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jn Australia, New Zealand, and in North America, where, 
however, it may have been introduced. 
Crepis japonica, Benth.; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 395.—Shan 
hills plateau at 5000 feet. 
Afghanistan eastward to Japan and southward to Australia ; 
also in Mauritius and South Africa, where it may have been 
introduced. 
Crepis acaulis, Hook. f. in Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 396.—Shan 
hills at 3000 feet. 
Very widely spread in India. 
Crepis (3 Youngia) subscaposa, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. 
Herba biennis? hispidula, pilis simplicibus, 9-18 poll. alta, 
caulibus aphyllis gracilibus superne pauciramosis. Folia rosu- 
lata, erassiuseula, obovato-oblonga vel spathulata, in petiolum 
brevem attenuata, 2-3 poll. longa, apiee rotundata, pauci calloso- 
denticulata, utrinque hispidula. Capitula pauca, circiter 5-7, 
corymbosa, longe pedunculata, 6-8 lineas diametro, circiter 30- 
flora ; involucri calyculati bracteæ hispidulæ, intimæ uniseriatæ, 
lineari-oblongæ, obtusæ, marginibus scariosæ, pappum triente 
breviores; receptaculum parvum, nudum; ligule breves, bre- 
vissime calloso 5-dentatæ, extus infra medium puberulæ; an- 
there basi breviter setaceo-caudatæ. Achenia recta, subcom- 
pressa, gracilia, plurieostata, nuda, supra medium hispidula, 
sursum attenuata, pappo longiora; pappi sete albæ, molles, uni- 
seriate, simplices, in annulum decidue. 
Shan hills at 3000 to 5000 feet. 
Not closely allied to any species, and in habit resembling 
some of the small-headed Hieracia. 
Crepis ($ Youngia) chloroclada, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. 
Herba perennis, 12-20 poll. alta, a basi multiramosa, fere 
undique glabra, caulibus ramisque gracilibus rigidis lignescen- 
tibus angulatis viridibus. Folia radiealia non visa, caulina 
coriacea, glabra, linearia, 1-14 poll. longa, vel interdum ad 
bracteas breves subulatas reducta. ^ Capitula angusta, 7-10- 
flora, longe graciliterque pedunculata; involucri calyeulati 
bracteæ circiter 7, lineari-oblonge, obtuse, dorso hispidule ; 
