228 SAUSSUREA. 



la. Receptaculi setae numerosae achaeniis multo longiores. 

 Antherarum caudae longa3, paullum lacerae, minime lanato- 

 fimbriatae. Achaenia late quadrata 4-5-gona undique scabra 

 submuricata. Pappus uniserialis fuscus plumosus : achaenium 

 loco pappi exterioris submarginatum. 



Eab. In Yakla in Sikkim ad 15,000-16,000 ped. ait. mens. Oct. 

 floret. 



Capitula quam quatuor specierum praecedentium multoties ma- 

 jora. Species Dolomiaeam macrocephalam valde referens 

 ideoque verosimiliter = Saussurea sp. No. 40 in T Thoms. 

 Cat. : sed pappus plumosus, basi in annulum concretus. 



(14.) Saussurea gossypina Wallich Cat. No. 2910 Aplotaxis 

 gossypina DC. VI. p. 541. Saussurea sacra Edgw. in Walp. 

 Rep. VI. p. 282. 



Caulis 1-12-pollicaris. Capitula corymboso-conferta lana dense 

 involuta, et ssepe planta tota lana velata. Folia oblonga si- 

 nuata dentata subtus (et saepe supra) albide tomentoso-lana- 

 ta. Phyllaria, elliptica aut oblonga, subacuta, glabra apice 

 piloso-pubescentia. Receptacuh setae achaenio longiores. 

 Acha3nium oblongo-conicum 4-5-angulare laeve. Antherarum 

 caudae tenues laceraa neque lanato-fimbriatae. Pappi series 

 interior fusca plumosa, exterior multo brevior setosa. 



Eab. In omni Himalaya, a Bhotan ad Kashmir, ad 13,000- 

 18,000 ped. alt. sat frequens : mens. Aug.-Oct. florens. 



(15.) Saussurea ccespitosa Wallich Cat. 2913 Aplotaxis caaspi- 

 tosa DC. VI. p. 539. 



Caulis 6-12-pollicaris monocephalus. Polia elongato-oblonga 

 sub-linearia petiolata, dentata sub-pinnatifida, supra glabrata 

 subtus arachnoideo-tomentosa. Phyllaria auguste elliptica 

 acuminata dorso pubescentia. Receptaculi setas achaenio lon- 

 giores. Achaanium oblongum laave. Antherarum caudae lon- 

 gaa laciniataa. Pappi series interior plumosa fusca, exterior 

 multo brevior setosa. 



Hab. In Srinuggur (i. e. Kashmir) Wallich. 



(16.) Saussurea taraxicifolia Wallich in DC. VI. p. 532. 



Cauhs 6-12-pollicaris monocephalus. Folia (praacipue radicalia) 

 petiolata anguste oblonga (6-12-pollicaria) runcinato-pinna- 

 tifida sub-pinnata, lobis distantibus saepe deorsum directis 

 triangularibus acute dentatis aut oblongis, supra glabra sub- 



