136 MR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS 
21. Inula? Material insufficient for determination.— Foot-hills 
of Dangla mountains, north-west extremity of range at 16,500 it. 
Lat. N. 83°40', long. E. 90°35’. June 27, 1892. 
22. Leontopodium alpinum, Cass., var.—Bank Chilchang-tso 
(Lake Glenelg). Hill-side ; limestone and red sandstone ; lake 
salt, at 16,000 ft. Lat. N. 38° 27', long. E. 90° 10’. June 30, 
1892. 
Alps of Europe, through Central Asia and North India to 
China, ascending in the Himalayas to nearly 18,000 ft. The 
variety collected by Mr. Rockhill is a very elegant little plant 
about three inches high with remarkably spathulate leaves. 
23. Leontopodium Stracheyi, C. B. Clarke in Herb. Kew. 
(L. alpinum, Cass., var. Stracheyi, Hook. f.).—Ruchu valley, in 
river-bottom, at 12,100 ft. Lat. N. 31° 10’, long. E. 95° 12’. 
Aug. 16, 1892. 
Fine crops of barley and turnips now ripe. Also a little 
wheat. 
This Western Tibet and Himalayan plant is so easily distin- 
guished from the other forms that it may well be accorded 
specific rank. It ranges from Kumaon to Nepal. 
24, Anaphalis mucronata, C. B. Clarke.—Basin of Dangchu, 
right bank affluent. Clay and sand-gravel, at 15,180 {t. Lat. 
N. 32° 20, long. E. 92° 08’. July 21, 1892. 
This form is united with A. nubigena, DC., in the ‘Flora ot 
British India.’ It is only found at great altitudes in the Hima- 
layas and Tibet. 
25, Antennaria nana, Hook. f. et Thoms.—Valley of Murus, 
head-waters Yangtsekiang, at 14,900 ft. Lat. N. 33° 45’, long. 
E. 91° 20’. June 22, 1892. 
Western Tibet in the Nubra and Shayuk valleys at 12,000 to 
14,000 ft. 
26. Saussurea tangutica, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 247.— 
Near summit of Gam (or Angti) la at 15,600 ft. Lat. N. 30° 
40’, long. E. 98° 13’. Sept. 4, 1892. 
Tangut and Northern Tibet. 
The leaves are infused and used by the natives as a tonic. 
Called in Tibetan Sha-pé gong-t’ag. It is said to grow only on 
