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Species distincta, primo aspectu differt rhizomate fibris petiolorum 

 vetustorum destituto, calyce minuto obtuso nee acuto, ovario glabro, 

 praeter alia signa. 



58. Patrinia monandra C. B. Clarke var. sinensis nov. 



Specimina a cl. Potanin in Kansu orientali et Szechuan septen- 

 trionali lecta habent plerumque 2 et 3 stamina, rarius 1 ; videtur 

 flores ultimos monandros esse. Corolla parva, fructus et folia suprema 

 cum specimini himalaico optime quadrant; folia caulina et radicalia 

 plantae himalaicae in herb, petrop. desunt. 



59. Dipsacus chinensis sp. nov. 



Caulis 2-metralis ramosus sulcatus setoso-hispidus, praecipue 

 sub capitulo; folia setoso-hispida, caulina longe petiolata anguste 

 oblonga pinnatisecta, usque 8-jugalia, juga segmentorum alternatiin 

 parva et niajora, segmenta subpetiolata vel basi lata insidentia, late- 

 oblonga grosse-dentata usque lobata, segnientum terminale maximum 

 sed conforme, longe acuminatum; pagina inferior laminae pallidior, 

 supera pilosior; capitulum in pedunculo longissimo globosum, invo- 

 lucri folia lineari-lanceolata capitulo breviora recurvata herbacea 

 inermia ; paleae receptaculi oblongae in parte superiore paullo latiore 

 setoso-pilosae subito in spinam usque ad apicem dense pilosam abe- 

 untes, spina rigida vix recurvata paullo brevior quam palea; invo- 

 lucellum 4-costatum villosum, ejus limbus vix evolutus denticulatus ; 

 calycis limbus cyathiformis 4-dentatus, dentibus obtusis, utrinque 

 villosus; corolla villosa in dimidio inferiore cylindrica et subito cam- 

 panulatim ampliata, lobi subaequales solum dimidio partis connatae 

 ampliatae aequantes; stamina longe exserta, filamentor urn pars exserta 

 longitudine loborum, antherae atroviolaceae. 



Capitulum 50 mm. in diametro, palea tota sub anthesi 17, spina 

 sola 7, calyx 2 long, et in diametro, corolla tota 14 long., ejus pars 

 cylindrica 7, ampliata 7, lobi 2 mm. long. 



China borealis, prov. Szechuan septentrionale, prope oppidum 

 Sungpan, 3 Aug. 1886 et in valle fluv. Atu-lunva, 9 Aug. 1885 

 (Potanin). 



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