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" 342 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM GVARUM. 
1.5 cm. lata, ad medium sabkoesas: lobulis ultimis ovatis 
circ. 5 mm. longis obtusiusculis margine minute scabridulis ; 
folia superiora vaginis usque ad 6 cm. longis praedita. Umbel- 
larum pedunculi usque ad 20 cm. longi robusti glabri; involucri 
phylla 5-7, foliacea, 10-20 cm. longa pinnata vel bipinnata 
segmentis similibus eis foliorum radicalium sed angustioribus, 
vagina -+ magna praedita; umbellae radii 30-50, robusti 
glabri 7-10 cm. longi; involucelli phylla + to, linearia, non- 
nunquam apicem versus tripartita, complanata, dorso margine- 
que albo-glanduloso-serratula, 3-5 cm. longa, flores superantia 
viridia nec scariosa; umbellulae 30-50-florae ; pedicelli 6-8 
mm. longi. Petala obovata circ. 2.5 mm. longa, circ. 2 mm. lata 
apice inflexa albida. Ovarium (immaturum) atro-viride circ. 
2 mm. longum. 
“Plant of 2-3 ft, strongly aromatic. Petals dull white, 
gynaecium dark green. Root used medicinally by the Chinese. 
Ledges of cliffs-and rocky alpine pasture on the western flank of 
the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 30’ N. Alt. 12,000—13,000 ft. 
July 1910.” G. Forrest. No. 6188. 
Pleurospermum linearilobum, W. W.Sm._ Sp. nov. 
Species valde affinis P. foetenit, Franch. sed habitu elatiore 
foliis aliter divisis inter alia differt. 
Rhizoma sat crassum. Caulis 60-120 cm. altus, robustus, 
vaginis foliorum inferiorum hornotinorum et pristinorum mem- 
branaceis usque ad 10 cm. cinctus, glaber. Folia papyracea 
glabra subtus glaucescentia, vaginis angustis 4-5 cm. longis 
petiolis 6-10 cm. longis praedita ; lamina ambitu ovato-oblonga, 
8—1o0 cm. longa, 3-pinnata; pinnae primariae 3-4 -jugae; 
segmenta ultima circ. I cm. longa in lobulos lineares 3-5 mm. 
longos partita. Umbellarum pedunculi 15-20 cm. longi robusti 
striati glabri; involucri phylla 8-12, foliacea, 2-4 cm. longa 
pinnata vel bipinnata lobulis ultimis similibus eis foliorum 
- Tadicalium, vagina latiuscula praedita; umbellae radii + 25, 
robusti glabri usque ad 8 cm. longi; involucelli phylla 6-8, 
elliptica vel obovata, 5-Io mm. longa, nunc omnino scariosa, 
nunc | 4 parva viridi 3-5-fida apice praedita, flores sub- 
aequantia ; umbellulae + 2o0-florae; pedicelli 8-10 mm. longi 
glabri. Petala suborbicularia 1 mm. longa, alba. Ovarium 
(immaturum) circ. 2 mm. longum circ. 2 mm. latum ei P. foe- 
tentis, Franch. simillimum 
“ Plant of 2 ft. Flowers white. Shady situations amongst 
_ serub on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 
27° 20’ N. Alt. 10,000-11,000 ft. July 1910.” G. Forrest. 
hh abel Type. 
Plant of I-2 ft. Petals nian _ Shady openings in pine 
