372 LXXVI. compositz, (J. D. Hooker.) [ Saussurea., 
Secr. IV. Corymbiferee. Stem 1-3 ft., simple, leafy. Leaves not 
pinnatifid or lobed, radical 0, cauline large sessile or petioled. Heads rather 
small, 4-4 in., in terminal dense corymbs; receptacle small. Achenes smooth, 
angled; outer pappus bristles few or many, scabrid. 
23. S. Candolleana, Wall. Cat, 3280; stem 1-3 ft. more or less 
winged by the decurrent petioles or leaf bases, leaves oblong or ovate-lanceolate 
acute or acuminate denticulate glabrous above cobwebby or cottony beneath, 
base rounded or abruptly or gradually narrowed decurrent, heads j-$ in. diam. 
or in dense terminal corymbs, invol. bracts ovate obtuse or acute glabrous or 
silky, receptacle small bristles longer than the narrow smooth 4-5-angled 
achenes, outer pappus bristles short scabrid. S. pterocaulon, Dene. in Jacq. 
Voy. Dot. 95, t. 103. Aplotaxis Candolleana, DC. Prodr. vi. 541. Jurinea 
adenocarpa, Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ài, 765; Schrenk, Enum. Pl. Nov. i. 46, 
TEMPERATE HiMALAYA; from Kashmir, alt. 8-10,000 ft., Falconer, &c., to Sikkim, 
alt. 11-13,000 ft., J. D. H.—DisrRIB. Soongaria. 
Stem stout, deeply grooved. Leaves 3-6 by 1-3} in., oblong and sessile but 
nerveless, abruptly narrowed below the middle, membranous, rarely quite glabrous 
beneath. Heads shortly peduncled ; corolla 1-J in.; anther-tails fimbriate, Achenes 
l in., long, narrow, shining; pappus 3 in. long, pale brown. 
24. S. piptathera, Ldyew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 76; stem 1-8 ft. 
not winged, leaves oblong or ovate-oblong with a contracted or dilated j-am- 
lexicaul auricled base sharply toothed glabrous above cottony rarely glabrate 
boosts, heads À in. in a crowded dense corymb, invol. bracts glabrate or silky 
outer ovate obtuse, inner lanceolate acute, recept. bristles longer than the 
achenes, outer pappus bristles short scabrid. Aplotaxis discolor, DC. Prodr. 
vi, 541. 
Wesrern HIMALAYA ` from Chumba to Kumaon, alt. 9-12,000 ft., Royle, &c. 
Very similar to S. Candolleana in the head, flowers, achenes, &e., but at once 
distinguished by the stem not being winged, and by the leaf-base. Specimens from 
Herb. Falconer (without locality) have the leaves quite glabrous on both surfaces. 
95. S. Clarkei, Hook. f., stem 4-6 in. stout pubescent, leaves 4-5 in. 
obovate acute sessile or contracted into a winged petiole sharply toothed 
membranous puberulous above cottony or glabrate beneath, heads 3 in. diam. in a 
dense terminal cluster, invol. bracts glabrous or cottony outer ovate acute inner 
lanceolate acuminate, recept. bristles longer than the achenes. 8. Candolleana, 
Clarke Comp. Ind. 230, not of Wallich. 
Kasumir, Falconer ` Tilail, alt, 13-14,000 ft., Clarke. 
This is in habit intermediate between S. pterocaulon and S. Atkinsoni, agreeing 
with the former in the heads, flowers, &c., but differing in the small size, peculiar 
habit and leaf-base ; and from the latter (which it resembles in the foliage) in the 
stout stem, small crowded heads, and recept. bristles. Pappus brown. 
96. S. elliptica, Clarke mss.; stem 4-6 in. slender cottony, leaves 3-4 
in. long-petioled elliptie-oblong or -lanceolate acute irregularly toothed thinly 
cottony on both surfaces, heads 4 in. diam. in a small rather lax terminal 
corymb, invol. bracts lanceolate acuminate subsilkily villous, receptacle naked, 
outer pappus bristles numerous scabrid. 
Western Tirer ; Karakoram, alt. 14,000 ft., Clarke. 
I have seen only three specimens of this very distinct species. Grey-green when 
dry; stem ascending from a slender simple or divided stock, curved. Leaves flaccid, 
narrowed into a very slender cottony petiole. Corolla nearly } in.; anther-tails 
Jaciniate, hardly woolly. Achenes immature; pappus white, except towards the base. 
—Closely allied to S. ovata, Benth. (in “ Henderson's Yarkand,” p. 325), from Eastern 
Turkistan, but differing in the form of the leaves. 
