ALABASTRA DIVERSA 148 
fem. 0-4 cm. long. Anthere omnino exserte, 0:2 em. long. 
— 0:1 cm., pappus 0°5 cm. lon 
distinct plant, somewhat like S. se ome 2 C. B. = in 
Seal. «sao but quite different in the flowering-head 
inensis, sp. nov. Caulibus sirapuisetes monoce- 
phalis bene foliosis alato-spinosis scabridis, foliis longe decurrenti- 
bus oblongo-lanceolatis spinose acuminatis ut ale stayinis crebro 
fere adusque medium 5-fida, antherarum caudis paullo tga 
styli ramis brevibus, acheniis adhuc valde crudis oblongi 
pressis apice brevitar umbonatis pluristriatis, pappi setis pivkints 
sordidis. 
ab. China, Kusan, Shensi Province; Father rt Scallan. 
Planta semimetralis vel paullo | elatior. Folia 5 0c 
0°8-1:0 cm., summa ll ites untia, 
peaiinhitilekioaas pag. sup. aliquantulum nitida; lobuli dum adsint 
triangulari-deltoidei, spina terminali haud exempta 0°6 cm. long 
Capitula 8-5 em. long., 2°7 em. diam. Involucri phylla exteriora 
circa 07 cm., interiora 1-3 cm., intima fere 2°5 cm. long. e- 
soptaula sete 1:0. ty long. Corolle in toto 2°5 em. long. ; tubi 
pars angusta 1:3 em., pars amplificata 0-7 cm., lobi 0-5 cm. long. 5 
hi lineares, obtusi, Anthere subinclu use, 08 cm. long. Stylus 
ad 0°5 cm. ae antheras ae as ejus rami 0°075 cm. long. 
Achenia 0°3 cm., pappus 1°5 cm. long. 
Nearest C. Davvphgitas Taree. y ybu t differing from it in the leaves, 
in ssh ring of the capitula, in the exceedingly narrow involucral 
GENTIANEE, 
Gentiana (§ Srevoeyne) Melvillei, sp. nov. Verisimiliter 
annua sparsim ramosa, ra racillim mis 4-angularibus anguli 
evanide carti on ciliolatis deorsum glabris, ges radicalibus 
ignotis caulinis bre petiolatis ovatis obtusiusculis basi rotun- 
datis marginibus seilede minutissimeque agetiiagitinb- Zeger 
or te 
lute calycem 8-plo excedentis tubo infundibulari lobis ovatis 
obtuse acutis eplinis unilateralibus denticulatis quam lobi brevioribus 
preedi 
bene evoluto manifeste longiore, stigmatibus revolutis, seminibus 
ambitu oblongo-ovatis alteris (abortivis ?) compressis alteris pingui- 
oribus a angulatis min ute scrobi 
Hab. Shan ‘States, wayinds “4 Pyinsamben, 3000 ft. ; Major 
Melville, 
