SPECIES ASIATICAE, 211 
Y40\0 Lactuca tsarongensis, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species aliquatenus anomala; habitu nano, capitulo soli- 
tario nutante Cremanthodium simulante, achaenio vix rostrato 
bene notata. 
Planta 10-30 cm. alta radice elongata sat crassa orta. Caulis 
gracilis flexuosus glaber. Folia radicalia plerumque 4-6, anguste 
oblanceolata, 7-10 cm. longa, 1-1.5 cm. lata, apice ambitu 
rotundata atque abrupte cuspidata vel rarius subacuta, basi in 
petiolum alatum nunc haud bene discretum attenuata, margine 
remote et minute denticulata, in sicco membranacea, utrinque 
glabra, pallido-viridia, costa media conspicua, nervis tenuis- 
simis ; folia caulina 1-4, saepius linearia 1-3 cm. longa, nunc 
infimum ovatum acuminatum sessile; suprema sub capitulo 
nunc fere subulata. Capitula solitaria vel raro 2, nutantia, 
2-3 cm. longa et lata; involucri phylla biseriata vel subtri- 
seriata, ad 1.5 cm. longa, circ. 4 mm. lata, lanceolata, acuta, 
glabra nisi ad apicem minutissime puberulum, subglauca. 
Corolla florum ligulatorum circ. 2.2 cm. longa, oblonga, apice 
5-dentata, aurantiaca ; pappus circ. 8 mm. longus sordide albus 
setis simplicibus ; stylus circ. 2 cm. longus ramis stigmatis circ. 
2 mm. longis. Achaenia haud matura 2 mm. longa subteretia 
obscure vel vix costata apice haud rostrata sed paulo angustata 
glabra. 
“S.E. Tibet :—On Doker-la, province of Tsarong, Mekong- 
Salween divide, on open moist stony pasture. Lat. 28° 20’ N. 
Alt. 11,000 ft. Plant of 4-12 inches. Flowers deep golden- 
yellow, fragrant. Aug. 1918.’’ G. Forrest. No. 16,871 
A peculiar species recalling in some respects Lactuca Dubyaea, 
Clarke, but without the glandular hairs of that plant. 
‘Since the above was examined Mr. Reginald Farrer has 
collected in the Chimili Alps, Northern Burma, a Lactuca 
obviously closely allied and probably a rank-growing form with 
larger leaves and (in the two specimens) three capitula. 
eis = 
Yh sorma chimiliensis, W. W. Sm. 
Habitu elatiore, caule robusto substricto, foliis ee 
praesertim caulinis, capitulis circ. 3 majoribus a typo 
“North Burma :—Chimili Alps in damp alpine ican 
and marshes. Alt. 11,500 ft. Aug. 1919.” Farrer. No. 1180. 
»(4 Magnolia mollicomata, W. W.Sm. Sp. noy. 
Species ex affinitate M. obovatae, Thunb. (M. hypoleucae, 
Sieb. et Zucc.) et M. officinalis, Rehder et Wilson a quibus foliis 
ellipticis apice basique rotundatis infra molliter villosis utrin- 
