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bracteis sublinearibus glanduloso-serratulis subpersistentibus, 
pedicellis,circ. 7 mm. longis pilosis. Calycis tubus campanulatus 
patenti-pilosus lobis triangularibus acutis in fructu circ. 2 mm, 
longis reflexis ; petala (ex reliquiis) circ. 5 mm. diametro alba ; 
stamina 20; styli plerumque 2-3 basi glabri. Fructus vix 
maturus, circ. 6 mm. longus, 5 mm. latus, sparsim albo-pilosus ; 
pyrenae sah ventre excavatae. 
Chin Mountains of the Chungtien. plateau, Yunnan. 
Lat. 27 . Alt. 10,000 ft. Shrub of 20 ft. In fruit. In 
open thickets. July 1913.’’ G. Forrest. No. 10,613. 
Wyqy9Cremanthodium gracillimum, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis Cremanthodio Decaisnei, C. B. Clarke sed 
habitu gracillimo floribusque kermesinis in hoc genere mail 
recognoscitur. 
Caulis simplex 15-20 cm. altus plus minusve sparsim fulvido- 
araneoso-villosus. Folia basalia 2-4 petiolo gracillimo 10-14 
cm. longo praedita; lamina reniformis vel orbicularis, circ. 
2.5 cm. diametro, basi cordata vel excisa, margine dentata vel 
crenato-dentata, dentibus 25-40 mucronulatis vel subobtusis, 
in sicco papyracea, utrinque primo sparsim araneoso-pubescens, 
deinde glabrescens; folia caulina plerumque solitaria, medio 
vel sub medio inserta, petiolo multo breviore praedita; sub 
involucro folia bracteiformia 3-5 subulata minima supposita. 
Capitulum seminutans: involucri phylla 12-15, circ. I cm. 
longa, circ. 3 mm. lata, lanceolata vel oblanceolata, acuta, 
marginibus late scariosa, extus medio araneoso-pubescentia, 
intus glabra. Florum ligulatorum ligulae circ. 12, fere 2.5 cm. 
longae, apice trilobatae lobulis apiculatis, ex collectore obscure 
kermesinae ; pappus circ. 7 mm. longus sordide albidus vel 
rufidulus ; flores disci circ. 1.5 cm. longi stylo longe exserto 
incluso; tubi pars inferior filiformis circ. 2 mm. longa, pars 
superior cylindrica circ. 6 mm. longa. Achaenia haud matura 
2 ee aequantia. 
‘‘ Upper Burma :—On moss-covered rocks, on granite cliffs 
in shade of dwarf rhododendrons, ridge of Naung-Chaung, 
Nwai divide. Flowers dullcrimson. 15th July rgr4.’’ Kingdon 
Ward. No. 1783. 
\49 Cremanthodium Wardii, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species nana ex affinitate Cremanthodii discoider, Maxim. ; 
foliis orbicularibus floribusque albis inter alia longe differt. 
Caulis simplex 8—1o cm. altus fulvo-araneoso-villosus. Folia 
basalia circ. 4, petiolo ad 3 cm. longo araneoso-villosulo praedita ; 
lamina reniformis vel orbicularis, circ. 1.5 cm. diametro, basi 
