72 SUBG.-MaJ. J. E. T. AITCHISON OS THE FLORA. OF 



trees. Hariab district and occasional near Shalizan ; July and 



August. 



29, 470. Centaurea Calcitrapa, L. 



Common from Bohat to Shalizan, and I think in the Hariab 

 district ; April to June. 



160, 836. C. depressa, Bieb. 

 In corn-fields, from Kuram to Karatigah ; April to July. 



633. C. Picris, Pall. 



In fields both at Sergal (8500 feet) and Shalizan, common ; 

 August. 

 1227. C. virgata, Lamk. 



Between Zabardastkalla and Drekalla. 

 1235. Carthamus oxyacantha, Bieb. 



Pewarkotal ; August. 

 399. Ainsliaea aptera, DC. 



In damp forests from 8000 to 9000 feet ; Shendtoi. 



721, 392. Pertya Aitchisoni, C. B. Clarke, n. sp. Foliis integris glabris, 

 capitulis in ramis lateralibus abbreviatis sessilibus quasi racemum simpli- 

 cem terminalem deusiusculum efformantibus, phyllariis obtusis albide 

 lanatis, achenio glabro glandulis stipitatis minutissime insperso, pappo 

 albo. 

 Frutex. Folia alterna, sub capitulis aggregata. Pappus fructfis tempore 

 albus. Quoad csetera cum P. scandente, Schultze-Bip. in Bonplandia, 

 1862, t. 10, congruens. 

 Differunt : — 



(a) P. scandens, Schultz-Bip. I. c, foliis lanceolatis denticulatis, capi- 

 tulis in ramis brevibus divaricatis solitariis terminalibus 5-floris, phyllariis 

 acutis fere glabris, achenio piloso, pappo proventu roseo-rufescente. 



(0) P. ovata, Maxim. Mel. Biol. viii. 8, foliis ovatis denticulatis, 

 capitulis in ramis elongatis solitariis terminalibus 15-floris, phyllariis acutis 

 fere glabris, achenio sericeo, pappo proventu rufescente. Franch. et Savat. 

 Enum. PI. Jap. i. 265 errant ; folia enim in his 3 speciebus alterna sunt, — 

 C. B. Clarke. 



A common shrub from 3 to 4 feet in height, with willow-like 

 leaves and long slender branches. Common at 9000 to 11,000 

 feet, forming the undergrowth on the margins of forests. Also 

 hanging from shady rocks, Kaiwas and Shendtoi; July and 

 August. This genus was previously only known from Japan. 



324, 616. Cichorium Intybus, L. 



Kuram and Shalizan, common, not Hariab district ; May and 

 June. 



