/ 



71. COMPOSITE : ASTEROIDE.E. 413 



Shingking : Talienhwan (Birnie !) ; Kiangsi : Kiukiang 

 {Shearer !) ; Shensi or Kansuh : Tsunglin range (Piasezki ex 

 Maximowicz in litt.). Herb. Kew. 



Dahuria to Mandshuria. 



16. Aster indicus, Linn. Sp. PI ed. 1, p. 876; Branch, et Sav. 

 Enum. PL Jap. ii. p. 398 ; Franchet, PI. David, p. 160, et in 

 Mem. Soc. 8c. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 224. 



Boltonia indica, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 1 74 ; Henriq. in Bolet. Soc. 

 Brot. ni. p. 147 ', Hook.f. Fl.Brit. Ind. iii. p. 249 ; Hance in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xiii. p. 107. 



Asteromaea indica, Blume, Bijdr. p. 901 ; DC. Prodr. v. p. 303 ; Hance 

 in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5 me serie, v. p. 219. 



Hisutsua cantoniensis, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 44. 



Matricaria cantoniensis, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 498. 



Hisutsua serrata, Hook, et Am. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 265. 



China : without locality {Fortune, 124 !); Shingking (Boss !) ; 

 Shantung: Cheefo (Forbes !) ; Kiangstj : Shanghai (Main- 

 gay I); Chekiang: Chusan (Cantor !); Kiangsi : Kiukiang 

 (Shearer !); Formosa : Tamsui (Oldham, 244 !), Kelung (Fordl); 

 Hupeh: Ichang and Patung (A. Henry, 70, 101, 1113, 1342, 

 1343, 2739!); Szechuen: Chungking (Faber !) ; Kwangtung: 

 Macao (Hance, 5195 ! Gallery !), North river and Lofaushan 

 (Fordl)-, Ltjchu Archipelago (Beecheyl Wright I). Mus. 

 Brit.; Herb. Kew. 



Birma and Malay archipelago, and Japan. 



17. Aster Lautureanus, Franchet in Mem. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cher- 

 bourg, xxiv. p. 224. 



Boltonia Lautureana, Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 76. 

 Shantung : Tentai and Fouchanyen (ex Franchet et De- 

 beaux). 



18. Aster (§ Euaster) lhnosus, Hemsl., n. sp. 



Herba perennis, erecta, 1-3 ped. alta, caulibus striatis primum 

 furfuraceo-strigillosis. Folia crassiuscula, hispida, petiolata vel 

 suprema gradatim minora, subsessilia, grosse crenata simul cal- 

 loso-dentata, radicalia cordata, cordato-rotundata vel reniformia, 

 absque petiolo f-2 poll, longa ; petiolus graciliusculus, pilosus, 

 1-2| poll, longus; folia caulina cordata vel ovata, obtusa vel 

 calloso-apiculata. Capitula radiata, pedunculata, pauca (4-8) ad 

 apices ramulorum corymbosa, circiter 1 poll, diametro ; involucri 



