crepis. 253 



oblonga runcinato-pinnatifida, infima petiolata, caulina 6-1 2- 

 pollicaria sessilia aurito-amplexicaulia, suprema lanceolata 

 parum incisa : supra scabra subtus villosa. Pedunculi apice 

 incrassati. Capitula magna. Phyllaria pluriseriata, exteriora 

 sensim breviora, oblongo-lanceolata puberulo-villosa et sarpe 

 marginibus ciliata. Plores aureo-flavi. Achsenium laeve an- 

 guste oblongum sursum subattenuatum baud rostratum, 

 Pappus albus setosus minute scabridus. 



Sab. In Himalaya boreali-occidentali ad 7,000-9,000 ped. alt. 

 in Dalhousie et Chumba mens. Sept.-lSTov. florens. In Budra- 

 wur provincia? Kashmir ad 7,000 ped. alt. leg. Dr. Stoliczka. 



Exempla a me in Dalhousie et Cbumba lecta cum exemplis au- 

 tbenticis Crepidis Sibiricas a borto Petropolitano missis (in 

 Soongaria lectis) comparavi. 



(4.) Cr&pis lyrata Btb. i. e. Toungia lyrata Cass. 



Prenantbes procumbens Boxb. Plor. Ind. III. p. 404 Cbondril- 

 la runcinata Wallich Cat. 3272. Youngia Thunbergiana, 

 runcinata, napifolia, Poosia et ambigua DC. VII. pp. 192, 

 193. Youngia fastigiata et striata DC. VII. p. 193 Miq. Plor. 

 Ind. II. p. 114. [Youngia ? acaulis DC. estMicrorrhynchus] 

 Youngia napifolia Wight Icon. t. 1147 et Herb. No. 1678. 



Caulis 6-30-pollicaris, glaber aut tenuiter villosus, simplex aut 

 ramosus, sursum nudus aut parce foliosus. Poha lyrata run- 

 cinata aut pinnatifida, glabra vel piloso-pubescentia. Capitula 

 parva cylindrica glabra. Phyllaria interiora 8 angnste oblon- 

 ga sub-uniseriala, exteriora parva pauca. Achamium oblon- 

 gum striatum apice constrictum haud rostratum, in humeris 

 saltem minute scabridum. Pappus tenuis albidus. Achamium 

 evolutum, curvatum compressum, dorso convexum 5-stria- 

 tum margines versus estriatum, facie interiore a media linea 

 elevata costatum utrinque 4-5-striatum. 



Hab. In omni India et Birma vulgaris, ad 7,000 ped. alt. ad- 

 scendens : fere toto anno florens. In Zeylauia Thwaites O. 

 P 1747. 



Distributio. In Malaya, China, et Japonia. 



Achsenium, in exemplis bene evolutis, distincte compressum 

 marginibus subacutis : in exemplis minoribus, subtriangu- 

 lare. Subgenus Yoxmgia (mihi) cum Lactuca melius quam 

 cum Crepide associare potest. 



