312 MR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON XKW ClTTNESE PLANTS. 



maxima absque petiolo 4 poll, longa et lata, abrnpte longeque 

 acuminata, simul acutissima, crebre apiculato-dentata, laevia, 

 venis primariis lateralibus utrinque circiter 8 cum venulis sub- 

 grosse reticulatis subtus sat conspicuis ; petiolus anguste alatus. 

 usque 2 poll, longus. foliis paucis supremia subsessilibus. Capi- 

 tula circiter Ih poll, diametro, longe pedunculata, bracteis paucis 

 foliaceis angustis instructa ; involucri bracteae multiseriatae, in- 

 timae except ae subaequales, lanceolatae, acuminatae, supra medium 

 berbaceae, minute puberulae, interdum coloratse, demum recurvae, 

 interiores erects, pappum fere aequantes, lineares, omnino 

 scarioso-coriaceae, apice plumoso-hirsutae ; receptaculi pale© 

 setiformes, numerosissimae, achaenia paullo superantes. Flores 

 rosei {A. Henry). Aclicenia angusta, fere cyliudrica, glabra, 

 nigro-lineata, leviter sulcata ; pappi setae circiter 20, uniseriatae, 

 per totam longitudmem longe plumosae. 



Hupeh : Hsingshan, common on top of mountain at an altitude 

 of 9500 feet, Dr. A.Henry, G942. 



Saussurea villosa, F ranch, in Joarn. de Bot. ii. 1888, p. 353. 



forma major 2=3-3 ped. alta, foliis inferioribus pedalibus, caulibus 

 circiter capitulis 8 dense corymbosis. 



Hupeh : Hsingshan at 9000 feet, Dr. A. Henry, 9762. 



This is evidently a fully developed state of Franchet's species, 

 though at first sight it looks very different. 



„ iVi Saussurea Woodiana, Hem si. 



Ex affinitate S. hieracioidei, a qua differt caule subnullo, foliis 

 sessilibus subtus sericeo-tomentosis. involucri bracteis angusti- 

 oribus. 



Biennis ? uniflora, hirsuta. Folia pauca, patentia, moll i a 



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crassiuscula, obovato-oblonga vel fere lanceolata, ad 4 poll, longa, 

 obtusa, sinuata, supra parce villosulapilis basi incrassatis, subtus 

 sericeo-tomentosa, argentea. Capitulum subsessile, circiter 1 

 poll, longum et latum ; involucri bracteae circiter 4-seriatae, 

 lanceolatae vel interiores fere lineares, lunge acuminata?, acutis- 

 simae, exteriores circiter pollicares, praecipue supra medium vil- 

 losae et purpureo-marginatae ; receptaculi paleae angustissimae, fere 

 setiformes, quam achaenia breviores ; antherarum caudae longae, 

 lanatae. Achania matura non visa, angusta, glabra, fere 3 linear 

 longa ; pappi setae circiter 15, uniseriatae, fere pollicares, longis- 

 sime piumosap. 

 Pratt, 452. 



