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196 PLANTAE CHINENSES FORRESTIANAE. 
are more carinate, less margined, and distinctly villous, while the 
capitula contain less than half as many florets. 
Cnicus taliensis, J. F. Jeffrey. Sp. nov. 
aulis 60-100 cm. altus, striato-sulcatus, dense setulosus. 
Folia supra strigillosa subtus villoso-setulosa, lanceolata, pin- 
natifida, basi attenuata, dentibus lobisque til raedita, 
caulina superiora semi-amplectentia, 5-6 cm. longa, inferiora 
sub-petiolata 15 cm. longa. Capitula solitaria vel 2-3 racemose 
ad apicem ramulorum disposita, sub-cernua, subrotunda, 4—5 cm. 
lata. Phyllaria araneoso-albido-villosa linearia, omnia aequalia, 
circ. 2 cm. longa exteriora et media spinulis simplicibus pectin- 
ato-spinulosa ; phyllaria intima mollia mutica. Flores atro- 
purpureae ; corolla 2-2°5 cm. longa; pappus sordide albidus, 
pilis plumosis apice paullo clavellatis compositus; achaenia 3 mm. 
longa, compressa, ellipsoidea, glabra, brunnea, 
“Common round Tali and the valleys north of Tali Lake. 
Elevation from 6700-go00 ft. Plant of 2-34 ft. Flowers 
deep purple, almost maroon. Yunnan, October 1904.” G 
Forrest. No. ro. Also Yunnansen, Maire, No. 1289. 
This species approaches C. Henryi, Franch., in the pectinate 
phyllaries, but the florets of C. taliensis are twice as long, and the 
leaves scabrid and much more spinous. 
Cnicus Forrestii, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Caulis 15-30 cm. altus, superne pridseoanasee we sim- 
plex, dense foliatus. Folia subamplectentia, media 12-14 cm. 
longa, supra pilosula, subtus praeter nervos pilosos glabra, nervis 
apice longissime pallidis spinescentibus horridis atque margine 
pte parvis praedita, ambitu ovata, alte pinnatisecta, segmentis 
trinque 5-8 subtriangularibus, basi lata saepe lobis 1-2 trian- 
reinstate auctis. Capitula 3-8, apice caulis conferta, sessilia, 
circ. 2 cm. diamet. Involucri phylla circ. 5-seriata ; exteriora 
lanceolata, margine et apice spinosa, interiora mollia, vix pun- 
gentia, linearia, acuta, apice haud dilatata purpurascentia. Pappi 
pili brunnei, circ. 12 mm. longi; corolla kermesino-purpurea, 
tubi pars infera angustissima, 5-6 mm. longa, pars supera cylin- 
drica, circ. 5 mm. longa, limbi lobi angusti 3-4 mm. longi. 
“Plant of 6-12 inches. Flowers corollas crimson-purple, 
anthers white, giving the head a ruddy grey appearance. Very 
boggy ground on the plain at the north end of the Lichiang 
valley. Lat.27°10’N. Alt. 10,000 ft. June1go6.” G. Forrest. 
No. 2373- 
Apparently allied to C. argyracanthus DC., but differing in 
the foliage and the soft inner involucral leaves. 
