308 Mil. W. B. HLMSLEY ON NEW CHINESE PLANTS. 



Baepius breviter trifida?, umbellae terminali majores sed quam 

 radii fere dimidiobreviores, urn bellaram later alium bracteae radios 

 graciles aequantes vel superantes ; bracteolse integrae, spathulatae, 

 pedicellos brevissimos superantes, 3-5 lineas longa*. Fructus 

 (maturus iguotus) glaber, stylis longis divergentibus coronatus. 



Pratt, 552. 



This is a very distinct and showy species, and the evident 

 separation of the sexes is interesting. The terminal umbel is 

 sessile and female, and it is surrounded and overtopped by 

 numerous smaller, compound, lateral umbels bearing only male 



flowers, or possibly occasionally a functionally female flower in 

 the centre. Whether this condition be constant is uncertain ; 

 but from a cursory examination of other species of the genus, 

 it would appear that the flowers are commonly functionally uni- 

 sexual. 



.c$A Saussurea alatipes, Hemsl., n. sp. 



Erecta, foliis amplis sublyratis o vat is basi fere truncatis, 

 petiolo longo dentato vel pinnatifido-alato, capitulis laxe corym- 

 bosis. involucri bracteis multiseriatis, acheniis glabris. 



Ferennis vel biennis, 1-2-pedalis, caule striato puberulo infra 

 medium simplici et folioso, supra medium laxe eorymboso-ramu- 

 loso et fere nudo, interdum fere simplici ter corymboso. Folia 

 papyracea, longe petiolata vel pseudopetiolata, cum petiolo 4-8 

 poll, longa, suprema minora, maxima 3| poll, lata, obscure vel 

 grosse calloso-dentata, acute acuminata, supra hispidula, subtus 

 dense breviterque albido-tomentosa. Capitula obconica, circiter 

 25 -flora, florentes 8-12 lineas longa lataque ; involucri bracteae 

 parce tomentosse, anguste lanceolatae, acutae vel acuminata^ saepe 

 recurve, iuferiores minutae, interiores quam flores fere dimidio 

 breviores, omnesplus minusve eoloratae ; receptaculi setae achema 

 superantes. Flores albi vel purpurei (fide Henry). Achenia 

 nmtura non visa ; pappi setae uniseratae, circiter 20, per totam 

 longitudinem plumosae. 



Szechuen: North Wushan, Br. Henry, 7066, 7141. 



( ,s J Sau3surea auriculata, Hemsl. 



S. serrated similis sed foliis late biauriculatis amplexicaulibus 

 eorymbis axillaribus folia vix aequantibus capitulis majoribus. 



Ferennis? erecta, circiter bipedalis, undique glabra, caulibus 

 fiimplicibus graciliusculis per totam longitudinem foliosis, inter- 

 nodiis quam folia multoties brevioribus. Folia tnembranacea, 



