71. COMPOSITE : ASTEBOIDE^!. 415 



21. Aster panduratus, Nees ex Walp. in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. 

 xix., Suppl. i. p. 258, et Rep. vi. p. 119. 



Kwangtung : Lintin (Meyen ex Walpers), 



22. Aster (§ Boltonia) procerus, Hemsl., n. sp. 



Herba perennis ? robusta, pluripedalis, scabra, nee vere hirsuta, 

 caulibus crassis striatis vel subangulatis sursuni ramosis, rainulis 

 patentissiinis. Folia (caulina tantum visa) petiolata, tenuia, 

 ovato-lanceolata, usque ad 6 poll, longa, grosse serrata, acuminata, 

 acuta, basi cuneata, utrinque scabra, venis primariis lateralibus 

 utrinque sarpius 3-4 longe intra marginem anastomosantibus. 

 Oapitula radiata, majuscula, longe graciliterque pedunculata, 

 laxissime corymbosa ; involucri bractea^ pluriseriatse, herbaceae, 

 angustissim®, acutissimse, scabridae, flores disci suba>quantes ; 

 receptaculum conicum, foveolatum. Flores radii albi, circiter 20, 

 uniseriati ; corolla? tubus brevissimus, puberulus, limbo oblongo 

 subintegro. Flores disci lutei ; corolla late infundibularis, lobis 

 longiusculis recurvatis vix acutis. Achasnia (inatura non visa) 

 obovoidea, leviter compressa, appresse hirsuta ; pappi setae 

 breves, inaequales, subpaleaceae. 



Hupeh : Ichang and immediate neigbbourhood (A. Henry, 

 4278!). Herb. Kew. 



A coarse berb most nearly resembling Aster tataricus in habit 

 and general appearance. 



23. Aster Sampsoni, Hemsl 



Heteropappus Sampsoni, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1867, p- 370, et in Journ, 

 Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 107. 



Kwangtung : top of the White Cloud mountains (Sampson, 

 1020!), Pakwan mountains and in grassy places along the 

 West river (Sampson, hb. Hance, 13776 !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. 

 Kew. 



24. Aster scaber, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 316; Franchet in Mem. 

 Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 224. 



Biotia discolor, Maxim, in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 146. 



Doellingeria scabra, Nees, Gen. et Sp. Ast. p. 183 ; DC. Prodr. v. p. 263 ; 

 Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. li. p. 169. 



Chihli : near Peking (Bretschneider ! Bushell !) ; Shdtgking : 

 Moukden to Yaloo river (Webster I), without locality (Bossl); 

 Hupeh : Patung district (A. Henry !) ; Kwangtung : Lofaushan, 



