Saussurea.] LXXVII, COMPOSITÆ. (J. D. Hooker.) 371 
invol. bracts narrow lanceolate, recept. bristles short, achenes (unripe) short 
smooth, outer pappus bristles many short scabrid. 
-WESTERN HMALAYA; Kumaon, Blinkworth, alt. 12,000 ft., Edgeworth. WESTERN 
Tipet; Salt Marshes, Ladak and below the Ladak Pass, alt. 15-16,000 ft., Thomson. 
Bam Kang, alt. 13,500 ft., Strach. § Winterb. 
Jlicot long, stout; crown divided. Leaves 2-5 by ZA in.; sheathing petioles 
membranous, 1 in., glabrous except at the margins, contrasting with the silky wool of 
the stem, which is 4 in. thick round the base of the head.  Znvol. bracts membranous ; 
corolla not 4 in. long; anther-tails fimbriate. Achenes (unripe) small, 3, in. long; 
pappus pale brown.—A very distinct species. 
Van, glabrata; sparsely woolly, more slender, leaves more erect, invol. bracts 
shorter and straighter not hidden below in silky wool, achenes longer pale shining 
4-angled.— Western Tibet. Though differing so much in the involuere and in woolli- 
ness from the type, I ean hardly doubt this being a form of S. graminifolia. 
20. S. Hookeri, Clarke Comp. Ind. 230; stem 4-6 in. stout much 
thiekened (and hollow) upwards silkily woolly, leaves slender narrowly linear 
from a dilated scarious base curved tomentose beneath margins quite entire 
recurved, head solitary 1-13 in. bracteate by broad obtuse short appressed 
leaves, invol. bracts broadly lanceolate or ovate, recept. bristles long dense, 
achenes short, outer pappus bristles short scabrid. 
ArPINE Himataya; Tibetan frontier of Kumaon, Balch Pass, alt. 16,000 ft., 
Strach. d Winterb. ; and of Sikkim, alt. 17,000 ft., J. D. H., Elwes, 
Rootstock stout, simple or divided, clothed with black scarious dried petiolar 
sheaths; stem shorter stouter and more leafy than in S. graminifolia; leaves rather 
broader, more coriaceous, floral usually short and broad, but very variable; corolla 
nearly 4 in.; achenes unripe very small, pappus very pale 4 in. 
21. S. hieracioides, Hook. f.; softly villous, stem 4-8 in. slender, 
radical leaves petioled elliptic acute villous on both surfaces quite entire or 
obscurely toothed nerves spreading, cauline few linear-oblong, heads 1-1} in. 
diam. solitary woolly at the base, invol. braets ovate-lanceolate erect coloured, 
recept. bristles short, achenes very short smooth, outer pappus bristles scabrid. 
Bear HIMALAYA ; Tungu, near the Tibetan frontier, alt. 12-14,000 ft., J. D. H. 
Habit of Hieracium alpinum, uniformly villous with soft spreading hairs. Stock 
short, stout, simple, elothed with scarious dark petiolar remains. Leaves few, radical 
131-21 by 2-11 in., green; petiole variable, slender. Jnvol. bracts wholly or margined 
with purple, inner glabrous; corolla 1} in.; anther-tails short, very woolly. Achenes 
(unripe) 4; in., very broad; pappus 3 in. pale. 
22. S. glanduligera, Schultz-Dip. in Herb. Hook.; stem 4-8 in. and 
leaves on both surfaces glandular-pubescent or -puberulous, leaves narrowly 
linear-lanceolate irregularly sinuate toothed, petiole dilated into a narrow 
glabrous sheath with often woolly base and margins, cauline subsimilar, heads 
solitary 1-1} in, usually bracteate by linear leaves, invol. bracts lanceolate green 
erect pubescent or woolly, recept. bristles long, achenes 4-angled scaberulous, 
. outer pappus bristles short scabrid. 
Western TrpET; Ladak, alt. 14-16,000 ft., Thomson, Heyde; Lahoul, Hay. 
Root very stout; stock branched. Leaves 2-4 in. (larger in var. major), pale 
green; petiolar sheaths of radical, very conspicuous pale chestnut brown, ribbed, with 
soft white silky wool at the bases of the younger. Jnvol, bracts pale, not numerous; 
corolla nearly À in. ; anther-tails short woolly. Achenes } in. long, pale, much cupped 
at the top; pappus-hairs J in., pale brown or blueish. 
Van. major; taller, leaves large and broader 8-10 by 3-2 in. puberulous only, 
heads 1-3, corolla $ in.—Piti, alt. 14-17,000, Thomson. "Tibet north of Kumaon, 
alt. 16,000 ft., Strach. d Winterb. This approaches S. bracteata. 
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