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subtus pallide cinereo-pannosa, lanceolata, minute repando- 
denticulata denticulis mucronulatis, apice acuta (inferiora et 
media), 15-18 cm. longa, 4°5-5°5 cm. lata; nervi subtus rufiduli, 
nervuli supra paulum insculpti. Folia summa capitulo appro- 
pinquata patentia. Capitula ad apicem ramorum _ solitaria. 
Involucri phylla laxius imbricata, subcoriacea, lutescentia, 
margine foliacea herbacea ibique sublacera, exteriora late ovata 
circ. 0°6 cm. longa, _ spathulato- -linearia ad 1°5 cm. longa. 
Corolla purpureo-ro tubi circ. 1°2 cm. longi pars supera 
(4 mm. longa) ae patelliformis, limbi lobi angusti, circ. 
2.5 mm. longi; ovarium glabrum. Pappi pili plumosi sub- 
aequales uniseriati. 
“Plant of 20-24 inches. Flowers purplish-rose. Shady, 
grassy openings in pine forests on the eastern flank of the 
Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 20’N. Alt. 10o-11,000 ft. September 
1904.” G. Forrest. No. 2940. 
This species is not very like any of the Yunnan Saussureae 
known to me; it is easily recognised by its foliage and involucre. 
Jurinea edulis, Franch., f. caulescens, Franch., in Journ. de 
Bot. vii (1894), 22. Saussurea edulis, Franch., in Journ. 
de Bot. 11 (1888), 337 pro parte. 
Caulis ad 30 cm. altus apicem versus foliosus, glabratus. 
Folia breviter petiolata, ambitu late ovata, herbacea, ad 12 cm. 
longa, profunde inciso-lobata subpinnatifida lobis dentatis ; Saepe 
tenuiora, pallidiora, capitulum amplum obvallantia, suprema in 
involucri phylla (exteriora 3 cm. longa, 1°2 cm. lata), purpur- 
ascentia apice ciliata mucronulata transeuntia. Capitulum 
solitarium, 5 cm. longum, 6 cm. latum, flores saturate purpureo- 
kermesini. 
“Plant of 9-18 inches. Flowers deep purple-crimson. Open 
mountain meadows on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. 
Lat. 27° 30’N. Alt. 11-12,000 ft. September 1906.’’ G. Forrest. 
No. 3002. 
Jurinea berardioidea, Franch. (sub tit. var.). Jurinea edulis 
B berardioidea, Franch., in Journ. de Bot. viii (1894), 22. 
Saussurea edulis, Franch., in Journ. de Bot. ii (1888), 337 
pro parte. 
Caulis brevis, 3-8 cm. altus, foliatus, pubescens. Folia longius 
petiolata, lamina crassius herbaceo-papyracea, magis pilosa, 
late-elliptica vel fere suborbiculata, leviter crenata vel repando- 
lobata, suprema demum fere sessilia. Capitulum solitarium 5 cm. 
longum, 4°5 cm. latum. Involucri phylla crassa, vix purpur- 
ascentia, latissime ovata, exteriora 2°5 cm. longa, 18 cm. lata. 
“Plant of 1 inch. Flowers pale purple. Open, barren 
