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guste ellipticum apice attenuatum, utrinque 5-7-striatum 

 sursum minute hispidulum. Rostrum breve apice paullo al- 

 bescens. Pappus interior achsenio cum pappo brevior mox 

 sordidus aut flavescens exterior ex setis brevissimis in annu- 

 lum scabrellum coalitis constans. 



Hab. In Kashmir et provincia adjacente Dras ad 8,000-10,000 

 ped. alt. leg. T. Thoms. 



(12.) Lactitca macrantha Hook. f. et Th. sub Mulgedio. 



Caulis 1-2 pedalis villoso-pubescens apice corymbosus. Folia 

 caulina sessilia basi auriculato-amplexicaulia late elliptico- 

 lanceolata inciso-pinnatifida fere pinnata segmentis acutis 

 dentatis supra scabrida aut glabrata subtus glabra. Capitula 

 pauca magna longe pedunculata multiflora cyanea. Phyllaria 

 late oblonga nigrescentia marginibus conspicuis setis ciliata, 

 exteriora sensim breviora. Acha^nium compressum in facie 

 interiore 1-costatum, in facie utraque striis numerosis obscu- 

 ris percursum, undique minute hispidum ; in rostrum breve 

 concolor attenuatum. Pappus interior acha^nium fere aequans, 

 sordidus : exterior ex setis brevibus in annulum scabrellum 

 coahtis constans. 



Eab. InSikkim, ad 10,000-14,000 ped. alt.mens. Sept.-^or. 

 florens. 



(13.) Lactuca tatarica DC. sub Mulgedio VII. p. 248. 



Grlabrum subglaucescens. Caulis erectus superne paniculatus. 

 Folia pinnatifida oblonga, inferiora runcinata vix petiolata, 

 superiora minus incisa (interdum integra) marginibus serra- 

 ta. Capitula cylindrica c. 10-flora. Phyllaria interiora late 

 oblonga subacuta glabra stramineo-brunnea exteriora multo 

 breviora ovaha. Achaenium compressum striatum lasve rostro 

 concolore brevi cyhndrico coronatum. Pappus albido-strami- 

 neus achamio longior ; pappus exterior nullus. 



Hab. In Kashmir boreali ad 12,000-18,000 ped. alt. mens. Jul.- 

 Aug. florentem leg. T. Thoms. et Stoliczka. 



Distributio. In Affghanistan leg. Griflith. In Dahuria, Sibiria 

 et regione Caspica. 



(14.) Lactuca hastata DC. VII. p. 139 Chondrilla hastata 

 Wallich Cat. 3271 Sonchus hastatus Wallich Cat. 3250 Mul- 

 gedium cyaneum DC. VII. p. 249 Mulgedium Neilgherry- 



