Plate 2491. 



SEWECIO (§ CREMANTHODIUM) PRATTII; Ilemsl 



CoMPOSiTiE. Sub-order Senecioxide;e. 



S. Prattii, Hemsl (sp. nov) ; scaposus praeter inflorescentiam 

 glaber, foliis omnibus radicalibus crassis subcamosis longissime petio- 

 latis cordato-oblongis apice rotundatis obscure remoteque calloso- 

 denticulatis, venis immersis fere obsoletis, scapo saepe solitario erecto 

 monocephalo vaginis 2 subfoliaceis instructo supra medium^ plus 

 minusve araneosis, capitulo ample nutante, involucri bracteis circiter 

 15 uniseriatis herbaceis araneoso-pilosis mollibus anguste oblongis 

 acutis radio multo brevioribus, radii floribus circiter 15 elongatis, 

 corollse Jimbo angusto ssepius oblique breviter bifido, achaeniis (maturis 

 non visis) glabris insequaliter plurialatis. 



Hab. Western China : chiefly near Tachienlu, Szechuen, at 9,000 

 to 15,000 feet, Pratt (Nos. 492, 548, and 593), 



Scapits 12-15 poll, altus. Folia cum petiolo 2^-6 poll. longa, petiolo 

 2-4 poll, longo. Capitiila 2^3^ poll, diametro. Bractem circiter 6 

 lin. longae. Flares radii l|-2 poll, longi. — W. Botting Hemsley. 



Fig. 1. A ray-flower, 2. A Dappus-bristle. 3. A disk-flower. 4. Anthers. 

 5. Apex of style and fetigmas. 6, A young achene. All enlarge i. 



