272 LACTUCA. 



Pappus fasco-flavescens subuniserialis achsenium cum pappo 

 subsequans. 



Eab. In Khasia ad 3,000-5,000 ped. alt. mens. Sept.-Nov. flo- 

 rens frequens. In Assamia leg. Simons. In Nepalia leg. 

 Wallich. 



(22.) Lactuca glabra DC. VII. p. 135 Microrrhynchus glaber 

 Wight Icon. t. 1145 Prenanthes acaulis Roxb. Flor. Ind. III. 

 p. 403. 



Glabra. Caulis 4-24-pollicaris nudus dichotome ramosus. Folia 

 linearia aut spathulato-oblonga nunc integra nunc ciliato- 

 serrata nunc sinuato-dentata 4-6-pollicaria. Capitula corym- 

 bosa angustius cylindracea G-S-floi^a floribus flavis. Phyllaria 

 interiora 5-8 lineari lanceolata margine scariosa, exteriora 

 parvula. Achsenium columnare vix compressum apice angus- 

 tatum truncatum stramineum costis 4-5 crassis lsevibus. Pap- 

 pus niveus sub-uniseriahs, achaenio longior, tenuis. 



Eab. In India et Burma late sparsaneque communis, ad 2,000- 

 6,000 ped. alt. mensibus Jan.-Maio praecipue florens. In Sik- 

 kim : in Assam : in Pcgu forma major bipedalis : in Benga- 

 lia occidentali et India centrali : in montibus Nilgherry. In 

 Tenasserim et Burma superiore. [Haec species mihi videtur 

 potius Microrrhynchus. ] 



(23.) Lactuca polycephala DC. sub Ixeride VII. p. 151 inclusa 

 Ixeride fontinali DC. VII. p. 151. Chondrilla longifolia 

 WaJlich Cat. 3274 et Chondrilla fontinalis WalhchCat. 3268. 



Caulis 6-24-pollicaris debihs dichotome-ramosus glaber aut 

 puberulus. Foha cauhna sessilia, basi auriculato-hastata, 

 lanceolato-linearia integra aut remote denticulata, glabra aut 

 subtus pilosula. Foha inferiora petiolata magis dentata vel 

 pinnatisecta lobis linearibus remotis. Capitula ovalia parva 

 multiflora floribus flavis. Phyllaria interiora glabra glauca 

 e basi elliptica lanceolata, exteriora parva laxa squamiformia 

 puberula. Achaenium rufescens anguste elhpsoideum haud 

 compressum costis 10 acutis percursum in rostrum achaenio 

 fere 2-plo brevius filiforme attenuatum. Pappus subuniseria- 

 lis tenuis achaenio cum rostro paullo brevior. 



Hab. In Burma, Bengalia, Assamia, Sikkim, Nepaha, planitie 

 Grangetica superiore et Aflghanistan, ad 1,000-4,000 ped. 

 alt. : mens. Nov.-Martio florens. 



