396 LXXVIII. COMPOSITE. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Crepis. 
Gem Himaraya; Lachen, alt. 9-10,000 ft, J. D. H Kuwasa Mrs: alt. 
4-5000 ft., Wallich, &c. CEYLON ; central province, alt. 5000 ft., Walker, &c. 
Radical leaves 5-10 by 3-13 in., cauline in Khasian and Sikkim specimens 2-3 in., 
petioled or narrowed at the base. Stem 1-3 ft., very slender, rarely divided. Heads 
few and small for the size of the plant. Achenes } in., red-brown.—1 find no material 
difference between the achenes of this and L. japonica which would warrant separating 
them generically ; the name fuscipappa is hardly merited, the pappus being not at all 
brown, but of an inky grey or nearly white. 
8. C. acaulis, Hook. f.; perennial, dwarf, quite glabrous, radical leaves 
very narrowly obovate-spathulate linear or lanceolate obtuse or acute quite 
entire or sinuate-toothed or subpinnatifid, flowering stem shorter or longer 
than the leaves, heads few 1 in. long 10-12-fld., peduncle bracteolate, outer 
invol. bracts very small, inner linear, achenes ellipsoid narrowed at both 
ends subcompressed strongly ribbed shorter than the soft silvery pappus. 
Microrhynchus glabra, Wight Ic. t. 1145. M. acaulis, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 
1877, ii. 208. Lactuca glabra, D C. in Wight Contrib. 26; Prodr. 135; Clarke 
Comp. Ind. 272. L. rigida, DC. l.c. Youngia acaulis, DC. Prodr. vii. 193. 
Prenanthes acaulis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 403. D glabra, Heyne, and P. rigida, 
Ham. in Wall. Cat. 3204, 8263. Prenanthes sp. Griff. Notul. iv. 251; Ic. Pl. 
Asiat, t. 469. Sonchus Metzianus, Schultz-Bip. in Plant. Hohenack. n. 522 and 
1359. 
SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA; from Jamu to Bhotan. LOWER GawaETIC PLAIN ; 
Maldah, Dinagepore, &c., CENTRAL INDIA. WESTERN PrxiNsULA; Canara and 
Nilgherry Mts.; common, Hohenacker. Birma, common, Kurz. 
Root woody, straight, cylindric, sometimes a foot or more long and } in. diam. 
Leaves chiefly radical, 2-12 by 3-1 in., nerves faint spreading. Flowering-stems 3-10 
in., sometimes very numerous, simple or dichotomously branched. Achenes 4 in., 
hardly beaked, with about 6 very thick smooth ribs and more slender intermediate 
ones, 
9. C. Stoliczkai, Clarke Comp. Ind. 255; perennial ?, stemless, hirsutely 
pubescent, leaves all radical long-petioled narrowly obovate-spathulate sinuate- 
toothed or lyrate-pinnatifid, flowering stem erect naked sparingly corymbosely 
branched and glandular above, heads A in. long cylindric puberulous, outer 
invol. bracts minute, inner linear obtuse not thickened in fruit, achenes very 
narrowly fusiform not beaked finely ribbed rather longer than the soft white 
pappus. 
Western Himaraya; Kashmir, Tilail, alt. 12,000 ft., Clarke; Lahul, alt. 9500— 
13,000 ft., Stoliezka. Westers Tirer; Karakoram, alt. 14,000 ft., Clarke. 
Leaves very few and narrow, 2-5 in. long, obtuse, pubescent on both surfaces. 
Flowering stems 6-12 in., rather stout but soft, often copiously glandular above; 
peduncles usually short, naked, with a subulate bract at the base; invol. bracts 8-10, 
green, with fainter margins. Ackhenes 2 in., very slender, distinctly narrowed upwards 
from the middle, red-brown ; pappus persistent but easily removed.— Clarke compares 
this with C. premorsa, Froel., and C. multicaulis, Ledeb.; and he further suggests 
that it may be Barkhausia Roylei, DC. (Prodr, vii, 157), but it has not the beaked 
achenes of that genus, nor are the leaves sessile. 
*** Flowering stem 0, or very short; heads few, subsessile amongst the leaves. 
10. C. gracilipes, Hook. f. ; perennial, dwarf, glabrous, leaves all radical 
elongate obovate or spathulate sinuate-lobed or pinnatifid lobes obtuse entire, 
heads 3 in. long solitary on short slender 1-bracteate scapes, outer invol. bracts 
very small, inner linear subacute, achenes (unripe) much shorter than the soft 
silvery pappus. Lactuca, Sect. Chorisma, sp. ined., Benth, in Gen. Pl. ii. 526. 
Srxxim Himaraya ; alpine region, J. D. H. 
