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THE ALPINE AND SVB ALPINB VEGETATION 
179. Lactuca Linn. 
453. Lactnca hastata DC. 
Chakutig Chu, W. of Tanka La, 8—10,000 ft. 
454. Lactuca raacrantiia C. B. Clarke 
Very common, 11 — 13,000 ft. 
455. Lactuca Bubyi^a C. B. Clarke 
Common, 11 — 13,000 ft. 
XLVII.—CAMPAMIJLACE.^. 
180. Lobelia Linn. 
456. Lobelia erecta H. f. & T. 
Very common, 8 — 12,000 ft., over the Chola range. 
457. Lobelia pyramidalis Wall. 
Phadonchen, 7—8,000 ft. 
181. Codonopsis Wall. 
458. Codonopsis Beiitliami H. f. & T. 
Dzalep, Yakla, 9—11,000 ft. 
459. Codonopsis subsiniplex H. f. & T. 
Very common, 11—13,000 ft., Nos. 4250, 4298. 
460. Codonopsis fastens H. f. & T. 
Changu, Chola, Gnatong, 12—15,000 ft.. No. 3811. Common, 
The corolla is globose campanulate, not constricted, sky-blue without 
upper half within sky-blue, lower half lurid purple. 
461. Codonopsis dicentrifolia (Clarke) W. W. Smith, Comb. nov. 
Species Codonopsidis thalictrifolicB et C. ovatw affinis sed inter alia 
foliis omnino glabris distinguenda. 
Flanta sub-erecta elegans. Radix lignosa, robusta,! 5 — 15 mrm 
diametiens. Caulk erectus, teres, glaber, flexilis, gracilis, 30 — 40 cm. 
altus, ramulis multis fere recto angulo patentibus. Folia radicalia 
nulla j caulina parva, 1*— 3*5 cm. longa, *5 — 1'8 cm. lata, petiolo 5 mm. 
longo gracile, alterna vel opposita in eouem specimine, ovata, obtusa^ 
rarius sub-obtusa, basi rotundata vel sub-cuneata, glabra, nervis obseuris 
2 — 3-par ib us. Flores solitarii terminales, 2 — 5 cm. pedunculati, nutautes. 
Calyx 5-partitus ; lobi 1 cm. longi, 1 mm. lati, distantes, liueares, sub- 
obtusi, virides, in fructu persistentes. Corolla supra campanulata, ad 
3 cm. longa, ad S cm. lata^ ad tertiam partem fissa, coerulea, sublurida. 
