1916-17. 



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Tig. 11. Sedum crassipes, 



>) 14. „ ,, 



„ 15. Sedum Balfouri, 



16! Sedum 

 17. Sedum 



pachyclados, 

 Karpelesae, 



18. Sedum Levii, 



19. Seduin Farreri, 



20. Sedum sp. (Ward, 



764) 



21. Sedum bupleuroides, 



22. „ „ 

 23 



Plate IV. 



sucker. ^ • 



,, , cauclex-leaf of same, p 



seedling, three months, j • 

 ,, , four months, j- 



leaf of rosette, after drawing by R. 

 Hamet in Herb. Edinburgh. \. 



leaf of rosette. \. 



leaf of rosette, after R. Hamet's de- 

 scription. |. 



leaf of rosette, after R. Hamet's de- 

 scription. |. 



caudex-leaf of seedling. \. 



caudex-leaf of young plant. ]. 



caudex-leaf of seedling. \. 

 seedling, four months. \. 



„ , growing point of same speci- 

 men. ?. 



Cavea: a New Genus of the Compositae from the 

 East Himalaya. B3- W. W. Smith, M.A., and James 

 Small, M.Sc. (Plate V.) 



(Read 12th October 1916.) 



"^ Cavea, W. W. Sm. et J. Small. Genus nov. Gompositarum. 



Genus Inuloidearum ; in schemate Benthamiano apud 

 Plucheineas ponendum ; prope FlucJteam interim melius 

 allocatum a qua habitu, infiorescentia, receptaculo abunde 

 differt; ab Inuloideis aliis aliquatenus remotum ; certe 

 habitu Saussureann vel Berardiann simulat sed characteres 

 florales baud conveniunt. 



Herba perennis. Caules solitarii vel bini subscaposi plus 

 minusve foliosi capitulum unicum gerentes. Folia alterna 

 dentata vel denticulata. Capitula magna heterogama 

 subglobosa fioribus exterioribus ^ multiseriatis fertilibus, 

 floribus disci ? cire. 20-30 sterilibus. Involucri phylla 

 multiseriata imbricata lanceolata vel lineari-oblonga ex- 

 teriora lierbacea interiora plus minusve scariosa. Recepta- 

 culum convexum fimbrillatum. CoroUae pallidoTpurpureae 

 vel sordide albidae. Corollae $ filiformes, .stylo suo 

 longiores, apice 3-4-denticulatae ; corollae ? regulares 

 tubulosae alte 5-lobae. Antherae basi breviter atque 



