226 SAUSSUREA. 



Capitula magnitudine speciei prsecedentis i. e. quam Saussureaa 

 Kunthianse majora. 



(8.) Saussurea s^ibulata nov. sp. 



Caules 1-12 e unico collo orti ^-1-unciales : ex his quidam 

 steriles quidam monocephali, omnes foliorum vaginis dense 

 stipati. Folium \ unciam longum lineare marginibus incur- 

 vatis apice subulatum fere glabratum, basi in petiolum vagi- 

 nantem latum membranaceum castaneum plus minus lana- 

 tum transeuns. Phyllaria ovato-acuminata fere glabra aut 

 sparsim lanata. Receptaculi setae nullae. Antherarum caudaa 

 tenues, lacerae. Achsenium lseve oblongum, acutiuscule pen- 

 tagonum. Pappi series interior fusca plumosa ; series exterior 

 multo brevior numerosa setosa. 



Eab. In Sikkim ad 17,000-19,000 ped. alt. coU. J. D. Hook. et 

 in Nubra (Himalayse boreali-occidentalis) ad 16,000-17,000 

 ped. alt. coll. T. Thomson. 



(9.) Saussurea Andersoni nov. sp. 



Caules 1-6 e unico collo orti |-3 unciales : ex his quaedam 

 steriles qusedam monocephalae omnes dense foliosi. Folia 

 glabra anguste oblonga dentato-sub-pinnatifida dentibus in- 

 terdum deorsum directis. Phyllaria elliptico-acuminata, in- 

 teriora anguste oblonga, glabra. Receptaculi setse nullae. 

 Antherarum caudae longae valde fimbriatas. Aehaenium 5-go- 

 num oblongum undique muricatum. Pappus sub-uniserialis 

 plumosus intense fuscus. 



Hab. In Sikkim ad 12,000 ped. alt. mense Oct. florentem de- 

 texit cl. Anderson. In Sikkim (verosimiliter inmonte Phal- 

 loot) coll. S. Kurz. 



/3. Caulis 4-5 pollicaris. Receptaculi setaa paucaa breves. 



In Sikkim ad 12,000-14,000 ped. alt. leg. Hook. f. et Th. 



Capitula magnitudine Saussurese Kunthianaa. 



(10.) Saussurea sorocephala Hook. f. et Th. i. e. Haplotaxis 

 sorocephala Schrenk. in Walp. Rep. II. p. 669 Aplotaxis 

 gnaphalodes Royle in DC. VI. p. 542. 



Planta 1-6-pollicaris : capitula congesta. Folia oblonga, utrinque 

 lanata, integra inferiora longius petiolata, rarius subdentata. 

 Phyllaria elliptica acuta, interiora membranacea glabra apice 

 longe pilosa (rarius apice subglabrata.) Receptaculi setse 

 achasnio breviores. Antherarum caudae longse laceras. Achas- 



