408 71. COMPOSITE : ASTEEOIDE-E. 



caulibus simplicibus teretibus. Folia radicalia non visa, caulina 

 crassiuacula, sessilia vel petiolata (petiolo usque ad basin late 

 alato), ovato-lanceolata, l|-3 poll, longa, grosse calloso-crenata, 

 acuminata, acuta, supra hispidula, subtus villosa, albida, venis 

 primariis lateralibus utrinque ssepius 3-4 arcuatis. Capitula 

 mediocria, radiata, pauca, confertiuscule corymbosa; involucri 

 bractese circiter 4-seriatae, berbaceo-scariosa?, virides, obovato- 

 oblongae vel spathulatae, obtusissimse vel rotundatae, puberula?, 

 ciliolatso ; involucrum convexum, foveolatum. Flores radii cir- 

 citer 15 (albi ?), uniseriati, feminei, corolla? limbus obovato- 

 oblongus minute 3-dentatus. Flores disci bermaphroditi, purpu- 

 rascentes ; corolla infundibularis, glabra, lobis brevibus vix acutis. 

 Achmnia (matura non visa) oblonga, valde compressa, appresse 

 hirsuta, albida ; pappi seta? albidse, scabrida?, corollas fere 

 sequantes. 



Hupeh : JNanto and mountains to the northward (A. Henry, 

 4496 !). Herb. Kew. 



A very distinct species, resembling A. scaler in foliage. 



2. Aster alpinus, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 872; DC. Prodr. v. 

 p. 227 ; Ledeb. Fl. Boss. ii. p. 472 ; Maxim, in Bull. Soc. Mat. 

 Mosc. 1879, p. 27 ; Kanitz, Bot. Bes. Szech. Centr. As. Footed. 

 p. 9. \ 



Chihli : mountains of Siaowutaishan, near Peking, 8000\ to 

 10,000 feet (Btancockl Mcellendorff\) ; Kanstjh (ex Kaniuh. 

 Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. \ 



Europe and Asia eastward to Mandshuria, but not known t\o 

 occur in the Himalayas. It also inhabits Arctic America an$ 

 the Eocky mountains. 



3. Aster altaicus, Willd. Fnum. PL Hort. Berol. p. i 

 Ledeb. Fl. Alt. iv. p. 99 ; Franch. PI. David, p. 161, et in M< 

 Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 224; BZook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind, ^ 

 p. 251. 



Calimeris altaica, Nees, Gen. et Sp. Ast. p. 228 ; DC. Prodr. v. p. 258 ; 

 Debeaux, Fl. Tients. p. 24, et Fl. Tchef. p. /4 (varietates) ; Kanitz, Bot. 

 Iks. Szech. Centr. As. Exped. p. 8. 



Calimevis ciliosa, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1851, xxiv. 2, p. 61 

 {Fortune, 30); Walp. Ann. v. p. 174. 



Calimeris chinensis, Schultz-Bip. in Flora, 1852, p. 48, nomen tantum 

 (Fortune, 30). 



