Saussurea. ] LXXVII. COMPOSITE. (J. D. Hooker.) 367 
leaves small j-1j in. sessile or narrowed into a short thick petiole obovate or 
oblong obtuse quite entire or obtusely toothed densely coriaceous nerveless, 
uppermost orbicular sheathing the involucre, heads one or more sessile crowded 
subglobose, invol. bracts obovate-oblong obtuse glabrous, receptacle fimbrillate, 
pappus double both feathery. S. acaulis, Klatt in Sitzung. Münch. Akad. 1878, 
91. 
Western Ter: Nubra, alt. 17-18,000 ft., Thomson ; Schlagintweit. 
Root fusiform, crown very short. Leaves variable, always thickly coriaceous, in a 
flowerless specimen 23 in. long and narrowly spathulate, in most others spreading 
obovate, midrib very indistinet. Heads A in. diam., densely clustered, sheathed by 
rounded floral leaves which are much shorter than the involuere; invol. bracts 
purplish ; corolla } in. long.; anther-tails short, entire. Achenes è in., glabrous, ripe 
not seen; pappus 1 in., brown, all the hairs softly feathery. 
6. S. wernerioides, Schultz-Bip. in Herb. Hook. ; dwarf, densely tufted, 
leaves 4-3 in. narrowed into densely imbricating sheathing petioles lanceolate 
coriaceous glabrous above densely tomentose beneath, tip subulate, margins 
toothed revolute often to the midrib, heads solitary sessile amongst the leaves 
ł- in. diam., invol. bracts lanceolate acuminate rigid or broad and concave, 
receptacle bristly, pappus double both feathery. S. subulata, Clarke Comp. 
Ind, 226, in part. 
Sıxxım HrMALAYA ; on the Tibetan frontier, alt. 16-18,000 ft., J. D. H. 
Root a foot long ; crown dividing into numerous densely tufted branches 3-1 in. 
long, together forming cushions. Leaves erect or spreading, very coriaceous, rather 
glossy above. Jnvol. bracts very variable, often purple, glabrous or sparsely woolly, 
sometimes lanceolate acuminate, at others apparently replaced by the short concave, 
coriaceous sheaths of the uppermost leaves; recept. bristles (overlooked in Clarke's 
description) rigid, scabrous; corolla } in.; anther-tails long, woolly. Achenes very 
small (not ripe). 
** Outer pappus of scabrid bristles or O; leaves entire or prnnatifid, 
7. S. subulata, Clarke Comp. Ind. 226, in part; dwarf, densely tufted, 
below densely clothed with imbricating sheathing petioles, leaves 3-1} in. very 
laxly hairy or glabrate sparsely woolly towards the base linear-lanceolate or 
subulate narrowed into the sheathing petiole, tip subulate, margin quite entire 
revolute to the midrib, heads 3-1 in. Lowe solitary sessile amongst the leaves, 
invol. bracts oblong-lanceolate acuminate rigid, receptacle fimbrillate, outer 
pappus bristles scabrid. S. setifolia, Klatt in Sitzung. Münch. Akad. 1878, 95. 
WesTerN TisET; Nubra, alt. 15-18,000 ft., TAomson.—DisrRrg. Yarkand. 
Habit of S. wernerioides, but the leaf bases are woolly, the leaves much narrower, 
not at all toothed, and less coriaceous, the heads are larger, the receptacle fimbrilli- 
ferous, and the few outer pappus bristles are scabrid. It may be a dwarf high alpine 
form of S. glandulifera ` the anther-tails are short and bearded. : 
8. S. Atkinsoni, Clarke Comp. Ind. 224; stemless, glabrous or midrib 
and nerves of leaves beneath pubescent, leaves 3—5 petioled or sessile spreading 
from the root broadly obovate or elliptic membranous toothed reticulate, head 
sessile solitary, inner invol. bracts linear oblong scarious, receptacle naked or 
entire, outer pappus bristles few scabrid. 
Western HiMALAYA ; from Kashmir to Garwhal, alt. 10-13,000 ft., Falconer, &c. 
Hoot-stock undivided. Leaves 25-4 by 11-3 in., spreading flat on the ground. 
Head $-1 in. long; outer invol. bracts very variable, ovate-lanceolate, erect or re- 
curved, glabrous or margins pubescent ; corolla upwards of 1 in.; anther-cells shortly 
fimbriate. Achenes glabrous; pappus 4 in., brown.—See remarks under S. Clarkei in 
reference to this species. 
