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456. Anaphalis viridis, Cummins [Compositae-Inuloidael ; 

 aftnia A. xylorrhizae, Sch.-Bip., sed foliis ovato-rotundatis, 

 capitulis majonbus et phyllis latioribus differt. 



Fruticulus humilis, procumbens, undique lana viridi-lutescente 

 clense vestitus. Rhizoma crassiusculum, apice raniosum, multi- 

 ceps. lolia 6-10 rosulatim disposita, sessilia, ovato-rotundata, 

 interdum mucronata, circiter 2 cm. longa, 1-2 cm. lata. Scopus 

 crassiusculus, vix 125 cm. longus, valde lanatus ; bracteae 1-3, 

 lmeares vel oblongae. Capitula 5-10, 1-2 cm. lata, in glomerulum 

 sublaxum conf erta ; phyUa circiter 15, ovata, subacuta, 2-9 mm. 

 longa, basi nigrescentia, supra scariosa, nivea. Pappus fragilis, 



m ?. 1 *"?" Szechuan ; without precise locality, Hen hi, 8922; 

 WUson\io m m " Pmtt ' 3W ; With ° Ut Pre ° iSe localit y' 



457. Saussurea acroura, Cummins [Compositae-Cynaroideael ; 

 atfinis 6. japonicae, DC, a qua foliorum lobo terminal! lineari- 

 lanceolato et phyllis apice insigniter albo-villosis recedit. 



Serba suffruticosa, caule simplici sulcato, circiter 70 cm. alta. 

 Jfoha omnia sessilia, 8-16 cm. longa, 4-8 cm. lata, subtus ad 

 nervos primarios pilosa, supra hirsuta, pilis rigidis appressis, 

 marginibus ciliata, basi auriculata auriculis dentatis vel acute 

 lobatis, pmnatisecta, 6-8-juga, segmentis lateralibns oblanceolatis 

 integris mucronatis circiter 1 cm. longisi 1-5 cm. latis, terminali 

 linean-lanceolato saepissime o-6 cm. lougo. Bracteae inferiores 

 foliaceae, superiores lineari-lanceolatae. Corymbi stricti. Capi- 

 tula 10 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata, circiter 4-fiora ; phylla dorso 



margimbusque sparse lanata, obtusa, apice insigniter albo-villosa, 

 breviter mucronata. 



Western China. Without precise locality, at 2000 m. 

 Wilson, 3894. 



458. Oreoeharis (§Stomactin) aurea, Dunn [Gesneriaceae]. In 

 sectione corollae lobis brevibus distincta. 



Herba scaposa, perennis, 20-40 cm. alia. Folia omnia radicalia, 



ovata vel oblongo-ovata, 8-11 cm. longa, grosse bicrenata, chartacea, 



supra omnino, subtus in venis tantum plus minusve dense hirsuta, 



acuta, basi leviter rotundata vel secus petiolum in alas irregulares 



breviter producta, venis crebris ascendentibus, petiolis molliter 



hirsutis, laminas aequantibus vel eis brevioribus. Scapa 20-40 cm. 



alta, apice in cymam irregularem multittoram bracteatam 



elaborata, tenuiter hispida, bracteis oblongis, plus minusve incisis. 



Flores flavi. Calyx ad basin 5-parlitus, lobis linearibus obtusis 



8-10 mm. longis molliter hirsutis. Corolla tubularis, supra 



medium constricta, 16-18 mm. longa, extus puberula, lobis 5, 



4 superioribus erectis, 1 inferiore reflexo, ovatis imbricatis. 



Stamina 4, corolla duplo breviora, in paribus distantia, ovario 



excedentia. Stylus brevis, stigmate explanato cupulari. Capsula 



3-4 cm. longa, 5-6 mm. lata, linearis, apice acuta, stylo cupulari 



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