Dec. 1912.1 T. MAKING. —OBSERVATIONS ON THE FLORA OF JAPAN 



sm 





Fig. XXVII. reduced. 



Fig. XXVIII. reduced. 



few to several to a branch. Ray-flowers usuall}^ well develop- 

 ed, spreading ; ligule linear or linear-oblong, often tubular in the 

 lower portion, or bifid, or babiate. Sometimes the head 



smaller (Fig. XXYII.) ; ray-flowers suberect ; ligule tubular 

 below and labiate above. 



Nom. Jap. Misono-shioglku (nov.). 



Cultivated in gardens, uncommon. 



/9. discoideum Makino. (Fig. XXVIII.) 



Heads discoid, destitute of ray-flowers, numerous, dense, 

 small. Flowers yellow, the inner ones hermaphrodite, the 

 external ones female and less in number. Female-flower : corolla- 

 lobes usually 5, linear-lanceolate, obtuse. Hermaphrodite- 

 flower : corolla-lobes 5, deltoid, acute. 



Nom. Jap. Alame-shiogiku (nov.), 



Hab. Japan, wild and cultivated. 



{To be continued.) 



