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CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS TO VOLUME III 450 
Caryopteris incana (p. 378). Strike out Henry's No. 7771. 
Compositae 
Compositae (p. 418). Before Pluchea insert the following two genera: 
ASTER Linnaeus 
ASTER HERSILEOIDES Schneider, n. sp. 
Suffrutex v. frutex parvus, ramis ut videtur ex parte procumbentibus, ad 0.6 m. 
altus; ramuli hornotini floriferi praesertim ad apicem pilosi annotinique subglabri, 
flavo-brunnescentes v. brunnei, subalato-striato-angulati, vetustiores cinerascentes, 
glabri, satis lignescentes. Folia ramulorum juvenilium tantum visa, membranacea, 
anguste oblanceolata, sessilia, apice subrotundata v. subobtusa, apiculata, versus 
basim sensim attenuata, 0.7-2 cm. longa et versus apicem 0.2-0.5 em. lata, superne 
ad costam parce breviter pilosa v. glabra, subtus glabra, concoloria, margine plus 
minusve dense crispo-ciliata, integra. Capitula in apice ramulorum 3-6 em. lon- 
gorum superiore parte nudorum solitaria, floribus marginalibus explanatis 2.5-3 em. 
lata; _involucri phylla triserialia, anguste lanceolata, plus minusve acuminata, 
margine scariosa subfimbriato-ciliolata, dorso glabra v. subpuberula, interiora ad 
5 mm. longa, exteriora breviora, flores radii anguste lineares, ad 15 mm. longi, 
tubicundi; flores disci circiter 8 mm. longi; pappi setae albo-rubicundae tubum 
Vixsuperantes, ut videtur biseriales exterioribus valde breviores; ovarium anguste 
ovato-ellipticum pilosum. Fructus ignoti. 
Western Szech'uan: Mao-chou, arid places, alt. 1600-1800 m., May 24, 
1908 (No. 2234, type; sub-shrub 0.6-0.9 m. tall; flowers light purple); same local- 
ity, cliffs, etc., alt. 1300 m., July 1908 (No. 2243; sub-shrub 0.6 m. tall, flowers pink). 
I eannot refer this plant to any other genus than Aster (sect. Calimeris), and it 
does not resemble any other described Chinese species. It is apparently a distinctly 
shrubby plant, and the flowering branches most resemble the figure given by 
Klotzsch of his Hersilea ramosa in Klotzsch & Garcke, Bot. Ergeb. Reise Prinz. 
Wald. 76, t. 83 (1862). The receptacle is flat. 
ASTER POLIA Schneider, n. sp. 
Suffrutex erectus, 0.6-1.2 m. altus; ramuli hornotini annotinique subteretes, 
Purpurascentes, laxe araneoso-pubescentes, dein glabrescentes, vetustiores non 
visi. Folia ramulorum floriferarum crasse membranacea, anguste lanceolata, apice 
s tusi » basi acuta, petiolo 1-2 mm. longo satis distincto suffulta, 7-12 mm. 
et 2-3.5 mm. lata, superne viridia, breviter tuberculato-pilosa, subtus albido- 
p aneoso-pubescentia, integra.  Inflorescentiae, apice ramulorum hornotinorum 
ad ad 7 em. longorum corymbosae, capitulis 3-7; capitula explanata vix 
L5 em. diametientia; involucri phylla triserialia, anguste lanceolata, acuta, 
margine scariosa, subfimbriato-ciliolata, dorso laxe puberula, exteriora circiter 2 
"md interiora circiter 5 mm. longa; receptaculum planum, alveolatum; flores radii 
roa longi, albi (ex Wilson) sed ut videtur initio rubicundi; flores disci circiter 
= longi; pappi setae uniseriales, albae (v. levissime rubicundae), tubum vix 
reed ovarium anguste ellipticum, pilosum. Fructus ignoti. 
eno Szech'uan: near Monkong Ting, valley of Hsiao-chin Ho, alt. 
Sas m., June 1908 (No. 2233, type; sub-shrub 0.6-1.2 m. tall, flowers 
ae Species differs from the preceding in its smaller corymbose flower-heads, its 
the d pu ace and its single series of pappus-hairs, and approaches M: icroglossa in 
*tails of its flowers. Nevertheless I cannot refer it to any other genus with 
