119 



Stiff rutex 1'5 m. altus (ex Hosseus) ; ramuli graciles, angulati, 

 glabri, cortice cinereo-brunneo. Folia alterna, ovato-lanceolata vel 

 ovata, apice acuta, basi cuneata, 1*5-3*3 cm. longa, 1-2 cm. lata, 

 subcoriacea vel rigide chartacea, glabra nisi margine ciliolata, 

 distanter pauci-serrata, trinervata, nervis supra conspicuis subtus 

 prominulis ; petioli breves. Capitula pluriflora, 2*3 cm. longa ; 

 involucri bracteae circiter 6-seriatae, exteriores parvae, ovatae, 

 interiores lineari-oblongae, obtusae, rigidae, glabrae. Corollae tubus 



1 cm. longus, superne ampliatus, lobi anguste lineari-lanceolati, apice 

 revoluti, 0*5 cm. longi. Antherae circiter 0*5 cm. longae, basi caudis 



2 mm. longis ciliatis instructae. Achaenia vix matura, pilosula, 

 costata. — Hosseus, ii. p. 456 et Craib apud Hosseus, ii. p. 457 ; 

 Craib, Kew Bull. 1911, p. 402. 



Doi Chieng Dao, 2100 m., Hosseus, 405 (Herb. Kew! et 

 Copenhagen !). 



Gerbera piloselloides, Cass.— F.B.I., iii. p. 389 ; Coll. et Hemsl., 

 Journ. Linn. Soc, xxviii. p. 77. G. ovalifolia, DC. — Hosseus, ii. 

 p. 451. 



Chiengmai, on tops of ridges in open jungle on Doi Sootep, 

 1350-1500 m., Kerr, 621. 



Distr. N . India, China, Trop. and S. Africa, Mascerene Islands. 



Crepis acaulis, Hook. /., F.B.I., iii. p. 396; Coll. et Hemsl., 

 Journ. Linn. Soc, xxviii. p. 78 ; Hosseus, ii. p. 450. 



Chiengmai, 300 m., Hosseus, 442 ; Doi Sootep, 720 m., Kerr, 1727. 

 Distr. India, Burma, Assam, Yunnan. 



Crepis chloroclada, Coll. et Hemsl, Journ. Linn. Soc, xxviii. 

 p. 78. 



Chiengmai, in open grassy jungle on Doi Sootep, 1200-1500 m., 

 Kerr, 1108. 



Distr. Upper Burma, Yunnan. 



Crepis japonica, Benth. — F.B.I., iii. p. 395 ; Coll. et Hemsl., 

 Journ. Linn. Soc, xxviii. p. 78 ; Hosseus, ii. p. 450. 



Muang Fang, 300 m., Hosseus, 615. 



Distr. Japan south to Australia and west to Afghanistan and 

 S. Africa. 



Lactuca Parishii, Craib, ab affini L. alatipidi, Coll. et Hemsl., 

 foliorum lobis numerosioribus, lobo terminali basi fere recto mar- 

 ginibus rectis vel nonnihil concavis sed nunquam convexis, lobis 

 lateralibus a lobo terminali haud tarn distantibus, achaeniorum rostris 

 multo brevioribus recedit. 



Herba glabra, robusta, 12 dm. vel ultra alta. Folia caulina 

 inferiora petiolo 7-12 cm. longo alato suffulta, pinnatisecta, 

 14-31 cm. longa, lobo terminali deltoideo acuto 9-14 cm. longo 

 7-11 cm. lato, lobis lateralibus utrinque 2-4 supremis a lobo 

 terminali nunquam ultra 1 cm. distantibus plerumque lanceolatis 

 acutis 2-5 cm. longis 1*2-2*5 cm. latis, rhachi inter lobos alata, 

 membranacea, margine irregulariter lobata et praeterea distanter 

 denticulata. Capitula laxe paniculata, erecta, circiter 12- flora, 

 1*5 cm. longitudinis vix attingentia. Achaenia compressa, 0*5 cm. 

 alta, apice in rostrum 1 mm. longum attenuata, f aciebus circa 



