growth. Its nearest ally in the genus appears to be 
F. Cymbalariae, Schlechter (Aster Cymbalariae, A7t.), but 
it is readily distinguished, among other characters, by the 
alternate leaves and the much larger ray-florets. The 
plant has to be grown under greenhouse conditions and its 
cultivation is unattended by difficulty. In the Kew col- 
lection it flowers about midsummer; the plant from which 
our figure has been prepared flowered early in June, 1910, 
in the collection of Mr. W. E. Ledger, Wimbledon, by 
whom it was sent for identification. 
Descriprion.— Undershrub ; branches more or _ less 
prostrate, rounded, sparingly puberulous ; young twigs 
strict, erect, hairy. Leaves alternate, obovate or lanceolate, 
obtuse or somewhat pointed, cuneate at the base, }—-1 in. ~ 
long, {-? in. wide, coarsely toothed, rather papery, hairy 
and faintly gland-dotted on both sides, lateral nerves 
indistinct; petiole $ in. long or less. Peduncles solitary, 
terminal, sparingly leafy, sometimes 3 in. long. Bracts of 
the involucre oblong-lanceolate, very acute, 2 lin. long, 
1 lin. wide, sparingly hairy externally, margin somewhat 
membranous. Lay-florets about 12, rose-coloured ; corolla- 
tube cylindric, under 2 lin. long, sparingly puberulous; limb 
oblong-elliptic, with bifid tip, 5 lin. long, 13 lin. wide, 
5-nerved. Fruit compound, oblong-obovate, 14 lin. long, 
3 lin. wide, shortly pubescent; pappus-hairs l-seriate, bar- 
bellate, 13 lin. long. Disk-florets yellow ; corolla-tube 
24 lin. long, glabrous ; lobes ovate, obtuse. /’ruit subterete, 
1 lin. long, puberulous ; pappus-hairs as in fruits of the ray. 
Fig. 1, bract of the involucre; 2, ray-floret; 8, disk-floret; 4, pappus-hair; 
5, anthers ; 6, style-arms :— all enlarged. : > #, papp > 
