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Plate 2495. 



ASTER BOWEEII, Hemsl 



CoMPOsiT.E. Sub-order Asteeoide.^. 



A. Bowerii, HeynsL in Journ. Linn, Soc, xxx. 113; pereiinis, 

 nanus, hispid ulo-hirsutus, caule simplice vel e basi pauciramoso mono- 

 oHgocephalo, foliis lineari-spatliulatis obtusis vel rotundatis utrinque 

 pills longis albidis vestitis, capitulis radiatis, involucri bracteis nume- 

 rosis sub-biseriatis lineari-lanceolatis acutis pilose -hirsut is, achseniis 

 clavatis parce hirsutis simul nigro-niaculatis, pappi setis fulvidis leviter 



scabridis fragilibus. 



Hab. Tibet : sandy, gravelly soil on hillsides at 18,000 ft., Thorold ; 

 Gooring Valley, lat. 30^ 12' N., long. 90° 25' E., at about 16,500 ft., 

 £ittledale. 



Planta 1-5 poll. alta. Folia 3-12 lin. longa. Capitula^-lb lin. 

 diametro. 



This may prove to be specifically tlie same as A.flaccidus, Bunge, a 

 native of the Alatau Mountains, Turkestan.— W. Botting Hemsley. 



Fig. 1. A Lract of the involucre. 2. A ray-flower. 3 Pappus -bristle. 4. A 

 disk-flower. 5. Anthers. 6. Apex of style. 7. Achene from which the pappus has 

 fallen. All enlarged. 



