71. composite: muti8iace.e. 471 



Kiangsi : Kiukiang (Shearer !) ; Hongkong (Champion !). 

 Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



3. Ainslisea glabra, Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate XIV.) 



Herba pereimis, dioica ?, erecta, l|-2 ped. alta, fere undique 

 glaberrima, caulibus infra inflorescentiam simplicibus pauci- 

 foliatis. Folia longe petiolata, subcarnosa, lanceolato-oblonga 

 vel oblanceolata, cum petiolo usque ad 9 poll, longa, utrinque 

 attenuata, remote mimiteque calloso-denticulata, Tenis primariis 

 paucis sat conspicuis inter se anastomosantibus. Capitula mi- 

 nima, saepissime triflora, unisexualia, in paniculas angustas dis- 

 posita, pedunculata, pedunculis gracillimis puberulis. Mores $ 

 tantum visi ; corolla anguste cylindrica, pappo dimidio brevior. 

 Achcenia fusiformia, glabra, profunde striata ; pappus uniseriatus, 

 plumosus. 



Szechuen : Mount Omei, at 4000 feet (Faberl). Herb. 

 Kew. 



The fact of the flowers being functionally unisexual should not 

 exclude this plant from the genus Ainslicea, because, although the 

 flowers are usually described as all alike and all fertile, there are 

 other species in which the sexes are apparently separated. 



4. Ainslisea pertyoides, Franchet in Morotfs Journ. de Bot. ii. 

 1888, p. 70, t. 3. 



Yunnan : in various localities at 5000 to 6000 feet (Belavay ex 

 Franchet). 



5. Ainslisea pteropoda, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 14 ; Hook. f. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. iii. p. 388 ; Franchet in Morofs Journ. de Bot. ii. 1888, 

 p. 69 (varietates obovata, platyphylla, et leiophylla). 



Yunnan : various localities (Belavay ex Maximowicz). 

 Northern and Eastern India. 



6. Ainsliaea ramosa, Hemsl, n. sp. 



Herba perennis, rufo-villosa, sericea, Ainsliaa fragranti 

 simillima, differt capitulia laxe paniculatis, involucri bracteis 

 paucioribus, etc. Caulis erectus, 2-3 ped. altus, infra inflores- 

 centiam simplex. Folia crassa, ovato-oblonga, basi interdum 

 subcordata, radicalia longe petiolata, caulina pauca, suprema 

 minima, bracteiformia. Capitula graciliter pedunculata, triflora ; 

 involucri bracteaa rigid®, acutissiraae. Achcenia (matura carent) 

 pilis longissimis sursum appressis densissime vestita; pappus 

 rufus, plumosus. 



