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NOVARUM CHINENSIUM. II5 
Saussurea quercifolia, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species in grege “‘ Acaulis,” C. B. Clarke ponenda, ex affinitate 
S. subulatae, C. B. Clarke ; foliorum forma, capitulis aggregatis, 
pappo atrofusco conspicua. 
Planta nana caespitosa rhizomate praelongo (ad 30 cm.), 
repenti foliorum delapsorum vaginis nigrescentibus dense obsito. 
Caulis brevis circ. 4 cm. longus, hinc inde albo-flocculoso-tomen- 
tosus, capitulis 4-5 dense aggregatis terminatus. Folia fere 
omnia radicalia, ad 1 cm. petiolata, 3-4 cm. longa, I-1.25 cm. 
lata, elliptica vel anguste obovata, apice subobtusa, basi cuneata, 
grosse serrato-dentata, supra rugosula, sparse albo-tomentosa, 
pallide viridia, infra dense minute albo-tomentosa. Capitula 
dense conferta, fere sessilia, basi albo-tomentosa; involucri 
phylla obovata, circ. 3 cm. longa, albo- vel rufo-tomentosa ; 
corolla circ. 1.5 cm. longa, coerulea; pappus circ. I cm. longus, 
plumosus, atrofuscus; achenia vix matura, anguste obovata, 
circ. 2 mm. longa, fusca, glabra. 
“China :—N.W. Yunnan, at Atuntsi, scree plant at an 
altitude of 14,000 ft. September roi.’ F. Kingdon Ward. 
No. 73. 
‘Senecio cymbulifer, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species sectionis Ligulariae, affinis Seneciont lapathifolio, 
Franch. et Seneciont stenoglosso, Franch.; ab hoc foliis 
distinguitur ; ab illo floribus minoribus, ligulis ‘Givens recedit. 
Planta 60-120 cm. alta, erecta robusta. Caulis 1 cm. vel 
ultra diametro, striatus, albo-araneosus. Folia basilarja 1-2, 
ampla, ad 35 cm. longa, ad 25 cm. lata, elliptica vel obovato- 
elliptica, brevipetiolata, vagina magna praedita, basi vix cordata, 
apice rotundata circumcirca multidentata, dentibus parvis in- 
crassatis, sparsius utraque facie albo-araneosa, chartacea ; 
caulina pauca, 2-3, omnia vagina permagna cymbiformi praedita, 
petiolo deficiente ; supremum saepius ad vaginam reductum ; 
vaginarum albo-araneosarum orae denticulis glandulosis saepe 
instructae. Inflorescentia ampla, paniculata, 10-15 cm. dia- 
metro ; paniculae ramuli nunc contracti, inflorescentiam densam 
formantes, nunc praelongi, inflorescentiam diffusiorem prae- 
bentes, albo- vel fulvo-araneosi; bracteae lineares; capitula 
brevius vel longius pedunculata, mediocria. Involucri phylla 
8-10, ovato-lanceolata vel lanceolata, acuta vel obtusa, 7-8 
mm. longa, margine nigrescentia, extus puberula vel subglabra. 
Flores ligulati, 5-6, flavi, circ. 12-13 mm. longi; flores tubulosi 
circ. 12, flavi; pappus albidus fragilis 6 mm. longus ; achaenium 
immaturum I mm. longum. 
“ Plant of 2-4 ft. Ray and disc florets similar, yellow. 
Open mountain meadows on the eastern flank of the Lichiang 
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