426 MK. N. D. SIMPSON ON THE I'LANTH OF 



setee barbellatse, 1-2 cm. longaj ; achenium cylindricum, glabruni, striatum, 

 0-4 cm. longum ; styli rami O'l cm. longi. 



No. 50. On mountain-sides above 2150 m. where the soil is moist and 

 peaty, forming alpine meadows, or on dry shady slopes, Western Tannu-ola 

 Mts. and the north and south slopes of the mountains at the head of the 

 Saklya River. 



ECHINOPS KiTRO, Linn. 



No. 146. Stony desert on hill-sides at 750 m. in the Kran River valley. 

 Distribution. Southern Europe, Persia, Turkestan, and the Altai. 



(Jarduus aectioides, Linn. ? 



No. 449. A member of the Larch association, Sabieff on the Lower 

 Bei Kem. 



Distribution. Southern Europe and Russia. 



Cnicus igniarius, Bentli. S,- Hook. f. 



No. 206. Low desert hills, Kara Daba Pass. 



Distribution. Throughout Siberia. 



Cnicus sereatuloides, DC. 



No. 125. Southern aspects from 900 to 1700 m., southern Great Altai 

 Mts., Upper Kran River, and basin of Black Irtish. 



Distnbutiori. Northern Mongolia, the Altai, and Turkestan. 



Sacssueea Pricei^ X D. Simpson, sp. n. (PI. 21. figs. 1-7.) 

 Affinis S. came, Ledeb., sed caulibus pygmwis, foliis supra laxe araneosis 

 subtus dense albo-tomentosis, capitulis latioribus, corollas tubo supra medium 

 asymetrice dilatato distincta. 



Herha perennis, pygmtt'u, 1-2 caulibus e rhizomate lignescente, foliorum 

 pristinorum rudinientis fuscis obtectis : caules erecti, 6-7 cm. alti, apice 

 polycephali, dense cano-tomentosi. Folia lanceolata, sinnuato-dentata, longi- 

 tudine 2-4 cm., latitudine O'5-l cm., subtus dense albo-tomentosa supra 

 leviter incauo-araneosa, margine revoluta. Cupitula pedunculata, erecta, 

 5-7 vel plura, dense congesta ; involucrum oblongo-turbinatuni, parce 

 lanatum, phyllis 5-7-seriatis, exterioribns ovatis submucronatis, interiorilius 

 lanceolatis acnminatis apice atroviolaceo margine membranaceo colorato ; 

 receptaculum longe setiferum. Flosculi rosei ; corolla? tubus supra medium 

 asymetrice inflatus, 1-4 cm. longus ; limbus 0'2 cm. longus ; antherarum caudse 

 basi floccoso-lanata'. Aclwni'i obscure striata, glabra, 0';5 cm. longa. Pappus 

 duplex; pappi setae exteriores achenium aequantes, barbellata?, interiores 1 cm. 

 longae, albidse, plumosae. 



