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foliis longe petiolatis, floribus dimidio majoribus, petalis lati- 
oribus enerviis. 
Herba perennis, dense cxespitosa, 1—-2-pollicaris, pilis paucis 
ferrugineis longissimis vestita, caulibus vel scapis paucifoliatis 
unifloris. Folia alterna, petiolata (radicalia longe petiolata), 
carnosa, lineari-spathulata, maxima vix pollicaria, integerrima, 
obtusa, evenia, lamina glabra, petiolo vaginanti. Flores flavi, 
folia vix superantes, 4~5 lineas diametro; calycis lobi sub- 
carnosi, oblongi, obtusi, ciliolati, quam petala paullo breviores ; 
petala spathulata, obtusissima, fere 2 lineas longa; stamina quam 
petala paullo longiora, filamentis filiformibus ; styli brevissimi. 
Capsula ignota. 
Flowers yellow. Sides of rivulets at 17,000 ft. 
47. Saxifraga, sp.—S. palpebrate, Hook. f. et Thoms., affinis. 
—Flowers yellow. Marsh at 15,000 ft. 
48. Pleurospermum stellatum, Benth., var. Lindleyana, Clarke. 
—Flowers white. Sandy soil in broad valley at 16,400 ft. 
Western Himalaya, Karakoram, and Tianschan mountains. 
49. Morina Coulteriana, Royle.— Valleys at 15,500 ft. 
Western Himalaya. 
50. Aster tibeticus, Hook. f—Flower purple with yellow 
centre. Edges of warm water springs having sulpburous gas 
bubbling up. Calcareous soil at 17,800 ft. 
Western Himalaya and Tibet at 15,000 to 16,000 ft. 
51. Aster Bowerli, Hemsl. 
A. flaccido forma mivima similis sed caule 2-3-cephalo foliis 
fere linearibus. 
Herba perennis, hispidulo-hirsuta, pollicaris vel sesqui- 
pollicaris, radice fusifurmi. Folia confertissima, sessilia, ima 
basi dilatata, crassiuscula, linearia vel angustissime spathulata, 
maxima vix semipollicaris, apice obtusa vel rotundata, untrinque 
saltem supra medium pilis albis patentibus obsessa. Capitula 
radiata, subsessilia, circiter 1 poll. diametro; involucri bractex 
numerose, biseriatw, hirsute, lineares, interiores longiores, 
acutiores ; receptaculum alveolatum. Flores radii lilacini, sieci- 
tati involuti; flores disci flavi; pappi sete albe, scabride. 
Achenia matura non visa, parva, pubescentia. 
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