1x2 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM 
China :—N.W. Yunnan, near Atuntsi. 
The description is based on plants grown from seed obtained 
by F. Kingdon Ward. These flowered in July 1912 at the 
nurseries of Bees Limited, Sealand, near Chester, and also in the 
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. 
COMPOSITAE. 
qv Cremanthodium bupleurifolium, W.W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
aot 
Species affinis Cremanthodio plantagineo, Maxim. sed caule 
gracili glabriore, capitulo minore fere glabro, pappo deficiente, 
inter alia facile distinguenda. 
Planta unicaulis, r8—35 cm. alta, basi fibris multis erectis circ. 
4cm.longis induta. Caulis suberectus flexuosus, debilis, striatus, 
inferne glaber, superne minute tomentosus, capitulo solitario 
terminatus. Folia radicalia 3-4, petiolata ad 2 cm., oblanceolata 
vel subelliptica, 2-5 cm. longa, circ. I-5 cm. lata, apice subobtusa, 
basi cuneata, subintegra, chartacea, glabra penninervia; folia 
caulina 2-3, eis Bupleurt Candollit similia, 4-5.5 cm. longa, circ. 
1.5 cm. lata, oblonga, apice rotundata vel obtusa, basi angustata 
amplexicaulia, subintegra, glabra. Capitulum in sicco 3-4 cm. 
diametro, cernuum ; involucri phylla circ. 1 cm. longa, lanceolata 
vel ovato-lanceolata, acuta, glabra vel fere glabra, ligulae circ. 
1.5 cm. longae, lineari-lanceolatae, 5-nerviae luteae ;. achaenia 
immatura glabra; pappus nullus. 
“China :—N.W. Yunnan, at Atuntsi, at an elevation of 
14,000—15,000 ft. in alpine grassland. July 1g1r.”’ F. Kingdon 
Ward. No. 75. 
Lactuca Forrestii, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species Lactucae grandiflorae, Franch. affinis; capitulis 
minoribus multo angustioribus, involucri phyllis valde diversis 
facile distinguenda. 
Planta 30-75 cm. alta, erecta, robusta. Caulis 4-10 mm. 
diamet., infra simplex, in regione inflorescentiae ramosus, teres, in 
parte inferiore glaber, purpureo-maculatus et -striatus, superne 
pedunculique setoso-glandulosi. Folia radicalia petiolo ad 10 cm. 
longo valido praedita, 15-25 cm. longa, 5—Io cm. lata, runcinata, 
lobis grosse rotundatis indurato-dentatis, lobo terminali triangulari 
subacuto, glabra, subtus glaucescentia, nervis eminentibus ; folia 
— geet, ad 15 cm. longa, ad 5 cm. lata, Tuncinata, auriculis 
otundatis dentatis , Supra sp pilosula, infra 
an glaucescentia. ‘Rami floriferi | (praeter supremos) numerosi 
axillares, saepe foliis inferioribus orti, 3-6-cephali, praesertim ad 
