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SAUSSUREA pulchella. 



Pretty Saussurea. 



mo 



Nat. ord. Compositje-Cynare;e, § Carline^e, DeCand. Prodr. 6.531. 

 SAUSSUREA, DC. Capitulum homogamum multiflorum. Invol. 



Theo 



fimbiaHatum 



dorea) appendice auctis. Becept. planum _ _____ 



liberis aut subcohaerentibus persistent! bus, rarissime nudum. Flosc. omnes 

 hermaph. aequales. Cor. 5-fidae, tubo gracili, fauce ventricosa. Antherce 

 apice in appendices acutas longas desinentes, basi bisetse, setis ciliatis aut (in 

 Lagurostemone) villoso-lanatis. Filam. glabra. Stigmata longa apice diver- 

 gentia cum stylo continua nee sensim articulata. Ovarium glabrum. 

 Pappus ssepius duplex, exterior paleis subfiliformibus scabris ssepe persisten- 

 tibus constans, raro exter-deficiente nullus, interior paleis longe plumosis basi 



in annulum deciduum subconcretis. Herbae Europaa aut pierce que Sibi- 



rtcce et unica Indica, nunc Serratulas nunc Jaceas Leuzeasve habitu ccmulantes. 

 Folia alterna integra aut in iisdem speciebus incisa aut pinnatifida. Capitula 

 scEpius in corymbos ramos caulesve terminantes disposita. Cor. purpurea aut 

 atro-violace<e. — DeCand. 1. c. 



Sect. III. Theodore a. Involucri squamae apice appendiculatoe, 



antherarum caudae ciliatae nee lanatae. DC. I. c. 



S. pulchella ; foliis scabriusculis pinnatifidis, laciniis linearibus acutis subden- 

 tatis, caulinis subdecurrentibus, summis indivisis, capitulis corymbosis 

 globosis, involucri squamis extimis parce tomentosis lanceolatis acumi- 

 natis, mediis et intimis in appendicem scariosam Jacero-dentatam 

 coloratam erectam desinentibus. — DeCand. I. c. 



Heterotrichum pulchellum. Fisch. mem. mosq. 3. 71. 



Theodorea pulchella. Cassin. diet. 53. p. 465. 



Serratula pulchella. Dot. Mag. t. 2589. 



S. dissecta. Ledeb.fl. alb. 4. 19 . 



To those who cultivate hardy herbaceous plants this is 

 one of some interest, resembling a Liatris in colour and 

 general appearance. It forms part of a genus abounding in 

 species of a neat habit, and with flowers of various shades of 

 purple, seldom exceeding a foot or two in height, and blos- 

 soming during the autumn. 



Mountainous pastures beyond lake Baikal, and moist 



