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apicem setoso-glandulosi; inflorescentia terminalis copiosa 
ramulis fere rectangulo abeuntibus, foliis reductis ovatis vel 
lanceolatis praedita. Capitula ovato-oblonga, 2 cm. longa vel 
ultra, basi 6-8 mm. lata, cernua, circ. 10-flora ; involucri phylla 
3-seriata, lineari-lanceolata, acuta vel acuminata, purpureo- 
viridia, setoso-carinata, exteriora subreflexa, circ. 1 cm. longa, 
interiora erecta, circ. 2 cm. longa, 3 mm. lata; ligulae coeruleae 
involucrum multo superantes, 5-dentatae, tubo extus glabro ; 
ovarium oblongum, valde compressum, faciebus 3-5-costatum, 
glabrum, in rostrum albidum gracile attenuatum, pappo albido 
fragili praeditum. 
“Plant of 1-24 ft. Flowers blue. On rocks and ledges of 
cliffs on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 30’ N. 
Alt. 10,000 ft. September 1910.’ G. Forrest. No. 6703. 
Also flowered in the Roget Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, in 
September 1912. 
05 Lactuca funebris, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species e grege Scariolarum; foliis atroviridibus, capitulis 
saepe apice glomeratis more Cardus palustris, floribus albido- 
caeruleis vel albidis conspicua. 
Herba 30-120 cm. alta, erecta, in scheda simplex (sed culta 
a basi ad apicem ramis erectis ramosa) succo lacteo praedita, 
radicibus fasciculatis fusiformibus. Caulis robustus, .5-2 cm. 
diamet. vel ultra, subteres, basi glabrescens, medio sparse, apice 
dense rufo-tomentellus, purpureo-striatus atque -maculatus ; 
ramuli similes, apice bene foliati. Folia infima et mediana sub- 
similia, alterna, crebra, petiolo 10-15 cm. longo, anguste alato, 
praedita ; lamina 9-12 cm. longa, 7-9 cm. lata, ambitu irregu- 
lariter et late triangularia, varie 3—-5-loba vel -fida, lobis oblongis 
serratis, serraturis apiculatis, supra atro-viridia, nigro-pilosula, 
nervis immersis, infra pallidiora, sparsius pilosula vel subglabra, 
nervis eminentibus ; folia superiora minus divisa, saepe fere 
integra, obovata vel oblanceolata, vel lanceolata vel lineari-lan- 
ceolata, acuta vel acuminata. Inflorescentiae numerosae caulem 
et ramulos terminantes et cymas breves axillares formantes ; 
capitula 5-20—aggregata, pedunculis brevissimis rufo-pilosulis 
praedita, circ. 1.5 cm. longa, circ. 7 mm. lata, 20—30-flora ; in- 
volucri cylindrici phyla exteriora lanceolata, 5-8 mm. longa, 
carina albo-setosula praedita, interiora lineari-lanceolata, I cm. 
longa vel ultra, subglabra, omnia arcte imbricata; receptaculum 
planum nudum. Corolla circ. 5 mm. exserta, sordide albida vel 
pallido-caerulea. Ovarum ovoideum, compressum, glabrum, 
apice in rostrum breve productum, pappo albo praeditum. 
“Plant of 1-2 ft. Flowers pale blue. Ledges of cliffs and 
humus covered boulders on the eastern flank of the Lichiang 
