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Hab. In Himalaya boreali-occidentali a Nepalia ad Kashmir 

 ad 2,000-8,000 ped. alt. mens. Aug.-Oct. florens. 



(8.) Lactuca brevirostris Champ. in Walp. Ann. V. p. 324. 



Glabra. Caulis 2-5-pedahs sursum paniculatus. Folia lineari- 

 lanceolata elongata integra sessilia, basi haud dilatata inter- 

 dum auriculato-hastata. Capitula elongato-paniculata, 12-20- 

 flora. Phyllaria interiora 6-8 inasqualia elongata oblonga ex- 

 teriora ovata lanceolatave. Achasnia valde compressa ecosta- 

 ta elhptica alata nigra in rostrum filiforme albidum achaenio 

 2-3-plo brevius angustatum. Pappus tenuis sordide albus 

 achsenio cum rostro longior. Pappus exterior nullus. Flores 

 caerulei. 



Hab. In Khasia ad 4,000-5,000 ped. alt. mens. Sept.-Oct. 



florens. In Assam (in collibus ?) In Sikkim in convalle flu- 



minis Rungeet leg. T. And. 

 Distributio. In Hongkong. 

 (An eadem ac Lactuca indica L. in DC. VII. 136 quserit T. 



Thoms. in ms.) 



(9.) Lactuca sagittarioides i. e. Lactuca sagittata Hook. f. et 

 Th. in Herb. Chondrilla sagittata Wallich Cat. 3270. 



Caulis puberulus simplex erectus fere nudus 1-2-pedalis apice 

 corymbosus. Folia, omnia subradicalia, hastato-triangularia 

 acuta aut sagittata, serrata aut integra, longe petiolata petio- 

 lo plus minus alato basi dilatato ; supra pubescenti-scabrida 

 aut glabrata subtus glabra. Folia caulina pauca bractesefor- 

 mia lanceolata basi latiora interdum auriculata. Corymbus 

 haud magnus ad bifurcationes bracteis lanceolatis ornatus. 

 Capitula parva 8-1 6-flora. Phyllaria interiora 8-12 anguste 

 oblonga asqualia apice vix marcescentia, exteriora parvula. 

 Acha3nium parum compressum utrinque 3-striatum minutis- 

 sime scabridum apice attenuatum albescens. Pappus tenuis 

 albus achaanio longior : pappus exterior nullus. 



Hab. In Himalaya boreali- occidentah ad 6,000 ped. alt. coll. 

 T. Thoms. [Nynee Tal T. Thoms. : Dhurmsala C. B. Clarke.] 

 In JSTepalia leg. Wallich. In Burma sup%riore ad Momyen ad 

 1,200 ped. alt. leg. J. Anderson. Mens. Jan.-Martio floret. 



Nomen Lactuca sagittata jam prseoccupatum est cf. DC. VII. 

 p. 136. 



Haac species cum nullo alio facile confundi potest. Sed multum 



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