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Suffrutex 1*5 m. altus (ex Hosseus) ; rarauli graciles, angulati, 

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

 ovata, apice acuta, basi cuneata, l'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 caudia 



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, 720m., Kcrr, 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 termdnali basi fere recto mar- 

 ginibus rectis vel nonnihil concavis sed nunquam convexis, lobis 

 lateralibus a lobo terminali hand tarn distantibus, achaeniorum rostris 

 multo brevioribus recedit. 



Herla 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 l'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, faciebus circa 



