Saussurea, ] LXXVII. composirz. (J. D. Hooker.) 369 
densely bristly, anther-tails short woolly, achenes glabrous, outer pappus-hairs 
few scabrid. DC. Prodr. vi. 532; Clarke Comp. Ind. 228. S. cæspitosa, Wall. 
Cat. 2913; Clarke l.c. Aplotaxis ceespitosa, DC. l. e, 539. Cyathidium taraxi- 
cifolium, Lindl. in Royle IU. 251, t. 56, f. 2. 
ALPINE HIMALAYA; from Kunawur to Sikkim, alt. 12-15,000 ft. WESTERN 
Tet; Rupchu, alt. 16,000 ft., Heyde. 
Very variable; stock stout, clothed with the black remains of withered petioles, 
simple or divided ; stem rarely 6 in., rather slender. Heads very variable in breadth 
and shape, and the bracts in breadth, outer sometimes with reeurved tips; corolla 
upwards of A in. Pappus pale brown, 3 in. . 
Van. depressa; dwarf, stemless, leaves 2-3 in. more regularly and closely pinnati- 
fid with recurved short lobes.—Garwhal to Sikkim, alt. 12-15,000 ft. 
19. S. Kunthiana, Clarke Comp. Ind. 225; dwarf, stemless, leaves 
petioled spreading linear-elongate pinnatitid or runcinate glabrous or pubescent 
above white-tomentose beneath, ie quadrate semi-circular or oblong entire or 
lobulate and toothed, tip teeth and lobes apiculate or mucronate, head solitary 
sessile 1-13 in. diam., invol. bracts lanceolate inner often with subsquarrose tips, 
anther-tails short woolly, receptacle bristly, achenes muricate, outer pappus- 
hairs few scabrid. Leontodon ? Kunthianum, Wall. Cat. 3292. Aplotaxis 
leontodontoides, DC. Prodr. vi. 539. i; 
ALPINE Himatays; from Kashmir to Sikkim, and Western Tipet, alt. 14- 
16,000 ft. 
Very similar indeed to var. depressa of S. taraxicifolia, from which the muricate 
achenes at once distinguish it, the lobes of the leaf are 1-3 in. long, usually broader, 
more square and lobulate, and their upper surface is never glabrous. 
Van. major; larger in all its parts, leaves sometimes pinnatisect, lobes 1-3 in. 
less recurved broadly oblong or ovate sinuate or subpinnatifid scabrid above, invol. 
bracts glabrous more coriaceous, anther tails more conspicuously woolly.—Sikkim, 
interior ranges, alt. 13—16,000 ft. 
Var. filicifolia; leaves pinnatifid nearly to the midrib, lobes regular oblong or ` 
linear-oblong entire or auricled at the base of the upper margin obtuse or apiculate. 
—Sikkim, Jongri and Yakla, alt. 12,000 ft., Clarke. Habit of a small Polypodium. 
14. S. polystichoides, Jook. f; dwarf, stemless, leaves petioled 
spreading linear-elongate pinnatisect glabrous above white-tomentose beneath, 
segments rounded ovate or subquadrate spinulous-toothed, heads 1-1 in. sessile 
or peduncled glabrous, invol. bracts lanceolate acuminate erect or subsquarrosely 
recurved, anther-tails short woolly, receptacle naked, achenes muricate, outer 
pappus-hairs few scabrid, 
SKKM Himaraya; alt. 13-16,000 ft., T. D. H., Elwes, Clarke. 
Very closely allied indeed to S. Kunthiana, but the leaves are pinnate and the 
receptacle without bristles; the leaf segments are horizontal and slightly recurved, 
15. S. F'alconeri, Job, f.; stem very stout short or long cottony or 
woolly, leaves petioled linear-elongate cottony above and more so beneath 
irregularly sinuate-pinnatifid or toothed, lobes or teeth distant spreading or 
recurved broadly triangular acute, heads 1-2 in. diam., invol. bracts linear- 
lanceolate cottony, recept. bristles shorter than the smooth achenes, anther-tails 
short woolly, pappus double or single. 
Western Tur: Karakoram, alt. 14,500 ft., Falconer, Clarke. Kasuir, alt. 
13,000 ft. Clarke. 
Very similar to S. taraxicifolia, but distinguished by the woolly habit and very 
stout stem or peduncle. Stock stout or slender, sometimes very thickly clothed with 
the black shining remains of the old petioles, Stem 1-6 in., nearly i in. diam., 
sparingly leafy. Leaves 2-6 by 1-3 in. Invol. bracts pale, erect, corolla 1} in. 
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