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inflorescentiis spicatis, hand scorpoideis, axillaribus, 4 ad 5 cm 
longis; floribus paucis, 12 mm longis, calycis basi acutis, lobis 
elliptico-ovatis, 4 mm longis, petalis oblongis, acutis, quam se- 
palis paullo longioribus. 
A suffrutescent perennial herb, the stems about 6 cm high, 
the younger parts and petioles rather densely dirty-pubescent, 
the indumentum on the lower surface of the younger leaves 
similar to that on the petioles, more or less deciduous, the older 
leaves glabrous or nearly so. Leaves chartaceous, olivaceous, 
distinctly inequilateral, elliptic, 10 to 18 cm long, 5 to 10 cm 
wide, the apex rounded, the base acute to obtuse, one side of 
the lamina usually somewhat longer than the other, the margins 
obscurely undulate-toothed, the upper surface olivaceous, gla- 
_ brous, the lower surface pale and densely pubescent when young, 
ultimately glabrous or nearly so; lateral nerves about 4 on each 
side of the midrib, ascending, distinct on the lower surface; 
petioles densely pubescent, 1.5 to 3 cm long. Inflorescence axil- 
lary, peduncled, about 4 to 5 cm long, pubescent, the peduncles 
about 8 cm long, slender, the flowers somewhat crowded toward 
the apex, not at all scorpoid. Flowers white, subsessile, about 
12 mm long, glabrous or nearly so. Calyx tube ellipsoid, about 
8 mm long, 4 to 5 mm in diameter, base acute, lobes elliptic- 
ovate, rounded, about 4 mm long, 3 mm wide. Petals oblong, 
5 to 6 mm long, 2 to 2.5 mm wide, acute. Anthers oblong, 2 
mm long. Style 3 mm long, stout; stigma narrowly oblong, 
2 to 2.2 mm long. Bracts membranaceous, elliptic to oblong- 
elliptic or spatulate, obtuse, 6 mm long, somewhat pubescent. 
Kwangtung Province, Tung Sing, K. K. Ts’oong 1907, June, 
1918. Hainan, McClure 8675, December, 1921. In forested . 
ravines, altitude about 1,400 meters. 
This is the second representative of the genus to be found in 
China. One striking distinguishing character is its spicate, non- 
scorpoid inflorescences. . 
‘ COMPOSITAE 
ECHINOPS Linnaeus 
ECHINOPS DAHURICUS Fisch. Cat. Hort. Gorenk. (1808) 387, ex DC. 
Prodr. 6 (1837) 523; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 23 (1888) 
459. 
Kwangtung Province, Lin District, Levine 3182, September, 
1918, with the local name yung kau. 
Siberia to Japan as far south as Fokien Province and For- 
mosa. The genus is new to Kwangtung; the specimen was orig- 
inally referred, with doubt, to Saussurea affinis Spreng. 
