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Hab. Prov. Suruga : Mt. Fuzi (R. Yatdbe and J. Matsumura ! herb. 

 8c. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, July 25, 1881 ; T. Makino ! Aug. 15, 1899) ; 

 Prov. Shimotsuke; Nikko (T. MaMnol Aug. 1903). 



This differs from the type by its numerous stems. 



Aster trinervius Roxb. var. viscidulus Makino var. nov. 



Aster Maacldi Maxim in litt. non Kegel. 



Perennial, attaining about 5 decim. in height ; roots dense, fibrous. 

 Stem solitary or few-fasciculate, simple, erect, slender, ftexuous, striate, 

 pubescent ; internodes shorter than leaves. Leaves sparse on stem 

 throughout excepting the base, erect-patent or spreading, sessile, lanceolate, 

 linear-lanceolate, or ovato-lanceolate, acuminate, obtuse or rounded-obtuse 

 at base, remotely mucronato-serrate, scabro-pubescent and green above, 

 thinly pubescent and often very minutely glandular and paler beneath, 

 triplinerved below, 2-8 cm. long, £-2 cm. wide; veinlets numerously 

 reticulated. Cyme terminal, pauci-pluri-cephalous (2 to 10 in number), some- 

 times monocephalous ; branches loosely disposed, simple, gracile, pubescent ; 

 bracts similar to leaves ; bracteoles similar to leaves in form but smaller or 

 much so, loosely placed, the uppermost one situated close the head. Head 

 2-2 £ cm. across, whitish or ca3ruleo-lilac. Involucre semisphrerical, round- 

 ed-obtuse at base, about 5-6 mm. across ; involucral scales depressed-im- 

 bricated, glabrous, darkish-viridescent-purpurascent and viscid above, sub- 

 scarious towards the margin, 1-nerved, obtuse at the apex, the outer ones 

 ovato-oblong, the middle ones oblong to narrowly oblong, the inner ones 

 longer than the rest, linear-oblong, attaining about 5mm. long. Ray-flowers 

 pistillate, patent, rather many : corolla about 9-12 mm. long ; ligule nar- 

 rowly oblong to linear-oblong, 5-7-nerved, rounded and minutely 3-dentate 

 at apex ; tube short, Disk-flowers hermaphrodite, numerous, yellow : corolla 

 about 3mm. long ; throat campanulate ; lobes 5, recurved, narrowly deltoid, 

 acute. Anther often slightly exserted, longer than the filamert, connective- 

 tip ovato-deltoid. Style exserted ; arms lanceolate and acutish in the ray- 

 flower, but subulato-ianceolate, acute and hairy ' above in the disk-flower. 

 Pappus longer than the corolla-tube, scabrous. Ovary narrowly obovoid-ob- 

 long, pubescent above. Achene narrowly obovoid, compressed or trigonous, 

 smooth, pubescent above, 21-3 mm. long : pappus longer than the achene, 

 pale-purpurascent when dried. 



Hab Prov. Sagami : Mt. Komagadake in Hakone (T. Makino I Sept. 

 15, 1886); Prov. Echigo : Mt. Sbimidzu-toge (T. MaMnol Sept. 1888); 

 Prov. StTiMorstTKE : Nikko (T. MaMnol Aug. 29, and Sept, 1901, Aug. 



