278 MICRORRHYNCHUS. TRAGOPOGON. SCORZONERA. 



Disiributio. In Asia occidentali. In Africa boreali et in His- 

 pania. 



Achamium (ut in tribus speciebus prsecedentibus) saepius 4- 

 angulare ; angulis e costis 4-crassis efformatis fere totam 

 superficiem achaenii ipsius obscurantibus : in Microrrhyncho 

 chondrilloidi hae quatuor costae basi magis conspicuse, quasi 

 productae, ut cornua quatuor deorsum directa a cl. DC. 

 descripta sunt. 



Tragopogon L. (Bth. Gen. 760.) 



(1.) Tragopogon junceum Wallich Cat. 3257 in DC. VII. 

 p. 115. 



Glabrum aut basi vix lanatum. Folia linearia aut lanceolato- 

 hnearia carinata basi dilatata amplexicaulia. Pedunculi 

 teretes. Phyllaria 5-6 corollis luteis breviora. Achaenia longe 

 attenuata rostro subtriangulari l u ngiora minute muricato- 

 scabra. Cauhs 1-cephalus aut peduuculis 2-5 longis monoce- 

 phalis ramosus. 



Hab. In Himalaya boreali-occidentali : In Nepalia mense Mart- 

 florentem leg. Wallich : in Nynee Tal mense Jun. florentem 

 leg. T. Auderson : in Simla ad 6,000-8,000 ped. alt. mense 

 Julio florentem leg. T. Thomson : in Hazara provineiae Pun- 

 jab ad 4,000 ped. alt. leg. Stewart. In Puddum ad 12,000 

 ped. alt. mense Aug. florentem leg. Dr. Stewart. 



Scorzonera L. (Bth. Gen. 762.) 



(1.) Scorzonera divaricata Turcz. in DC. VII. p. 125. 



Glabra, radice suffrutescente. Caulis ramosissimus divaricatus. 

 Folia filiformia brevia aut 4-6-pollicaria, curvata. Capitula 

 longe cylindrica c. 5-flora. Phyllaria interiora 3-4 elongato- 

 oblonga glabra aut cano-pubescentia : exteriora 3-4 sensim 

 breviora. Corollas flavse. Achaenium angustissimum c-unciam 

 longum glabrum. Pappus paullo brevior luteo-brunneus basi 

 sublanato-plumosus. 



Hab. ln Piti Himalayae boreali-occidentalis ad 9,000-15,000 

 ped. alt. leg. T. Thoms. mense Sept. florentem. In Pangee 

 et Kashmir boreah in multis locis ad 10,000-15,000 ped. alt. 

 mens. Aug.-Sept. florentem leg. Dr. Stoliczka. 



Distributio. In montosis Mongoliae. 



Plures species Scorzonerae a cl. Griflith in Affghanistan lectae, 

 hoc loco quasi extra-Indicaa sub silentio prceterniiss». 



