

Plate 1734. 



SAUSSUREA LEPTOPHYLLA, Hemsl. 



Composite. Tribe Ctnaroide^:. 



S. leptophylla, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; ramosissima, facie foliisque 

 Jurinece elegantis et spp. aff. ; differt capitulis brevioribus pappi setis 

 uniseriatis etc. 



Hab. Shah Salim, at 9.700 feet; Gilgit Expedition, Dr. Giles. 



Herba 



Fulia 



angustissima, marginibus arete revolutis, pseudoteretia, 4-8 lineas 

 longa, caulina inferiora interdura 2-3-lobata. Gapitula terminally 

 solitaria, pedunculis foliiferis ; involucri bracteae 7-8-seriataB, rigid®, 

 rectaa, acutissimae, primnm leviter arachnoideae ; receptaculi pale® 

 angustissimae, achaaniis multo longiores. Achcenia glabra, matura non 

 visa ; pappus albas, flore brevier, setis longe plumosis, exterior nullus. 



Number 386 of Dr. Aitchison's Afghan collection of 1880, errone- 

 ously published as Jurinea leptolola, DC., belongs to this genus, and 

 is exceedingly near the present species, of which it may be a variety 

 with the lower bracts of the involucre distinctly reflexed.— * W. B. 

 Hemsley. 



Fig. 1. Section of leaf. 2. Section of receptacle. 3. Bract of the involucre. 

 4. A flower. 5. A bristle of the pappus. 6. Stamens. Enlarged. 



