Lactuca.] lxxviii, compositj;. (J. D. Hooker.) 40D 



Miilgedium ? Lessertianum, DC. Prodr. vii. 251. Hieracium Lesfertiauum, Wdl. 

 Cat. 3254. Melanoseris lyrata, Bene, in Bot. Jacq. Toy. 101, t. 109. 



Temperate and Alpine Himalata ; from Easliir.ir, alt. 8-13,000 ft., to Sikkim, 

 alt. 0-16,000 ft. 



Stem 0-12 in.j'sometimes stout with many oi'eet lateral flowering branches, at others 

 slender and nearly simple. Leaves always membranous, Tritli nearly entire marj^'ins, 

 in one extrome form 6-8 by 1 in , very narrowly oblauceolate, quite entire, obtusa, nar- 

 rowed into a long petiole ; in another as long but broader, pinnatifidly lobed ; in others 

 1-2 in., entire or runcinate. Heads on long cr short flaccid peduncles; blackish, 

 sometimes densely villous with long hairs ; ligulcs blue. Achenes \ in. including the 

 stout beak, black, strongly ribbed ; pappus while or yellowish, very deciduous. — This 

 is nearly related to L. macrorhisa, though differing a good deal in habit and in the 

 achene. 



Sect. VI. Pereunial tall branched leafy hiBibs. Heads loosely panicled, 

 large, nodding or pendulous ; peduncle ebracteolate ; Invol. bracts broad, many- 

 seriate, outer gradually larger, all regularly imbricate ; ligules blue. Ashenes 

 long, narrow ; pappus white or yellowish, brittle. 



17. ICi. xaacrantba, Clarke Comp. Ind. 267 ; glabrous or pubescent above, 

 tall, stout, branched above, leafy, leaves large glabrous sessile oblong pinnatifid 

 acutely irregularly tootbed base witb broad-toothed auricles, heads few 1-1 J in 

 diam. campanulate peduncled terminating the branches inclined or nodding, invol. 

 bracts broadly ovate regularly imbricate ciliate inner oblong subacute, achenes 

 equalling the brown fugacious pappus flattened oblanceolate or narrowly elliptic 

 ribbed smooth narrowed into a stout paler beak much shorter than tb@' body. 

 Mulgedium macranthum, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. ^- T. 



Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 10-U,000 ft., J. D. H., Clarke. 



Stem 1-2 ft., usually very stout, smooth. Leaves 3-0 by 1-3 in., glaucous beneath, 

 terminal lobe usually triangular-ovate. Heads blackish when dry ; peduncles curved, 

 usually pubescent; ligules blue. Achates g-^ in. ; pappus rigid, brittle. 



18. Ii. bracteata, Hook. f. l^ T. in Clarke Comp. Ind. 270 ; hispid, tall, 

 simple or paniculately branched above, leafy, leaves sessile ovate or oblong-ovate 

 acute acutely toothed abruptly cordate or contracted into a cordate auricled 

 ^ampleiicaul base, heads |-1 in. broad many-fld. campanulate in open le^fy 

 panicles with long slender branches and peduncles or in leafy racemes inclined 

 or drooping, invol. bracts membranous broadly ovate subacute imbricate inner 

 oblong obtuse, achenes oblanceolate or narrowly elliptic smooth ribbed flattened 

 gradually narrowed into a slender white beak as long as the body longer than the 

 white pappus. Melanoseris bracteata, Hej-b. Ind. Or. H f. Sr T. 



Slkkim Himalaya ; Lachoong Valley, alt. 8-10,000 ft., J". D. H. 



Stem slender, 1-3 ft. Leaves tolerably uniform, 3-6 by ,1^-2^ in., membranous ; 

 those in the inflorescence lanceolate, acuminate. Heads rather numerous ; invol. bratJts 

 without white mai:gins, reticulated, speckled with red; ligules blue. Achenes \ in. 

 including the very slender beak ; pappus brittle. — This is somewhat intermediate be- 

 tween this section and Sect. IV. 



Sect. VIT. A perennial robust simple or sparingly branched leafy hispid 

 herb. Heads loosely panicled, large, nodding', clothed with black glandular hairs ; 

 peduncle ebracteolate ; outer invol. bracts few, narrow ; ligules yellow. Achenes 

 long, narrow ; pappus white, persistent, (DuBYiEA, DC.) 



19. Xi, Dubyaea, Clarke Comp. Ind. 271 ; leaves simple or the lower 

 lobed at the base or pinna,tifid, radical or petioled, cauline ovate hastate or 

 oblong-ovate sinuate-toothed, petiole winged, base ^-amplexicaul, upper sessile 

 oblong or cordatei base broadly aui-icled, heads 1 in. diam. few peduncled nodding 



