410 71. COMPOSITE : ASTEKOIDEjE. 



7. Aster dimorphophyllus, Franch. et Sav. Fnum. Pi. Jap. ii. 

 p. 395. 



China: without locality (Fortune?). Herb. Kew. 



A very imperfect specimen, different from anything else we 

 have seen from China, and perhaps the same as the plant bearing 

 the above name, which itself may be a form of Boltonia japonica, 

 Miq. (Aster japonicus, Franch. et Sav.), with long pappus. 



8. Aster fastigiatus, Fisch. in Mem. Soc. Nat. Mosc. iii. p. 74, 

 non Lehm. nee Ledeb., ex Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. p. 482 ; Franch. et 

 Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. i. p. 224 ; Franchet in Mem. Soc. Sc. Nat. 

 Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 224. 



Turczaiiinowia fastigiata, DC. Prodr. v. p. 258 ; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. 

 p. 482 ; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 74. 



Shingking : Peiling, Tieling, &c. (Webster I), Kaichow to 

 Kinchow (Boss I); Shantung: Chefoo (Forbes !) ; Kiangsu:. 

 Shanghai (Carles V); Chekiang : Chusan (Jacobl); Hupeh : 

 Ichang and Nanto (A. Henry !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Dahuria to Mandshuria and Japan. 



9. Aster (§ Eiiaster) Pordii, Hemsl., n. sp. 



Herba perennis, pluripedalis (" large plant" A. Henry), un- 

 dique rigide hirsuta vel fere scabrida, glutinosa (" sticky," A. 

 Henry), caulibus teretibus striatis. Folia crassiuscula, radicalia 

 (bene evoluta non visa) caulium lateralium novoruin elongato- 

 spathulata, l|-2^ poll, longa, integra, appresse albo-pilosa; 

 caulina scabrida, sessilia, semiamplexicaulia, ovato- oblonga, 1-3 

 poll, longa (internodiis brevioribus, saepeque multo brevioribus), 

 vix acuta, apiculata, integra, basi rotundato-auriculata, venis in- 

 conspicuis vel subobsoletis. Capitula radiata, pauca, pedunculata, 

 laxe composito-corymbosa (corymbus maximus 8 poll, diametro), 

 circiter 1 poll, diametro ; involucri bractese 3-4-seriatae, angustae, 

 acuta?, pubescentes, interdum rubescentes, margine scariosse; 

 receptaculum convexum, foveolatum simul muricatum. Flores 

 radii rosei aut purpurei,.uniseriati, feminei ; corolla? limbus ob- 

 longus, 3-denticulatus, tubo parcissime pilosulo. Flores disci 

 hermaphroditi ; corolla infundibularis, extus medio puberula 

 pappum vix superans, lobis recurvis. Achcenia obovata, com- 

 pressa, pallida, tota pubescentia ; pappi seta? albidae, subaequales, 

 vix scabrida?, flores fere a?quantes. 



Hupeh : Ichang, Patung, and neighbourhood, on the high 



