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minora, minus cordata ; suprema basi cuneata. Capitula 7-9 lin. 
diam., in corymbis paucifloris laxis attenuatis disposita ; 
pedunculis brevibus vel longissimis. Jnvolucrum 4-5 lin. longum ; 
bractee glabre, uniseriate, cum exterioribus perpaucis setaceis, 
obtuse. Flores flavi, 7-8 lin. longi. Achenia immatura ad 
apicem attenuata, costis setulosis ; pappo albo. 
Huren: Patung district, A. Henry, 4761; SzecuueN: South 
Wushan, A. Henry, 5762. ‘‘ A cliff plant remarkable for its 
spreading stolons which sometimes cover the ground.”’—Henry. 
Lactuca Prattii, Dunn; a specie bengalense L. filicata, Duthie, 
floribus parvis, foliisque supremis integris distinguenda. 
Herba perennis, preter inflorescentiam nonnunquam setulosam 
glabra. Caulis sepius simplex, foliatus, striatus, bipedalis. 
Folia ambitu lanceolata, runcinato-pinnatifida, 4-7 poll. longa, 
lobis fortiter reflexis linearibus, acutis, rarius paucidentatis vel 
lobatis, terminali angusto ; inferiora alato-petiolata, petiolo basi 
lato semiamplexicauli; superiora sessilia, caulem auriculis magnis 
amplectentia ; suprema linearia integra. Capitula 2-4 lin. diam., 
anguste paniculata; pedunculi sepius floribus breviores, pauci- 
bracteolati. ZInvolucrum pluriseriatum, 4-5 lin. longum ; bractee 
lineari-oblong &, obtuse, exterioribus paucis gradatim brevioribus. 
Flores violacei (?), 5-6 lin. longi. Achenia 23 lin. longa, 
oblonga, abrupte breviter rostrata, rubra, cum rostro pallido, 
striata, compressa, margine setulosa; pappo albo. 
SzEcuueN: Tachienlu, Pratt, 502, Soulié, 608; ‘Tongolo, 
Soulié, 369. 
Lactuca umbrosa, Dunn; a L. macrorhiza, Hook. f., caule 
aphyllo vel unifoliato differt. 
Herba subscaposa, biennis, glabra. Caulis simplex, 1-0-foliatus, 
fistulosus, striatus, 14-43 ped. altus. Folia petiolata, mem- 
branacea, nune runcinata, lobis lateralibus paucis ovatis obtusis 
vel ad dentes in petiolis alatis reductis, lobis terminalibus, 
magnis, 2-8 poll. longis, ovato-sagittatis vel triangularibus, 
anguloso- vel sinuato-dentatis, dentibus apiculatis, quam folia 
tota 2-3-plo brevioribus, nune lobis carentia. Capitula 4 lin. 
diam., pauca vel numerosa, paniculata, pedunculis bracteolatis 
breviora. Involucrum pluriseriatum, 4-6 lin. longum; bractee 
lineari-oblonge, obtuse, exteriores pauce gradatim breviores. 
Flores purpureo-rosei, 5-7 lin. longi. Achenia rubra, linearia, 
