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habitu ad J. sckhkimensem, Hemsl., accedit, sed statura minore, 
caulibus basi procumbentibus, inflorescentia omnino dissimili, flori- 
bus minoribus recedit. 
Descr. emend. Herba perennis, rhizomate verticali sublignoso. 
Caules numerosi, adscendentes vel prostrati, adpresse pilosi vel 
saepe patule setulosi. Folia 1-4 cm. longa, elliptico-obovata 
Flores minuti, i et suboppositifolii ; pedicel 
calycem tutes fructiferi Bee Sretintl Calyx dense sericeo- 
pilosus, 2°5 mm. lo st anthesim parum auctus, lobis 2 mm 
Fathers Doaailel inclusae. Nuculae 2 mm. Linge: rhomboideo- 
ovatae, tuberculatae, hispidulae, tuberculis setis minutis coronatis, 
dorso supra medium foveola ovata munitae. 
EasterN Tibet, Chumbi; Syampoo, King’s collector, 126 
(1884). 
This plant, which was originally discovered by Sir Joseph 
Hooker in Sikkim at elevations between 4000 and 4500 m., is the 
Eritrichium No. 14 of Hook. f. and Thoms. Kew Distrib., and the 
type of E. pustulatum, C. B. Clarke in Fl. Brit. Ind. lc. Additional 
nutlets are very similar to those of M. sikkimensis, having the 
same characteristic tubercles tipped with minute bristles. 
a60¥ 632. Microula Younghusbandii, eae [Boraginaceae-Eritrich- 
ieae|; affinis MM. tibeticac, Maxim., sed omnino minor et calycis lobis 
ssa is et suberectis, nuculis oni foveola lineari subapicali 
receden 
0 exigua, perennis, subacaulescens, tota appresse pilosa. 
Rhizoma verticale, 3-6 cm. longum, crassum. ola pati! bt 
vel al i, in cymata densa bracteata “dispositi ; ; bracteae (folia 
floralia) floribus longiores, oblongae vel iSeries obtusae ; hi 
calyce breviores. Calyx circa 2 mm. longus, prope ad_basin 
divisus, extra pilosus, lobis lanceolatis acenttinttl intus glabratis. 
Corolla rotata, 3 mm. diametro; tubus calyce paulo brevior, lobis 
obovatis ; squamae exsertae, subreniformes. Antherae infra 
squamas inclusae. Stylus inclusus. Nuculae laeves, ad dorsum 
supra medium foveola lineari crasse marginata instructae. 
EASTERN TIBET. a near the source of the Tista, 
at about 4850 m., riage 
an = Onosma longiflorum, Duthie 2 tl fe 
affinis O. Hookeri, C. B.. Clarke sed floribus oe longioribus, 
Sldmentia non dilatatis, nuculis tuberculatis differt. 
Herba perennis, basi suffrutescens. Caules erecti vel adscendentes, 
subangulati, sulcati, puberuli et setis patentibus rigidis albis induti. 
Folia subcoriacea, 4-7 em. longa et 5-7 mm. lata, utrinque minute 
