COMPOSITE. 



7:5 



longis apice acuminatis clorso hirsutis. El. ignoti. Acluenium maturum ferru- 



gineofulvum fusiforine 4-5 mm. longum 

 1 mm. vel minus quam 1 mm. latum apice 

 plus minus rostra turn, basi obtusum minute 

 transverse elevato-striatum vel rugulosum 

 oo-costatum ; pappi setae copiosre 6 mm. 

 longfe albas plumosae. 



Pier is hieracioides HAYATA Fl. Mont. 

 Formos. p. 143 (non LINN.). 



HAB. Monte Morrison, leg. U. MORI. 

 Differs from P. hieracioides Lixx. by the 

 much narrower leaves. 



3. 



4. 



Taraxacum HALL. 



Taraxacum platycarpum H. 



DAHLST.; HAYATA 1. e. p. 41. 



Lacttica Lixx. 



Key to species. 



1. Outer iuvolucral bracts gradually pass- 

 ing to inner ones in length 2. 



Outer involucral bracts minute, inner 



ones very long, no transitional ones between them 6. 



Creeping, stoloniferous 1. L. brachijrhyncha. 



Erect, tall herbs 3. 



Perfectly glabrous 4. 



More or less hirsute > 



Gamine leaves linear,. 2. L. brcvirostris. 



Fig. 29, Picri* angustifolia HAYATA ; 

 a, a portion of a pappus-hair ; b, an 

 achene. 



Gamine leaves pinnatificl 3. L. mansuensis. 



5. Cusps at the apex of the leaves linear 4. L. Morii. 



Cusps at the apex of the leaves acuminately triangular ...5. L. formosana. 



6. Flowers purple, stem 80-100 cm. tall fi. L. sororia. 



