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114 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM 
Range. Lat. 27° 30’ N. Alt. 11,000-12,000 ft. September 
tg10.” G. Forrest. No. 6677. 
The plant was cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden, Edin- 
burgh, in the cold, wet season of 1912. It grew to a height of 
4 ft., branched freely from base to top with strict erect branches, 
while the inflorescences remained compacted and were slow to 
flower. The colour of the corolla was whitish at first, but the 
bloom was imperfectly developed; later, bluish heads were 
observed. In the wild plant the collector notes that the flowers 
were pale blue. 
Saussurea loriformis, W.W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis S. subulatae, C. B. Clarke et S. Hookeri, C. B. 
Clarke ; foliis loriformibus, bracteis dense et longe albo-tomen- 
tosis, inter alia distincta. 
Planta nana caespitosa, facie S. subulatae, stolonifera, multi- 
ceps ; radix crassa, superne (cum caule inferiore) foliorum pristi- 
norum vaginis siccis nigrescentibus dense obtecta. Caulis 
brevissimus, 1-3 cm. longus, foliis bracteisque velatus et 
capitulo solitario terminatus ; e caudice multicipite plerumque 
oriuntur caulis unus capitulifer, ceteri (5-6) steriles. Folia omnia 
radicalia, rosulata, circ. 4~8—fasciculata, suberecta (saltem primo), 
linearia, 3-4 cm. longa, 2-3 mm. lata, apice obtusa vel rotundata, 
basin versus angustata in vaginam brevem purpurascentem 
tomento denso albo celatam, integra, supra dense fulvo-tomentosa, 
infra dense et longe albo-tomentosa. Capitulum 2~2.5 cm 
diametiens, involucri phylla 1-1.5 cm. longa, lineari—-lanceolata, 
apice caudato-acuminata, basi dilatata, extus dense albo-tomen- 
tosa, intus (nisi apice ipso albo-tomentosissimo) glaberrima 
viridia. Receptaculi setae numerosae, circ. 5 mm. longae. 
Corolla (purpurea?) circ. 12 mm. longa; tubi pars infera angus- 
tissma 6-7 mm. longa, supera circ. 3 mm. longa; limbi segmenta 
circ. 3 mm. longa. Pappi series exterior setulis 2-3 mm. longis 
composita ; seriei interioris pili basi paulo coaliti plumosi circ. 
10 mm. longi. Achaenium immaturum, 2 mm. longum. 
“N.W. Yunnan, China :—At Pei-ma-shan, on screes at an 
altitude of 17,000 ft. July rgrx.’’ F. Kingdon Ward. No. 
4. 
The Saussureas of the Himalayan-Chinese Mountain-systems 
seem endless in their number and variety. The present species 
recalls Saussurea subulata, but differs widely in the leaves and 
bracts from the Himalayan plant. Saussureas are about the 
last survivors of the phanerogams as the limit of vegetation is 
approached in these regions, and the appearance of S. loriformis 
is quite in keeping with its habitat on the screes as 17,000 ft, 
