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lineas longa ; involucri bracteae multiseriatae, glabra), crassae, 

 coriaceae, erectae, obtusae, exteriores gradatim breviores, extimae 

 mmutae, longiores circiter 4 lineas longae ; receptaculum parvum, 

 setis glabris achaenia vix aequantibus ; corollae alte 5-lobatae lobis 

 lmearibus, tubo infra antheras angustissimo ; antherarum caudae 

 pilosae. Achcenia glabra, coinpressa, pappo fere aequilonga ; pappi 

 setae biseriatae, exteriores multo breviores, scabridae, interiores 

 circiter 20, longe pluinosae, involucrum fere dimidio superantes. 



Hupeh : Fang, Dr. A. Henry, 6775. 



Nearly allied to Saussurea sachalinensis, F. Schmidt, and pos- 

 sibly an extreme variety of it, differing in the much more broadly 

 decurrent leaves, glabrous, relatively shorter involucre, and much 

 longer achenes. 



&£&■ Saussurea Henryi, Hemsl 



ifi 



sed foliis hispidulis (nee argenteo-tomentosis) pinnatipartitis, 

 segmentis mucronulatis. 



Herla perennis ? caulescens, erecta, ^-2 ped. alta, caulibus 

 graciliusculis supra medium, bracteis paucis exceptis, nudis 

 capitulis 1-3 terminantibus. Folia longiuscule petiolata, rigidi- 

 uscula, 3-7 poll, longa, piunatipartita vel alte pinnatifida ; seg- 

 nienta 15-23, anguste oblonga, saepius 9-12 lineas longa (foliorum 

 inferiorum interduin latiora et paucidentata), patens vel plus 

 niinusve deflexa, uninervia, basi dilatata, subtus glabra, interdum 

 purpurascentia. Capitula obconica, majora circiter 1 poll, longa 

 lataque ; involucri bracteae multiseriatae, araneoso-tomentosae vel 

 fere glabrae, e basi lata subulatae, plus minusve recurvae ; recep- 

 taculum conicum, paleis subulatis acbaenia superantibus. Flores 

 rubri vel purpurei ; corollae lobi longi, lineares. Achcenia nigra, 

 glabra ; pappi setae saepius 15, uniseriatae, a basi plumosa. 



Hupeh : North Patung, Dr. A. Henry, 7068 A. Szechuen : 

 South Wushau, Dr. A. Henry, 7068. 



^ Saussurea populifolia, Hemsl. 



Habitu f oliisque S. radiates, Franch. (S. lamprocarpa, Hemsl.), 

 similis, sed fere omnino glabra, capitulis minoribus, achaeniis 

 brunneis striatis. 



Caules erecti, 1-2-pedales, 1-5-capitati. Folia radicalia non 

 visa, caulina distincte petiolata, sed lamina decurrenti, tenuia, 

 papyracea, cordata subcordata vel ovato-rotundata, basi cuneata. 



