Plate 1732. 



TRICHOLEPIS TIBETICA, HooJc. f. et Thorns. 



Composite. Tribe Cynaroide^. 



T. tibetica, Hook. f. et Thorns.; involucri bracteis exterioribus 

 brevibns aculeiformibus patulis, interioribus linearibus longioribus sea 

 quam flores brevioribus, achseniis costatis simul rugulosis. — Clarke, 

 Compositce Indicce, p. 241. 



Hab. Doyan, south of the Hindu Kush, at 7,000 feet; Gilgit 

 Expedition, Dr. Giles. — Also in North- west Himalaya. 



The short, prickle-like, somewhat spreading outer bracts of the 

 involucre, and the ribbed, rugulose achenes characterise this species, 

 which is otherwise very much like Tricholepis spartioides, Clarke 



(Plate 1733).— W. B. Hemsley. 



Fig. 1. Section of a capitulum with the flowers removed. 2. Intermediate bracts 

 of the involucre. 3. A flower. 4. A bristle of the pappus. 5. Anthers. 6. r& 

 of style with stigma, 7. Achene. Enlarged. 



