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North- WKST Hihaxaya; Kunawur, alt. 10,000-11,000 ft., Itoyle, T. Thomson 

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Stem 2-3 ft., glabrescent upwards. Lower cauline leaves 2-pinnate, ultimate seg- 

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 sheaths ^ in. Bracts 1-5, \ in; bracteoles 5-10, ^-\ in., linear; rays 1-4 in;; 

 pedicels 8-12, ^-J in., obscurely pubescent. Fruit ^ in., at first densely hairy, 

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 long- or short-peduncled, sometimes sessile ; bracts 4-8, ^ in., linear; rays ^1^ iD'» 

 pubescent, subtomentose; bracteoles and pedicels much as in P. mtda, but ^ more 

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