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Asana, most resembling that of some Filagos, while the heads 
are not unlike some species of Gnaphalium or Micropus ; but the 
involucral leaves are essentially those of a Leontopodium, 
Named with reference to the free pappus hairs, which are 
abnormal in the genus. 
_ 558. Saussurea tanguensis, /. R. Drummond [ Compositae- 
Cyunidse: Caniuineacl ; species singularis, nulli adhuc cognitae 
arctius affinis, approximans autem S. Thomsoni, C. B. Clarke, a qua 
capitutis late CMendephaarieis neque subglobosis, bracteis sub- 
capitularibus basi subtruncatis, supré sensim acuminatis nec 
oblongo-rotundatis apice obtuse acuminatis, phyllariis obovato- 
lanceolatis acuminatis nec oblongis obtusis, pappo subrigido, scabro 
potius quam plumoso, nitide purpureo, nec albido, facile distinguitur. 
Herba saepe nana, at nonnunquam elatior, rigida, caudiculis 1-4 
robustis, ad 3-8 cm. longis, foliorum vetustorum petiolis vestitis 
ex rhizomate perenni sublignoso 10 cm. longitudinis attingente ortis. 
Caules annui e summis caudiculis ascendentes, foliosi, vel paucis 
foliis donati, subscaposi, aliquando ad 22 cm. producti, saepius 
abbreviati, vel fere deficientes, uniflori, Folia in caulis imferiore 
tentia, omnia minute ru osa, subflavide virescentia. Phyllarta 
lineari-oblonga, obtuse averse, pilis glandulosis satis sparse 
densius ad ma arginem obsita, flosculos subaequantia ; : capitulum 
diametro 3 cm. attingens. Flosculi tenuissimi, circa 8 mm. lon ngi 
segmentulis abbreviatis, tubo supra albo-hispido, lobis stigmaticis 
exsertis. Pappus duplicatus fragilis, exteriore serie setis scabris 
brevioribus ferrugineis, interiore paucis flosculum vix aequantibus 
scabriusculis nitide purpureis, consistente: (achaenia curculionibus 
vastata, non sunt visa), 
Inpia. Eastern Himalaya: hill behind Tangu Bungalow, 
4920 m., Younghusband; The La, 4600 m., Smith and Cave, 
2161; Tongsong La valley, 5080 m., Smith and Cave, 2357. 
A singular form ae any other species save S. Thomsoni, C. B. 
Clarke, and some forms of S, bracteata, Decaisne, from both of 
which it differs in the “aaaibire of the head and colour of the 
pappus. 
559, Aristolochia Curtisii, King MSS.ex Gamble{ Aristolochiaceae] ; 
species 4. hastatae, Jack, sumatranae affinis; ob folia profunde 
triloba pedatim 7-9-costata distincta. 
Frutex scandens, parvus; rami suberosi ; ramuli sulcati, are 
glabri. Folia chartacea, gees, juniora late hastata, ad 10 c¢ 
longa, 16 cm. lata, adulta profunde digitatim triloba, basi ae 
pedatim costata, 10-20 cm. longa, 10-30 em. lata, lobo medio 
oblonizo-lanoeokato, acuminato, lateralibus spathulatis apice 
rotundati incurvis, i tegris, ¢ costis lobi medii 
centrali ad apicem AtPing Rots lateralibus submarginalibus, costis 
loborum lateralium 2 nervos paucos emittentibus, venis transveris 
multis reticulantibus ; petiolus gracilis, canaliculat tus, 5-10 cm. 
