley. 
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Distribution. Southern Europe, Persia, Turkestan, and the Altai. 
CARDUUS ARCTIOIDES, Linn. ? 
No. 449. A member of the Larch association, Sabieff on the Lower 
Bei Kem. 
Distribution. Southern Europe and Russia. 
ANICUS IGNIARIUS, Benth. & Hook. f. 
No. 206. Low desert hills, Kara Daba Pass, 
Distribution. Throughout Siberia. 
CNICcUS SERRATULOIDEs, DC. 
No. 125. Southern aspects from 900 to 1700 m., southern Great Altai 
Mts., Upper Kran River, and basin of Black Irtish. 
Distribution. Northern Mongolia, the Altai, and Turkestan. 
SAUSSUREA Prices, V... Simpson, sp. п. (Pl. 91. figs. 1-7.) 
Affinis S. cane, Ledeb., sed caulibus pygmzeis, foliis supra laxe araneosis 
subtus dense albo-tomentosis, capitulis latioribus, corollae tubo supra medium 
asymetrice dilatato distineta. 
Herba perennis, pygmea, 1-2 caulibus e rhizomate lignescente, foliorum 
pristinorum rudimentis fuscis obteetis ; caules erecti, 6-7 em. alti, apice 
polycephali, dense cano-tomentosi. Folia lanceolata, sinnuato-dentata, longi- 
tudine 2-4 cm., latitudine 0:5-1 cm., subtus dense albo-tomentosa supra 
leviter ineano-araneosa, margine revoluta. Capitula pedunculata, erecta, 
5-7 vel plura, dense congesta; involucrum oblongo-turbinatum, parce 
lanatum, phyllis 5-7-seriatis, exterioribus ovatis submucronatis, interioribus 
lanceolatis acuminatis apice atroviolaceo margine membranaceo colorato ; 
receptaculum longe setiferum. Floseuli rosei ; coroll tubus supra medium 
asymetrice inflatus, 14 em. longus ; limbus 0*2 em. longus ; antherarum caudae 
basi floccoso-lanatze. Acheni obscure striata, glabra, 0*3 em. longa. Pappus 
duplex ; pappi кебе exteriores achenium tequantes, barbellatze, interiores 1 em. 
longze, albidee, plumose. 
