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mination of the genus. The minute fascicled leaves inserted on 
silky pulvini remind one of some species of Phylica. 
[Its closest ally is P. Bodiniert, Beauverd, collected near 
Yunnanfu by both Ducloux and Bodinier (in herb. Paris).—Diels. ] 
Lactuca Beesiana, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Caulis circ. 75 cm. altus, inferne glaber, superne puberulus, 
subsimplex. Folia inferiora tempore florendi evanida, media 
petiolo 2-3 cm. longo haud alato praedita, supra strigilloso- 
pilosula, subtus glabriora, alte pinnatipartita (cum petiolo), 
g-Io cm. longa, 5-6 cm. lata; segmenta utrinque 2-3 obscure 
rhombeo-elliptica, levissime repanda denticulisque minutis 
mucronulatis ornata. Folia superiora mox integra, lineari- 
lanceolata; summa _ bracteiformia. Flores inferi cymam 
paucifloram axillarem formantes, superiores solitarii, pedunculati. 
Involucri phylla pauciseriata, herbacea, purpurascentia, parce 
strigoso-pilosa ; exteriora lanceolata, interioribus I-1'2 cm. 
longis linearibus subdimidio breviora. Achaenia complanata, 
apice rostrata, circ. 6 mm. longa; pappus albus fragillimus. 
“Plant of 14 to 2 ft. Flowers pale blue. Grassy ledges of 
cliffs on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 30’ N. 
Alt. ro-11,000 ft. October 1906. N.W. Yunnan.’ G. Forrest. 
No. 3081. 
Allied to L. Henryi, Dunn (Henry No. 13494, of Southern 
Yunnan); but the leaf-blade of L. Beesiana is not decurrent into 
the petiole, the leaves are smaller and not scabrous, the segments 
not obtuse triangular but of a more rhombical form. 
15186 Crepis rosularis, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Caulis 2-6 cm. longus, inferne glabratus squamis membran- 
aceis anguste lanceolatis linearibusve, superne foliis inflores- 
centiam rosulato-cingentibus obtectus. Folia longe petiolata 
vel suprema demum subsessilia ; lamina tenuiter membranacea 
praecipue ad marginem floccoso-pilosa pilis brunneis, obovata 
vel subspathulata, obtusa, integra, uninervis, 1'2-2 cm. longa, 
I-1°3 cm. lata. Capitula breviter pedunculata vel subsessilia 
arcte conferta; bracteolae lineares ciliato-pilosae; involucri 
phylla circ subaequalia, lineari-oblonga, viridia, fere glabra, 
vix marginata subobtusa. Flores intense lutei, fragrantes ; 
ligulae alte dentatae. Achaenia (perfecta non visa) immatura 
compressa, pappus rufescens, fragilis, involucrum superans. 
‘Plant of 1-2inches. Flowers bright canary yellow, fragrant. 
Open situations on limestone drift at base of cliffs on the eastern 
flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 25’N. Alt. 11-12,000 ft. 
July 1906.” G. Forrest. No. 2776. 
Belongs to the Glomeratae, Hook. f., and seems to be nearest 
