42 COMPOSITE-:. 



Upper lip of corolla 0, lower lij j-lobcd ............... Ainsliwa. 



Upper lip of corollti 2-, lower lip 4 or 3-lobed ......... Gerbera. 



B. Pliint with milky juice; corolla all ligulate ..................... LIGULIFLOIU*:. 



Pappus-setae feathery ............... . ..... ........... , ........................ Pier is. 



Pappus-setae simply hairy, rough or smooth. 

 Acheiie rostrate. 



Scape erect, 1 -headed .......................................... Turaxacu'ni . 



Head paniculate or racemose .................................... Lactuca. 



Achene not rostrate. 



Acheiie narrowed at the apex ....................................... Crepis. 



Achene truncate at the apex. 



Fruit complai late ................................................... SoncJius. 



Fri tit terete ................. . .................................... Hieracium. 



lEt India LINX. 



Ethulia conyzoides LIXN.; HAYATA Gen. lud. Fl. Formos. p. 39. 

 The occurrence of this species in the island is rather doubtful. 



Vct'Hotna S 



Key to species. 



1. Pappus very short or nearly none ........................... 1. V. Kawaliamli. 



Pappus-setae copioi is .................................................................. 2. 



2. Trailing plant ...................................................... 2. H Andersoni. 



Erect plant .............................................................................. 3. 



3. Leaves whitish beneath ............................................. 3. J~. chine nsis. 



Leaves not whitish beneath ......................................................... 4. 



4. Leaves obovate-oblong 7cm. long 2-3 cm. broad ............ 4. /'. yrcdiosa. 



Leaves much-smaller oblong or linear 2-3 cm. long .......... .3. /'. dncrea. 



1. Vernonia Kawakamii HAYATA (PI. IV.) Gen. Ind. Fl. Formos. p. 41. 



2. Vernonia Andersoni CJ.AKKK ; HAYATA I.e. p. 41. 



2 a. Vernonia Andersoni CLAKKK var. albipappa HAYATA n. \. Sean- 

 dens, rami fulvescentes dense pubescentes. Folia lanceolata vcl oblanceolata 

 8-10 cm. longa 2-3 cm. lata apice acuta ad summiun aristata basi cuneata margine 



