306 LXXVIII. COMPOSITE. (J. D. Hooker.) \Grepis. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; Lnchen, alt. 9-10,000 ft., J. D. H. KHASIA MTS. ; alt. 

 4-5000 ft,, Wallich, &c. CEYLON ; central province, alt. 5000 fr., Walker, &c. 



Radical leaves 5-10 by^-l in., caulinein Khasian and Sikkim specimens 2-3 in., 

 petioled or narrowed at the" base. Stem 1-3 ft., very slender, rarely divided. Heads 

 few and small for the size of the plant. Achenes % in., red-brown. I find no material 

 difference between the achenes of this and L.japonica which would warrant separating 

 them generically ; the name fuscipctppa is hardly merited, the pappus being not at all 

 brown, but of an inky grey or nearly white. 



8. C. acaulis, Hook. f. ; perennial, dwarf, quite glabrous, radical leaves 

 very narrowly obovate-spathulate linear or lanceolate obtuse or acute quite 

 entire or sinuate-toothed or subpinnatifid, flowering stem shorter or longer 

 than the leaves, heads few 1 in. long 10-12-fld., peduncle bracteolate, outer 

 in vol. bracts very small, inner linear, achenes ellipsoid narrowed at both 

 ends subcompressed strongly ribbed shorter than the soft silvery pappus. m 

 Microrhynchus glabra, Wight Ic. t. 1145. M. acaulis, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc.' 

 1877, ii. 208. Lactuca .glabra, DC. in Wight Contrib. 26: Prodr. 135; Clarke 

 Comp. Ind. 272. L. rigida, DC. I.e. Youngia acaulis, DC. Prodr. vii. 193. 

 Prenanthes acaulis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 403. P. glabra, Heyne, and P. rigida, 

 Ham. in Wall. Cat. 3264, 3263. Preuanthes sp. Griff. Noiul iv. 251 ; Ic. PL 

 Asiat. t. 469. Sonchus Metzianus, Schultz-Bip. in Plant. Hohenack. n. 522 and 

 1359. 



SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA ; from Jamu to Bhotan. LOWER GANGETIC PLAIN" ; 

 Maldah, Dinagepore, &e., CENTRAL INDIA. WESTERN PENINSULA; Canara and 

 Nilgherry Mts. ; common, HohenacJccr. BIRMA, common, Kurz. 



Hoot woody, straight, cylindric, sometimes a foot or more long and \ in. diam. 

 Leaves chiefly radical, 2-12 by -1 in., nerves faint spreading. Flowering-stems 310 

 in., sometimes very numerous, simple or dichotomously branched. Achenes \ in., 

 hardly beaked, with about 6 very thick smooth ribs and more slender intermediate 

 ones. 



9. C. Stoliczkai, Clarke Comp. Ind. 255; perennial ?, stemless, liirsutely 

 pubescent, leaves all radical long-petioled narrowly obovate-spathulate sinuate- 

 toothed or lyrate-pinnatifid, flowering stem erect naked sparingly corymbosely 

 branched and glandular above, heads in. long cylindric puberulous, outer 

 invol. bracts minute, inner linear obtuse not thickened in fruit, uchenes very 

 narrowly fusiform not beaked finely ribbed rather longer than the soft white 

 pappus. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA; Kashmir, Tilail, alt. 12,000 ft., Clarke; Lahul, alt. 0500- 

 13,000 ft., Stolicska. WESTERN TIBET ; Karakoram, alt. 14,000 ft., Clarke. 



Leaves very few and narrow, 2-5 in. long, obtuse, pubescent on both surfaces. 

 Flowering stems G-12 in., rather stout but soft, often copiously glandular above ; 

 peduncles usually short, naked, with a subulate bract at the base; invol. bracts 8-10, 

 green, with fainter margins. Achenes in., very slender, distinctly narrowed upwards 

 from the middle, red-brown ; pappus persistent but easily removed. Clarke compares 

 this with C. prcemorsa, Froel., and C. multicaulis,Ijfideb.; and he further suggests 

 that it may be Barkhausia Boylei, DC. (Prodr. vii. 157), but it has not the beaked 

 achenes of that genus, nor are the leaves sessile'. 



*** Pioneering stem 0, or very short ; heads few, siibsessile amongst the leaves. 



10. C. gracilipes, Ifook.f.; perennial, dwarf, glabrous, leaves all radical 

 elongate obovate or spathulate sinuate-lobed or pinnatifid lobes obtuse entire, 

 heads ^ in. long solitary on short slender 1-bracteate scapes, outer invol. bracts 

 very small, inner linear subacute, achenes (unripe) much snorter than the soft 

 silvery pappus. Lactuca, Sect. Chorisma, sp. ined., Benth. in Gen. PL ii. 526. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; alpine region, J. D. H. 



