COM POSIT.*:. 4 1 



Achasnium ignotum. 



Aster scabra HAY ATA (11011 TiiUNn.) Gen. Ind. p. 37. 



Differs from Aster scabra by the anatomical characters of the pappus- 

 hairs and by the leaf-base which is not at all decurrent to tlje petiole. 



3. Aster Oldhami HKMSL. (Fig. 26-3) ; HAY ATA, I.e. p. .37. 



4. Aster omerophyllus HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 26-6). Annua: caulis erectus 

 30-40 cm. longus toto longitudinc foliatus setuloso-hirsutus ramosus. Folia 

 basal ia lineari-spathulata Gem. longa G mm. lata apice obtusa basi longe 

 attennata margine subintegra utraque pagine setuloso-hirsuta margiue cilio- 

 lata. Folia superiora linearia 3cm. longa 2mm. lata sessilia. Capitnla ad 

 ramos terminalia cum floribus marginalibus 3 cm. in diametro, bracteis 

 involucri 1-2-seriatiin dispositis linearibus 7 mm. longis 1 mm. latis margine 

 et dorso setoso-hirsutis a]ice acntis. Fl. inarginales liguliformes 1-seriatim 

 dispositi ; pappi seta3 0; corollas tulo 1^ mm. longo, limbo oblanceolata 1 cm. 

 longo 2^ mm. lato apice obtnso obscure 3-dentato. Fl. disci. ZjL : ovarinm 

 dense hirsutum ; pappi setre c<>[)iosa3 1-seriatim sita? 3-4 mm. longaa scabra?; 

 corolla tubuloso=campannlata 4 mm. longa extus ]>lus minus hirsuta apice 5- 

 lohata, lobis oblongo-triangularibus 1 mm. longis. Achsenium matnrum ignotum. 



HAB. inter Taroko et Shinjd, leg. B. HAYATA, April i. 1017. 



Near Aster Oldhami HEMSL.; but differs from it by the leaves, hirsute at 

 the margin and on both surfaces. 



3. Aster rufopappus HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 2G-3) Annua. Caulis erec- 

 tus .30-GO cm. altus ramosus toto longitudine foliatus subglaber. Folia linearia 

 vel spathulata 3 cm. longa 3-4 mm. lata apice obtusa vel acuta basi attcnuata 

 sessilia margine integra utrarjue ]agine breve hirsuta, ]>ilis validis. Capitula 

 ad a]icem ramulorum sita cum floribus marginalibus 2cm. in diametro. 

 Involucri bractere linearcs 2-seriatim dispositse hirsutas lineares 7 mm. longaa 

 1 mm. latas apice acuminatissimaj extus dense hirsuta) intus glabne. FL -^ 

 inarginales liguliformes 1-seriatim dispositi ; ovario dense hirsuto ; pappo paleav 

 formi garni iphyllo -| mm. longo ; corollas tubus 2mm. longus, limbo liguliformi 

 lanceolato 1 cm. longo 2^ mm. lato apice basique obtuso. Fl. disci. ^ : ovarium 

 obovoideum dense hirsutum 1 mm. longum ; paj>pi setre copioste rubescentcs 

 3-4 mm. long;e; corollas tubuloso-canipanulatse 5 mm. longa\. limbo 5-partit<>. 



