Lactuca. } LXXVII. cowrosrpE. (J. D. Hooker.) ^. 405 
pale, margins thickened seabrid, tip cleft embracing the base of the beak ; pappus 
1 in. long, quite white. 
6. L. dissecta, Don Prodr. 164; annual, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, 
stem dichotomously branched from the base, branches slender leafy, leaves 
entire or lyrate or runcinate-pinnatifid lobes entire or sparingly toothed lower 
petioled cauline 3-amplexicaul base auricled or sagittate, uppermost linear, heads 
1-1 in. erect narrow cylindric few-fld., outermost invol. bracts minute ovate 
innermost narrowly linear, achenes oblanceolate transversely rugose faces 
3-ribbed, beak capillary twice as long as the body. DC. Prodr. vii. 135; Boiss. 
Fi. Orient. iii. 814; Clarke Comp. Ind. 264. L. Stocksii, Boiss. Diagn. Ser. 2, 
iii. 96. L. arvensis, Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc, xx. 79. Chondrilla auriculata, 
Wall, Cat. 9269. 
Temperate Himataya; from Kashmir to Bhotan, alt. 4-8000 ft. WESTERN 
Tine; Iskardo, alt. 8000 ft., Clarke. Sart Rance; Aitchison —Distriw, Affzhani- 
stan and Beluchistan. 
This, like Z. undulata, is senecionoid in habit and very variable. Stem 3-18 in. 
high, sometimes simple and leafless below, branching upwards; at others numerous 
corymbosely branched flowering stems start from the crown which bears a profusion 
of rosulate leaves, Leaves 1-4 in., very variable indeed in lobation, sometimes almost 
bipinnatifid. Heads corymbose, on very slender peduncles, erect; ligules blue. 
Achenes including the capillary beak 4 in. long, much compressed, dull, margins most 
minutely scabrid, tip cleft as in Z. undulata; pappus d in. long, white. 
7. L. longifolia, DC. Prodr. vii. 135; annual or biennial, glabrous, tall, 
erect, paniculately branched above, sometimes hispid at the base, leaves sessile 
very long lanceolate or linear-lanceolate acuminate entire or sparingly }-pinna- 
tifid lobes very few distant acute base sagittate, heads } in. long erect peduncled 
12-90-fd., outer invol. bracts few ovate, inner linear-oblong, achenes elliptic or 
oblanceolate nearly smooth faces 3-5-nerved, beak capillary equalling or shorter 
than the body. Clarke Comp. Ind. 264. Chondrilla longifolia, Wall, Cat. 3213. 
Mulgedium sagittatum, Royle Ill. 252, t. 61, f. 2 (achene bad) ; DC. L e. 290. 
Western and Cexrrat HrwaraxaA; from Kashmir to Nipal, alt. 4-9000 ft., 
Wallich, &e. 
Stem 3-6 ft., strict, always simple below. Leaves 3-6 by 1-1 in. or more across 
the lobes when }-pinnatifid, in which case the lobes are very few, membranous, almost 
nerveless; auricles deflexed, acute, appressed to the stem. Heads in broad or narrow 
panicles, erect; peduncles slender with few bracts ; invol. bracts pale green, unequal; 
ligules blue. Achenes 4 in. including the beak, dark brown, much compressed, young 
with thickened margins, faces obscurely rough and most minutely scaberulous ; 
pappus } in., white. 
8. L. brevirostris, Champ. in look. Kew Journ. iv. 257 ; annual, 
glabrous, stem tall erect paniculately branched above, leaves very long linear or 
linear-lanceolate acuminate quite entire or toothed base simple or shortly 
auricled, heads 4 in. long erect peduncled 12-20-fld., outer invol. bracts few 
ovate inner linear-oblong, achenes ellipsoid much compressed smooth black beak: 
capillary shorter than the body. Clarke Comp. Ind. 265. L. bialata, Grif. 
Notul. iv. 247; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, ii. 206. L. squarrosa, Miquel 
- Prod. Fl. Jap. 121, 362. L. amurensis, Regel. Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. 1859, 42. 
_ Prenanthes squarrosa, Thunb. A", Jap. 303. 
Sirm Hat Ae ` Rungeet valley, Anderson, Clarke. Kuasta Mrs. ; all. 4-6000 
ft, J. D. H. $ T.T. Assam, Jenkins; Buddya, Grifith.—Disrrim. Japan, China, 
Philippine Islds. 
Habit of L. longifolia and as tall, but the leaves are never pinnatifid and want 
the sagittate base; the achenes are quite different, very flat, black, } in. long, includ- 
ing the beak, with one strong median rib on cach face and 4 more slender lateral ones 
