CREPIS FUSCIPAPPA Benth. 

 PI. XVII, fig. 28. 



Fruit small flattened, lanceolate, broadest at about y distance from base; primary 

 ribs sharp prominent, intermediate ribs threadlike; transverse striae fine and inconspic* 

 uous ; bases of coarse hairs or small bristles preserved here and there. 



Length 2.9 mm., breadth 0.7 mm. Swalmen. 



Our specimen agrees with C. fuscipappa (fig. 29) in size, shape, character of the 

 ribbing, tranverse striation, celkstructure, and setose surface. It shows no resemblance 

 to any other species. 



Crepis fuscipappa is a mountain species of India, and of the forests of China, 

 from which Dr. Augustine Henry records it at a height of 5000 feet and 7000 feet, and 

 Mr. E. H. Wilson from the mountains of Yunnan at 5000 feet. 



CREPIS Sp. 3. 

 PL XVII, fig. 30. 



Fruit short oblong flattened, slightly narrowed below, suddenly narrowed at 

 the crown, but not constricted below the crown ; angled on the middle of the outer(?) 

 face ; longitudinal ribs strong and regular ; transverse striae very faint and only seen in 

 the depressions. 



Length 3.5 mm., breadth 1.2 mm. Reuver. 



We are unable to identify this species, which is very different from anything in 

 our collection. The occurence of a conspicuous angle on one of the faces suggests that 

 the specimen belongs to the outer ring of fruits in a head. Probably inner fruits would 

 not show the angle ; but we have at present seen only one specimen. 



GENUS? 

 PI. XVII, fig. 31. 



Fruit minute flat, oblanceolate, suddenly narrowed at the crown ; with a strong 

 central rib running up to the crown on one of the flat faces, and numerous faint longi* 

 tudinal striae. 



Length 2.0 mm., breadth 0.7 mm. Reuver. 



We cannot suggest the generic position of this fruit, which is poorly preserved 

 and seems to have germinated. 



GENUS? 



PI. XVII, fig. 32. 



The broken specimen shown in fig. 32 seems to belong to some large composite ; 

 but the apex is not preserved and the base in obscure. It shows a fine granular striation 

 between the large ribs and is not the same as the fruits illustrated on PI. XVII, fig. 30, 

 to which at first we referred it. Swalmen. 



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