NORTH-WEST MONGOLIA AND CHINESE DZUNGARIA. 427 
No. 35. On dry desert hill-slopes and on upland valley plateaus up to 
2150 m., Bodhon and western Tannu-ola Valleys. 
SAUSSUREA PSEUDO-ALPINA, V. D. Simpson, sp. п. (Pl. 22. figs. 1-7.) 
Affinis S. alpine, DC., sed foliis margine subrevolutis, sepe fere integris, 
non acuminatis, eorymbo polycephalo, involucro elongato angustiore, phyllis 
angustis przeter margines fere glabris distincta. 
Herba perennis, rhizomate gracile ; caulis 15-30 em. longus, canaliculatus, 
laxe arachnoideus, apice parce lanatus. Folia inferiora late lanceolata, acuta, 
longe peduneulata, minute eroso-dentata, circiter 8 em. longa, 1-2 em. lata, 
margine sepe revoluta, subtus dense, supra laxe araehnoideo-tomentosa ; folia 
caulina pauca, similia, nisi minora, integra, anguste lanceolata. Corymbus 
dense congestus, polycephalus. Capitula breviter vel brevissime pedunculata; 
involucrum oblongum, 1 cm. altum, fere glabrum, phyllis 6-seriatis in mar- 
gine violaceis ciliatisque, inferioribus ovatis acutis; receptaculum longe 
setiferum. Flosculi rosei; corolle 1:3 em. longs ; tubus sapra medium 
ampliatus, infra constrictus, non basi dilatatus ; limbus 0*4 em. longus ; 
antherarum caudz basi multisetose. Achenia 0'2 em. longa, obscure striata, 
glabra. Pappus duplex; pappi sete exteriores 0°5 em. longe, setoso- 
barbellatze, interiores plumosæ, 1:2 cm. longæ. 
Locality unknown. 
HIERACIUM PRENANTHOIDEs, Vaill. 
No. 126. Southern aspects from 900 to 1700 m., southern Great Altai, 
Upper Kran River, and the basin of the Black Irtish. 
Distribution. Europe, Siberia, Persia, and the Himalayas, Coste. 
TARAXACUM sp. 
No. 457. Driest parts of the Ulu Kem valley steppe. 
LACTUCA TATARICA, C. A. Mey. ? 
No, 109. Stony desert of the Achit Nor basin under driest conditions and 
on the dry mountain-sides of the Great Altai up to 2450 m. (on the north 
side). 
Distribution. Southern Europe eastwards to northern Mongolia and in 
Persia and Thibet. 
SCORZONERA AUSTRIACA, Willd. 
No. 11. Dry summit of Kizil Taiga where the surface is even and not too 
rocky. 
Distribution. Turkestan, Mongolia, Dahuria, and N. China. 
