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selves. The present var, 5 may at once be distinguished from var. 
Baca loidie by the more Bungee ligules (9-12), and the much 
narrower scarious margins of the inner (upper) scales of the 
anthodium, which in the latter form are broadly membranous, and 
ungarian specimens in Herb. Kew. The locality given by 
Linneus, “in Hungaria interamni,”’ refers to this form of the 
species. 
= Aster canescens Simk., A. canus Baumg., A. dracunculotdes 
d. exaltatus Barth, 4. punctatus W., Waldst. & Kit., Crinita 
pune Moénch, Galatea punctata Cassini, ’ Galatea Sasbiices Nees, 
Linosyris punctata Cand., Galatella punctata var. grandiflora Lallem., 
Ind. sem. hort. Petropolit. viii. n. 1238 (1841). 
squamosus.—Folia eee linearia. Pedicelli polyphylli, apice 
oontartin: 6 Sige Anthodium basi conicum, hand rotundatum. 
ar circiter 10. Discus a atid orus. 
salt swamps in the delta of the Volga, near Astra- 
khan (Bie wal ald): E. Bokhara (Regel, 1883, It. Turkestan.‘ Gala- 
tell reaipag ed bee Herb. Kew.). 
Syti Bieb., A. dracunculoides Kichw. 
a eae —Folia inferiora oblonga trinervia, superiora 
oblongo-linearia trinervia nervis ateralibus incompleti s (ut in 
var. 8). Corymbus simplex vel ramosus. Calathia minuseula. 
Anthodium basi conicum, haud rotundatum. Ligule 5, vel 
pauciores. 
Hab. Asiatic Russia. Along the R. Charysh, a tributary of 
the Ob, in the prov. of Tomsk (ex Ledebour) ; at 1860 metres near 
1879, Pl. exs. Tu oo n Herb. Kew.—labelled ‘‘ Galatella 
punctata var. parviflo: 
s puactate ie "angustifolia Ledeb. Fl. Rossica, ii. p. aoe 
A Central Asian form analogous to var. angustifolius of W. Eur 
but more strict in habit, v with smaller flower-heads and fewer on 
§. dracunculoides aus strictus sulcatus dense foliatus, in 
corymbum brevem obconicum solutus. Folia lineari-oblo 
apicem usque trinervia, muerone calloso apiculata, a basi oblique 
patentia, rei quam in varr, B, y, 8; superiora subfaleata fere 
levia, punctis glandulosis raris sepe nullis (immersis) micantia. 
nee mbus compactus plusminus obconicus leviter pa Se ramis 
aeyeabul terminatis, psi tenuibus. Pedicelli strioti tenes. 
Bracter 1-2, exigue subulate adpresse, interdum nulle. Calat 
minora quam in varr. B, y, 5. Periclinium fere oblongum, An- 
thodium pallidum nec coloratum, vel squamis internis apice pur- 
purascentibus; squamz 4-seriatw, late membranaceo-marginate, 
carina virente percurs#, alie obsolete trinervix, externe acute, 
interne obtuse. Ligule 5-6. Flores disci 4-7 (vel rarius 8-9). 
Semen fuscum, 
