PLATE 2214, 
PERTYA SINENSIS, Oliv. 
Composira. Tribe Muttsiacea. 
lis acro equilon 
angustatis compresciusculis longitudinaliter 10-costatis pilis_albes- 
ti in versus purpurascentibus erectis sericeis, pappi setis 
simplicibus rigidiusculis achzenio pauilo brevioribus. 
Han. China, Prov. Hupeh, Hsingshan, 9,000 feet, Dr. A. Henry 
(No. 6,982). 
Frutex, 6-pedalis, ramulis gracilibus annotinis sulcatis. Folia 2 
poll. longa, 4—} poll. lata. Involucrum fructiferam 4 poll. ongum. 
Corolla 5-fida segmentis angustis acuminatis. Anthere basi longe 
caudate, caudis per paria coalitis pilosulis. 
Soc. xviii. 72) as with sessile capitula, but we have specimens in which 
th 
Fig. 1, Floret. 2, Seta of pappus. 3, Anthers. 4, Style-branches. 5. Achene. 
All enlarged. 
