NEW PLANTS FROM NEPAUL. 415 



Habitat in Alpe excelsa Gossaingsthan Nepa- 

 lensium dicta. D. Wallich, %. 



Planta ob formam singularem mirifica est, mo- 

 lem parvam lanse referens ; radix fibris longis sim- 

 plicibus crassis composita; caules palmares soli- 

 tarii simplices lana longissima gossipina densissime 

 obtecti ; folia lineari-lanceolata acuta coriacea reti- 

 culatiiri nervosa dentata in lana longissima occulta ; 

 flores in caput densum convexum obsiti, involucrati 

 bracteis exterior linearibus, interior ovatis acumina- 

 tis quadruplo-brevioribus lana velatis ; anthodiis ova- 

 tis sessilibus imbricatis, squamis'inermibus omnibus 

 acutis, receptaculum setosum, setae breves scariosse ; 

 semina parva angulata papposa, pappo ingente 

 plumoso sessili. 



Lonpon,| 

 September 1820. 



