116 . MR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON TWO SMALL 
paullo breviores. Achenia matura non visa, ut videtur rugu- 
losa. 
Sandy soil close to water, at 16,400 ft. 
67. Crepis sorocephala, Hemsl. (Plate IV. figs. 1-4.) 
Species insignis habitu Orepidis glomerate, sed differt foliis 
carnosis, floribus albis, acheniis oblongo-obovoideis. 
Herba subacaulis, monocarpica? radice incrassata fusiformi 
elongata. Vagine infra folia circiter 5-7, albe, membranacee, 
ovate, basi late. Folia pauca, sessilia, carnosa, oblongo-spathu- 
lata, maxima semipollicaria, obtusissima, rugosa, supra, infra 
medium, et subtus parce villosula. Capitula numerosa, arcte 
conferta, brevissime pedunculata, seepissime 5-flora, bracteis paucis 
linearibus vel setaceis interspersa; involucri bractez sepissime 5, 
infra medium connate, uniseriate, oblonge vel ovato-oblonge, 
circiter 4 lineas long, apice obtusissim@ vel rotundate, erecte, 
extus supra medium precipue pilis longis albis instructe ; recep- 
taculum planum. Flores albi (Thorold), circiter semipollicares ; 
pappi sete numerosissime, obscure scabride, rubescentes, quam 
corolla tertio parte breviores. Achenia alba, glabra, oblongo- 
obovoidea, circiter semilineam longa, multistriata. 
Sandy gravelly soil at 17,500 feet. 
This and Crepis glomerata, Benth. et Hook. fil., might be 
separated generically on account of the uniseriate involucre of 
united bracts combined with the singular habit. 
68. Crepis, sp. an var. depauperata ©. glauce, Benth. ?— 
Flowers yellow. Stony wide valleys at 17,200 ft. 
69. Taraxacum officinale, Wiyg., var. >—Flowers yellow. Hill- 
sides at 16,000 ft. 
Similar forms, having almost beakless achenes, occur in the 
Himalayas ; but I certainly think it would be more convenient 
to separate them specifically, though I would not risk increasing 
synonymy without a critical examination of all the forms referred 
to this species. 
70. Taraxacum officinale, Wigq., var.—Flowers yellow. Stony 
wide valleys at 17,200 ft. 
The Dandelion is recorded in the ‘Flora of British India’ at 
localities from 1000 to 18,000 ft., and it is now generally dis- 
tributed in both northern and southern temperate and cold 
regions. 
