COMPOSITE:. 





mis 5 mm. longa apice 3-lobata glabra. Fl. : centrales 15-20 ; corolla 7 

 mm. longa i mm. lata apice 5-lobata, lobis elongato-triangularibus mm. 

 acutis. Achsenium ignotum. 

 HAB. Kanto ; Niitakayama. 



Near Lo.ggera alata Scu.-Bir.; but differs from it in the much narrow,-; 

 linear leaves. 



Pluchea CASS. 

 Pluchea indica LESS.; HAYATA I.e. p. 40. 



Epaltcs CASS. 

 Epaltes australis LESS.; HAYATA I.e. p. 39. 



Sphaeranth'ws LINN. 



Sphaeranthus suberiflorus HAYATA sp. nov. (PI. VII. et Fig. 27) Herba 

 lignosa ramosissima, ramis toto foliatis alatis. Folia obovata 3-3i cm. lon^a, 



i 



1^-2 cm. lata apice obtiisissima vel ad sum- 

 mum mucronata basi attenuata longe ad 

 alam ramorum attingentia margine brevi-- 

 sime serrulata utraque pagiue breve hirsuta. 

 Capitula in glomerulum globe-sum aggregata 

 glomerulo 5-6 mm. in diametro pedunculato, 

 pedunculo 5 mm. longo oppositifolio ; recep- 

 taculum giomeruli globosum 2 mm. in dia- 

 metro ; capitulum fere sessile vel brevissime 

 pedicellatum, pedicellis \ mm. longis, obco- 

 nico-semiglobosum 2mm. longum totiusque 

 latum basi bracteolis minutis 1-2 instruc- 

 tum, bracteis involucri 1 -seriatim dispositis 

 obovato-spathulatis 2 mm. lougis mm. latis 

 apice truncatis et denticulatis ad centrum 

 mucronatis glabris. FL Q : marginales 2-3 

 seriatim dispositi ; ovarium obovoideo- 

 cylindricum f mm. loiigum ^ mm. latum ferrugineo-hirsutum : pappi : con>lla 



Fig. 27, Shueranthus siiberifloru* 

 HAYATA; 1, transverse section of a 

 suberiferous portion of a corolla of a 

 female flower ; 2, a portion of the 

 same, seen from surface ; 3, a style 

 of a 4- flower ; 4, a style of a female 

 Hower. 



