COLLECTIONS OF DRIED PLANTS FROM TIBET. 115 
63. Saussurea tridactyla, Sch.-Bip.—Flowers white. Hill- 
side at 19,000 ft. 
Sikkim Himalaya on the Tibetan frontier at 16,000 to 18,000 ft. 
64. Saussurea sorocephala, Hook. f. et Thoms.—Flowers light 
purple. Stony soil close to water at 17,000 ft. 
Kunawar and Ladak to the Altai Mountains. 
65. Saussurea Aster, Hemsl. (Plate V.) 
Species ex affinitate S. sorocephale foliis lineari-spathulatis 
glomerulum sessilem capitulorum superantibus stellatim radi- 
antibus. 
Herba monocarpica? longe sericeo-pilosa, circiter bipollicaris, 
radice fusiformi, caule simplici. Folia confertissima, sessilia, 
membranacea, pilosula vel demum nudiuscula et subscariosa, 
lineari-spathulata vel linearia, maxima vix pollicaria, obtusa, 
primum pilis rectis longissimis albis sericeis dense obsessa. 
Capitula circiter 40-flora, arctissime conferta, glomerulum circiter 
sesquipollicem diametro formantia; involucri bracter pauci- 
seriate, quam flores breviores, membranaceo-scariose, ovatie, 
oblonge, vel interiores lineares, acute extus plus minusve pilose ; 
receptaculi sete breves. Flores purpurei; pappi setx circiter 
10-12, biseriate sed exteriores minores, citissimo deciduz 
corollam squantes, longe plumose, nigrescentes. Achenia 
matura non visa, brevia, glabra. 
Sandy gravelly soil at 17,500 ft. 
66. Saussurea Thoroldi, Hems/. (Plate IV. figs. 5-9.) 
S. sorocephale var. ? glabrate, Hook. f., similis, sed foliis crassis 
setoso-aculeatis involucri bracteis glabris. 
Herba monocarpica ? subacaulis, glabra, radice fusiformi, caule 
simplici cum glomerulo capitulorum vix pollicari. Folia pauca, 
patentia, carnosa vel crasse coriacea, angusta, pinnatifida, lobis 
paucis deltoideis rectis vel leviter deflexis apice aculeatis instructa, 
obtusa. Capitula circiter 12-flora, arcte conferta, glomerulum 
circiter sesquipollicem diametro formantia; involucri bractex 
circiter 3-seriatw, quam flores fere dimidio breviores, omnino 
glabra, scarioso-coriacew, ovate vel oblong, apice obtuse vel 
rotundate, indurata, atro-brunnex ; receptaculi sete brevissime. 
Flores purpurei; pappi sete 2-seriatw, exteriores breviores, 
simplices, interiores circiter 15, longe plumose, quam corolla 
