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Dr. Winkler describes the flowers as white, the four lobes of the 
lower lip (alae) as rose-coloured with brown dots along the inner 
margin, and the central crest (vexillum ?) as yellow. 
555. Anaphalis deserti, J. R. Drummond [Compositae-Inuloideae- 
Gnaphalinae]; e grege A. Hookeri, cum A. subumbellata et A, 
araneosa comparabilis; ab A. Hookeri, A. subumbellata et A. 
aylorrhiza, praeter alia signa, foliorum basi decurrente,—ab 
A. araneosa (inclusa A. semidecurrente, Wall.) ob phyllaria sensim 
attenuata et inflorescentiam compactam distincta. 
ba perennis pedalis vel sesquipedalis. Caules 2-4 e 
rhizomate procumbente ligneo gemmifero ascendentes sarmentosi, 
tenues, teretes, castanei coloris. Folia oblongo-linearia apice 
rotundata, margine plana, uninervia, superiore pagina atroviridi 
glabrescente, inferiore cinereo - puberula, ad 5 cm. longa, 
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minutissima, sub-cylindrica, supra sparse glandulosa, infra obscure 
costata, pappo multo longiore albescente scabro uniseriato libero 
coronata, 
NpIA. Eastern Himalaya: Lonok, Younghusband. TIBET. 
Near Gyantse, Stewart. 
556. Leontopodium fimbrilligerum, J. R. Drummond [Compositae- 
Inuloideae-Gnaphalinae] ; ab omnibus speciebus Leontopodi adhuc 
descriptis propter pappum antenniformem bene distinctum, et ita 
Antennariis vel quibusdam speciebus Gnaphalii approximans, sed 
habitu et capituli structura manifeste congener Leontopodii alpini, a 
quo phyllariis interioribus margine laceris apice fimbrilligeris statim 
discernitur, 
Herba spithamea, caespitosa, (dioica 2), rhizomate perenni intri- 
cate ramoso castaneo tenaci caules plures foliosas pseudo- 
monocephalas edente. Folia radicalia subverticillata, 12 mm. 
vel plus longa, lineari-spathulata, sub apicem obtusiusculam 
lente dilatata, dense lanata, caulina consimilia sessilia subremota, 
involucralia iis longiora, acutiora, capillis longis sericeo-villosis 
demum fulvescentibus copiose vestita. Capitula [Q visa tantum ?] 
subconica, exigua, pauciflora, villosa, quinque vel plura super 
receptaculum commune plano-convexum circa 7°5 mm. latum 
glomerata. Phyllaria exteriora villis laxis fulvescentibus celata, 
interiora oblanceolata, scariosa, sub-purpurea, intus glabrescentia, 
margine lacere pinnatifido, apice fimbriato. Floseudi subtruncati, 
fusci. Pappi setae basi liberae, barbellatae, versus apicem 
clavatae (antenniformes), flosculos superantes. Fructus non visi. 
Inp1a. astern Himalaya: Chumbi valley, at about 3350 m., 
King’s collector. 
The above description follows so far as possible a MS. note by 
the late Sir George King, who adds : “ this has the general facies of 
L. alpinum, but is readily distinguished by the yellow involucral 
leaves and by the fimbriate involucral scales.” In habit the plant 
is a Leontopodium, but the clavate toothed pappus-hairs recall 
Antennaria or certain species of Anaphalis. Their insertion 1s 
