414 71. COMPOSITE : ASTEROIDE.H. 



bracteae coriaceae, glabrescentes, circiter 5-seriatae, angustae, obtusae, 

 apice colorataB; receptaculum subplanum, foveolatum. Mores 

 radii purpurei, uniseriati; corollae glabri limbus latus. Flores 

 disci purpurascentes ; corolla infundibularis, pappum vix superans, 

 lobis recurvis. Achaenia oblonga vel obovato-oblonga, compressa, 

 tota pubescentia; pappi setae rufescentes, aequales, vix scabridae, 

 flores fere aequantes. 



Hupeh : Ichang, growing in dirty-water fields (A. Henry, 

 102 !). Herb. Kew. 



19. Aster mongolicus, FrancTiet, PI. David, p. 61, cum tab. ; 

 Now. Arch, du Mus. 2 me serie, vi. t. 13. 



Chihli : Jehol (David, 1995, 2189 ex Franchei). 



20. Aster (§ Heteropappus) Oldhami, BZemsl., n. sp. 



Herba perennis ? robustiuscula, puberula, caulibus striatis ra- 

 mosis, ramulis rigidis rectis dense foliatis. Folia (caulina tantum 

 visa) crassa, sessilia, obovato-oblonga, vel interdum fere elliptiea, 

 maxima 1^ poll, longa, sursum gradatim minora, fcuprema minuta, 

 squamiformia, omnia rotundata vel obtusissima, basi lata, integra, 

 duplicato-ciliata, utrinque parcissime hispidula, demum glabres- 

 centia, venis immersis obsoletis. Capitula radiata, longe pedun- 

 culata, vix 1 poll, diametro, pedunculis crassis rigidis foliis squa- 

 miformibus vel bracteiformibus instructis sub capitulo incrassatis ; 

 involucri bracteae circiter 4-seriatae, breves, latae, patentes, demum 

 reflexae, crassae, obtusae vel vix acutae, ciliatae, foliis supremis 

 similes; receptaculum leviter convexum, foveolatum. Flores 

 radii pauci, uniseriati ; corollae limbus latus, medio latior, tubo 

 brevissimo vel subnullo. Flores disci brevissimi; corolla sub- 

 cylindrica, puberula, lobis latis brevibus suberectis extus apicem 

 versus barbatis. Achaenia pallida, late obovata, valde compressa, 

 appresse hirsuta ; pappus radii e squamis paucis albidis brevibus 

 fimbriatis, disci e setis ferrugineis subinaequalibus scabridis corolla 

 fere dimidio brevioribus. 



Formosa. (Oldham, 285 !). Herb. Kew. 



Easily recognized by its robust rigid habit and tbick branches, 

 clothed throughout with somewhat fleshy obovate ciliate leaves, 

 similar to those of A. ciliatus, A. Gray, here reduced to 

 A. altaicus. 



