366 LXXVIII. composirz. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Saussurea, 
short, laciniate. Achenes obovoid, flattened, glabrous, ribbed ; pappus à in., pale 
brown with sometimes a few outer rough bristles.—There is no specimen of C. tectus 
in Wallich’s Herbarium, and I follow DC. in citing it as a synonym. 
2. S. uniflora, Wall. Cat. 2916; stem simple laxly villous, leaves 4-8 in. 
glabrous obtuse toothed, lower long-petioled linear-oblong or -obovate, cauline 
sessile j-amplexieaul often acuminate, floral usually cymbiform membranous 
often enclosing the large usually solitary subsilky head, peduncle stout silkily 
woolly, invol. bracts ovate-lanceolate, pappus brown outer bristles scabrid. 
CENTRAL and Eastern HIMALAYA ; Nipal, Wallich. Sikkim, alt. 10-15,000 fe, 
J. D. H., &c. 
Stem 1-2 ft., more slender than in S. obvallata. Radical leaves with the blade 
4-7 in., and the petiole as long; involucriform leaves purple, quite entire, sometimes 
small and enclosing only the very young head, at others reduced, elliptic, acuminate, 
silkily villous on both surfaces. Head very variable in size, rarely two, 1-2 in. 
diam., campanulate ; invol. bracts with long narrow tips; coroila } in. long; anther- 
tails laciniate. Achenes A in., glabrous ` pappus as in S. obvallata, but longer, jin. 
Van. conica ; heads many. S. conica, Clarke Comp. Ind. 224.—Sikkim, Singalelah., 
alt. 10.000 ft., Clarke. I find no character whatever, except the number of heads, 
to separate this from S. uniflora, which is an unfortunate name. 
3. S. Schultzii, Hook. f.; glabrous or puberulous, stem stout simple, 
leaves toothed radical narrowed into a very stout petiole linear-oblong acute 
midrib very thick, cauline j-amplexicaul acuminate, floral short cymbiform 
membranous partially enclosing the numerous crowded silkily villous heads, 
invol. bracts blackish lanceolate acuminate, pappus brown outer bristles 
scabrid. 
Western TisET; from N. Kashmir to the Karakoram Mts., alt. 14—17,000 ft., 
Thomson, Are, 
Root very stout; crown clothed with the stout recurved remains of the old 
petioles ` stem 6-16 in. often coloured. Leaves 3-6 by 3-14 in., leathery, coarsely 
toothed ; floral 1-2 in. long, often as broad and rosy. Heads 4-1 in. diam. ; peduncles 
short, stout, densely woolly; invol. bracts with very slender tips, corolla A in. ; 
anther-tails short woolly. Achenes glabrous, ripe not seen; pappus whiter than in A. 
obvallata.— The late Prof. Schultz proposed (in mss.) the name of setifolia for this, but 
I cannot see how it applies in any sense. It may be only a large form of the following. 
4. S. bracteata, Dene. in Jacq. Voy. Bot. 94, t. 102; dwarf, scaberulous 
or puberulous, stem 3-6 in. very stout, leaves linear-lanceolate or narrowly 
elliptic acute coarsely toothed, lower narrowed into a very short petiole, upper 
sessile, floral short cymbiform membranous coloured partly enclosing the solitary 
large sessile subsilky head, invol. bracts blackish lanceolate acuminate, pappus 
white, outer bristles scabrid. Clarke Comp. Ind. 224. ? 8. Schlagintweitii, 
Klatt in Sitzung. Miinch, Akad. 1878, 94. 
Western Tiret; from Ladak and Nubra eastwards to the Balch Pass (N. of 
Kumaon), alt. 14—18,000 ft., Jacguemont, &c. 
This much resembles a diminutive form of S. Schulézii with one or two stems 
from the root, shorter petioles, and much larger heads in proportion, varying from 
1-1} in. diam, ; the achenes are similar, and the pappus is white } in. long. 
Sct. 2. Acaules. Stem very short or obsolete (or elongate in A. 
Sughoo). Heads solitary or few, sessile or subsessile amongst the leaves. (See 
also sessile-headed forms of species in sect. 3.) 
* Pappus double, hairs of both feathery. Densely tufted dwarf herb, leaves 
not pinnatifid. 
9, S. Thomsoni, Clarke Comp. Ind. 227; dwarf, stemless, glabrous, 
