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Tas. 8381. og 
SAUSSUREA VerrcutiaNna. 
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Central China. 
Compositak. Tribe CYNAROIDEAE. 
SaussurgEA, DC.; Benth. et Look. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 471. 
Saussurea Veitchiana, Drummond et Hutchinson in Kew Bull. 1911, p. 190; 
rpiciese grege S. bracteae, Decne, a S. obvallata, Wall., et a speciebus ali's 
atplius bracteatis capitulis latius corymbosis demum longe pedunculatis, 
a 8. uniflora, Wall., pappo conspicue 2-seriato, a S. Schu/tzii, Hook. f., 
margine foliorum argute denticulato nec crasse crenato-serrato dignoscitur ; 
a S. dodustegia, Hance, cujus maxime affinis, propter folia superiora basi 
dilatata necnon phyllaria acutiora satis distincta. 
Herba erecta, 40-45 cm. alta, pluricaulis caulibus suleatis superne floccosis. 
Folia radicalia numerosa, breve petiolata, anguste oblongo-lanceolata, 
caulina sparsa, sessilia, basi subinflata; semiamplexicaulia ima vaginantia, 
omnia acuta, margine undulata leniter denticulata, nitide virescentia, 
costa crassa pallidiore vel in supremis purpurascente, supra fere glabrata, 
subtus laxe pilosa, majora circiter 20 cm. longa, fere 4 cm. lata, summum 
caulem versus sensim diminuentia denique in bracteas membranaceas 
ovato-lanceolatas apice argute acnminatas plus minusve cymbi/ormes pur- 
purascentes abeuntia. Capitula 2-10, plus minusve araneosa fere ovoidea, 
2°5 cm. longa, parte ventricosa circiter 1°2 em. lata, flosculos 20-30 atro- 
purpureos includentia, pedunculis superne incrassatis fistulosis corymbosim 
depositis suffulta. Receptuculum circiter 5 mm. latum, fimbrillis sub- 
pellucidis munitum. P/y//aria imbricata, exteriora ovato-lanceolata 10mm. 
longa, 4 mm. lata, laxe pilosa, extra nigrescentia, interiora longiora magis 
acuminata. Corvllae tabus 8 mm. longus, tenuis sed suy erne snbito campa- 
nulatus, limbus 5-partitus segmentis linearibus basi subsacecatis. Antherue 
basi caudato-lanatae, nigrscentes. Cypselue obtuse quadrangnlares, 
subglabrae ; pappus 2-seriatus, setis exterioribus paucis scabris, in- 
terioribus duplo longioribus plurimis plumosis demum fuscescentibus.— 
J. Rk. DruMMonp. 
The Composite genus Saussurea, including some seventy 
species, is characteristic of the mountainous and temperate 
regions of the northern hemisphere. The striking plant 
here figured belongs to a well-defined group of species 
characterised by the flower-heads being more or less 
enclosed in the inflated, bladderlike, membranous, veined 
bracts or uppermost leaves, which differ in coloration as 
well as in texture from the leaves proper. This group 
has its headquarters in the Alpine regions of India and 
China, and the species now figured is one of the many 
interesting plants from the Chinese portion of this area for 
whose introduction horticulture is indebted to Mr. E. H. 
Wilson when collecting on behalf of Messrs. J. Veitch & 
Sons. The seeds of this species were obtained at Fung in 
Jung, 1911. 
