living plants were available for study, he was able to vindi- 
cate the conclusion of Maximowicz. As Mr. Hutchinson 
now points out, S. stenocephalus may be readily distinguished 
from S. Ligularia by the long and narrow bracts which sub- 
tend the peduncle and -by the narrower fewer-flowered heads. 
The material for our figure was received from Messrs. 
J. Veitch and Sons, and was derived from a plant obtained 
in Northern China by Mr. W. Purdom. It promises to be 
hardy, and to be an acceptable addition to the wild garden. 
Descriptron.—//erb.. Leaves: radical long-petioled, 
petioles about } in. wide, glabrous; lamina reniform, with a 
wide basal sinus, about 9 in. long, 16 in. across, charta- 
ceous, glabrous, margin coarsely toothed, teeth triangular- 
ovate, bluntly mucronate, } in. long and wide; lateral nerves 
about 8 on each side, spreading, much-branched, raised be- 
neath; cauline low down with petiole 6 in. long, stem-clasping 
at base, above almost terete, and with lamina as in the radical 
leaves ; higher up with a leafy petiole 2 in. long, 1 in. across 
and with a small lamina. Racemes up to 14 in. long, 23 in. 
wide at the base, lower bracts longer than heads, narrow- 
lanceolate, up to 12 in. long, 1 in. wide, glabrous without, 
sparingly woolly within; peduncles % in. long, sparingly 
pubescent, bracteoles 2, subopposite, attached beyond middle 
of peduncle, subulate, 2-3 in. long, fleshy, glabrous. Heads 
yellow, 14 in. across. Involucre varrow-campanulate, 2 in. 
long, } in. across; bracts about 6, connate, fleshy, linear- 
oblong, obtuse, margin narrow] y scarious, puberulous towards 
the tip. Ray-florets 1-5, spreading, bright yellow; corolla- 
tube narrow-cylindric, slightly widened at base, } in. long, 
glabrous ; limb lanceolate, 3-toothed at tip, 4-2 in. long, 
4% in. wide, 5-nerved, glabrous ; fruits 4 in. long, glabrous ; 
pappus-setae barbellate,1in.long, purplish ; style far exserted, 
yellow. Disk-florets 5-6; corolla-tube % in. long, narrow- 
cylindric below, widened and subeampanulate above the 
middle, glabrous; lobes lanceolate, subacute, very short, 
glabrous; anthers about 1 in, long, purplish; fruits and 
pappus-setae as in ray-florets; style exserted, its arms 
recurved, pubescent. 
Fig. 1, ray-floret; 2, disk-floret: 3 ; : 
of disk-floret :—ail enlarged, + PREPuS cote, A anthem; 5, atyleanat 
