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Another allied species is C. Cerberus, Vaniot (of Kwei chou), 
but this has the leaves less widened at the base, with less pungent, 
much shorter teeth, and the upper part of the stem nearly free 
from leaves. 
Saussurea gossypiphora, Don. Prodr. Nep., p.168,non Franchet, 
in Journ. de Bot. ii (1888), 359. 
“Plant of 6-12 inches. Flowers dark crimson. Sheltered 
situations amongst boulders on barren, wind-swept ridges on 
the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 15’ N. Alt. 
16,500-17,000 ft. August 1906.”” G. Forrest. No. 3006. 
“This was the extreme limit of vegetation, and was situated 
higher than No. 3005, which again was higher than any other 
species. Close to limit of perpetual snow.” 
t was apparently not collected by Delavay, no Yunnan 
specimen being present in the Paris Herbarium. The plant 
named so by Franchet is the following S. leucoma, Diels. 
This plant is very similar to some Sikkim forms in its entire 
leaves, but the teeth of the leaves are more obtuse. The hairs 
of the inner involucral bracts and the pappus are blackish. 
The outer involucral bracts are soft, densely clothed with 
white wool, about 2°5 cm. long, 0’2 cm. broad, the inner ones 
smaller, but also very narrow, coriaceous, about 1°3 cm. long, 
0°15 cm. broad, with long linear tips. The corolla tube has a 
slender lower part of 0°25 cm., the upper part is cylindrical, 0°6 
cm. long, the segments of the limb 0°15 mm. long. The pappus 
is uniseriate. 
u67?? Saussurea leucoma, Diels. Sp. nov. 
oe gossypiphora, Franch., in Journ. de Bot. ii (1888), 359 
n Don. 
‘2 Cathe crassus, saepe repens vel procumbens. Caulis 
7-15 cm. longus, densissime foliatus. Folia basi arachnoideo- 
lanuginosa, antrorsum glabrata, patentia vel superiora deflexa, 
alte pinnatifida, segmentis falcatis late linearibus obtusis, inferiora 
5-6 cm. longa, 1°5-1°8 cm. lata, superiora reducta, summa fere 
integra. Capitula numerosa e foliis exserta. Involucri phylla 
extima linearia, acuta, dense lanuginosa, circ. 1°5 cm. longa, 
o'2 cm. lata, interiora praeter partem mediam subcoriaceam 
hyalino-scariosa, non nisi apice ipso pilis albis lanuginosis praedita, 
circ. o°9g-1'I cm. longa, 0°4 cm. lata. Corolla saturate coeruleo- 
purpurascens ; tubi pars infera angusta 0°5-0°6 cm. longa, supera 
0°35 cm. longa ; limbi segmenta 0°25 cm. longa. 
“Plant of 3-6 inches. Flowers deep _bluish-crimson. 
Sheltered situations amongst boulders on barren wind-swept 
ridges on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27°15’N. 
Alt. 16-16,500 ft. August 1906.” G. Forrest. No. 3005. 
