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papillosi, apice obtusissimi, 1 mm. longi. Achcenia subcylindrica, basi callosa, 

 10-costata, brunnea, glabra, 2 mm. longa. Fapiii setce inter se subsequilongae, 

 scabriusculsB, albse, 4"5 mm. longae. 

 Camps X to XI, 6700 to 8300 ft. 



Apparently a branching perennial herb or subshrub, the ultimate branches much 

 compressed. Leaves drying greyish green, margins of the leaf in its proximal half 

 entire; petioles broad, at most 1 cm. in length, but usually less. Corolla of female 

 florets with the Hmb very short and sometimes developed mostly upon one side, so as 

 to form an incipient ligule. 



This is a plant of some significance when the Australasian predominance of the genus 

 is kept in view. Its closest affinity is with the Australian E. prenanthoides, DC, from 

 which it is in many respects different. 



C03klP0SIT^ : CiCHORiACE^. 



Crepis papuana, S. Moore, sp. nov. 



Herba scapigera. Folia pauca, subrosulata, oblanceolato-oblonga, obtusa vel obtusis- 

 sima, apice ipso ssepius apiculata, basi in petiolum longum satis latum extenuata, 

 margine sparsim ciliato-denticulata, membranacea, glabra, modice 4x1 cm., 

 summum 7x2 cm. Scapus ascendens, folia longe excedens, superne semel 

 ramosus, raribracteatus, sparsim puberulus, deinde glaber, altitudine 10 cm. paullo 

 excedens. Capitula pro rata parva, 7x4 mm., corymbum oligo- usque 10-cephalum 

 densiusculum bracteatum 1 cm. longum 1*5 cm. latum constituentia, circiter 

 12-flosculosa. BradecB subulatse, pedunculis propriis breviores. InvoluoH phylla 

 externa parvula, 3-seriata, ovato-oblonga, obtusa vel obtuse acuta, 2 mm. longa; 

 phylla interna 8, anguste lineari-oblonga, obtusa, angustissime marginata, glabra, 

 5 mm. longa. Beceptaculum planum. Antherce basi caudato-acuminatse, 1 mm. 

 longae. Achcenia compressa, lineari-oblonga, basi truncata callosaque, 5 mm. longa, 

 faciebus 10-costatis, apice in rostrum gracile fere sequilongum desinentia, dilute 

 brunnea, glabra. Pappus achsenio paullo brevior ; setae scabriusculse, albse, 4 mm. 

 longse. 

 Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft. 

 St^m Yerj short, emitting numerous rootlets below. Leaves about half a dozen to 



each plant, drying grey-green ; petiole passing gradually into the blade, and, like it, 



sparsely ciliate-denticulate, up to 4 cm. in length, though usually shorter. 



This is a very distinct plant, easily recognised by the long-stalked leaves and rather 



dense corymbs borne on long scapes. The corymbs are much like those of some 



small-headed Hieracium. 



Crepis japonica, Benth. Fl. Hongkong, 194. 

 Camps VIII to X, 4900 to 6700 ft. 

 Distrib. From Mauritius, India, and China to Australia and Polynesia. 



