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202 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
rotundata, basi alte cordata, margine laticrenata, crenaturis 
obscure apiculatis, in sicco papyracea, utrinque glabra, supra 
laete viridis, infra multo pallidior subglauca, nervis palmatim 
dispositis infra subconspicuis ; folia caulina 1-2, vagina ampla 
latissima saepe lamina multo majore instructa, petiolo 1-2 cm. 
longo, lamina reniformi 2—4 cm. diametro ; nonnunquam folium 
supremum ovatum, quasi vagina sine lamina; sub capitulo 
folia bracteiformia linearia 1-2 nunc inveniuntur. Caulis ipse 
capitulo solitario terminatus, infra glaber, supra gradatim 
fulvido-hirsutior, sub capitulo satis dense. Capitulum dis- 
coideum, in sicco 2—2.5 cm. diametro, basi sparsim villosulum ; 
involucri phylla ad 1 cm. longa, 3-4 mm. lata, oblonga, obtusa 
vel subacuta, glabra vel subglabra, in vivo atro-kermesina, in 
sicco nigrida. Flores disci aurantiaci; pappus fulvidus 4-5 
“West China:—Mountains of the Chungtien plateau, 
Yunnan, on ledges of limestone cliffs and on limestone screes. 
Lat. 27° 30’ N. Alt. 14,000 ft. Plant of 7-12 inches. Phyl- 
laries dull black-crimson; florets dull orange. July 1914.” 
G. Forrest.” No. 12,711. 
Cremanthodium Farreri, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis C. veniformi, Benth. et C. Decaisnei, Clarke ; 
a priore foliis subtus araneoso-villosis differt ; ab altero habitu 
elato,.foliis caulinis pluribus recedit ; ab ambobus floribus albis 
deinde vinosis distinguitur. 
Planta ad 50 cm. alta. MRadices non visae. Caulis erectus 
sat validus simplex primum tomento albido-araneoso detersili 
praeditus. Folia radicalia ex speciminibus haud bonis sejuncta 
petiolo ad 10 cm. longo basi late vaginato suffulta ; lamina 4—5 
cm. longa, circ. 4 cm. lata, ovata, apice plus minusve obtusa, 
basi subtruncata, margine dentato-crenata, papyracea, supra 
glabra, infra araneoso-tomentosa, nervis subpinnatim dispositis 
nec radiatim divergentibus; folia caulina 3-4, inferiora 1-2 
petiolo ad 10 cm. longo atque vagina ampla praedita (vagina 
nonnunquam foliacea margine dentata subtus araneoso-tomen- 
tosa), superiora I-2 nunc vagina amplissima dentata instructa, 
petiolo deficiente, vel sessilia basi plus minusve amplexicaulia ; 
lamina inferiorum reniformis ad 4 cm. longa, ad 7 cm. lata, 
dentibus apiculatis dentata infra araneoso-tomentosa nervis 
subradiatim excurrentibus; folia bracteiformia sub capitulo 
vulgo desunt, caule superiore longe nudo. Capitulum solitarium 
nutans circ. 4 cm. diametro basi albido-tomentellum ; involucri 
phylla circ. 20, ad 18 mm. longa, 3~-7 mm. lata, ovato-lanceolata 
ad lineari-lanceolata, acuta vel acuminata, infra tomenti floccis 
induta, supra sparsius, in sicco nigrescentia ; ligulae ad 2.8 cm. 
