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Stem O. Leaves 3-5 in. by 1/3-1/2 in. at the base, many nerved, glabrous. Scapes several, 10-15 in., slender, glabrous. Heads 1/2 in. nearly globose, white; involucral bracts black, reflexed. Receptacle glabrous. Floral bracts acute. Female flr:—Sepals 2 boat shaped, 1 flat; petals longer, broadly oblanceolate or spathulate, with large glands, and protruding beyond the floral bracts. Male flower normal, petals with large glands. Plate 3.

Upper Burma and Shan Hills.

5. E. barba-caprae Fyson, sp. nov. (Collett at Shillong 10/10/90 in Herb. Calc.) Caulis paulum elongatus et divisus hence plantae dense caespitosae. Folia 5-8 cm. longa, basi valde dilatata, linearia, acuta. Pedunculi plures, circe 10 cm. Capitulla 6 mm. Receptaculum