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obtusis) ad 6 poll. longa, supra hispidula, viridia, subtus preter 
costam nervosque canescentia. Capitula anguste racemoso- 
paniculata, distincte pedunculata, vix 1 poll. diametro; involucri 
bracteæ multiseriatæ, coriaceæ, lineares, acutæ, exteriores gra- 
datim breviores, omnes plus minusve pilosæ, interiores pappum 
fere æquantes ; receptaculum leviter convexum, dense paleaceo- 
setosum. Flores glabri; corolle tubuloso-infundibularis lobis 
acutis ; antherarum caude elongate, subintegræ. Achænia glabra, 
crassa, subtetragona ; pappi set: uniseriatæ, longe plumose. 
Shan hills at 5000 feet. 
A very distinct species with foliage similar to that of S. affinis, 
but altogether more robust in habit and very different in the 
racemose-paniculate inflorescence. 
Tricholepis Stictophyllum, Clarke; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 382 ; 
syn. Stietophyllum glabrum, Hdgw.—Shan hills plateau at 5000 
feet. 
North-west India at Garhwal, and the Subsivalik hills in the 
province of Saharunpore. 
Leucomeris decora, Kurz, Forest Fl. Burma, ii. p. 78: Fl. 
Brit. Ind. ii, p. 387.—Shan hills at 2000 to 5000 feet. Also 
collected by Mr. Aplin. 
Forests of Prome. 
Ainsliæa pteropoda, DC.; Fi. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 388.—Shan 
hills at 6000 feet. 
Northern and Eastern India to Tenasserim and Western 
China. 
Gerbera piloselloides, Cass.; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 389.—Shan 
hills at 4000 feet. 
Mountains of North India, eastward to Hongkong; also found 
in Madagascar and in Eastern Africa, southward to Cape 
Colony. 
Picris hieracioides, Linn.; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 393.—Shan hills 
plateau at 5000 feet. 
Western Europe and North Africa to China and Japan ; also 
