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DiSTKiB. Central China. This monotypic genus is found in 

 central China and Formosa, lait nowhere else. 



Dipsacese. 



Scahiosn Linn. 



Scabiosa (Sect. Sclerofflenuim) lacerifolia Hayata, (PI. XA'I.), iu Tok^ô 

 Bot. Mag. XX. p. 16. Herba? perennes pubescentes vel glabriusculœ, 

 caulibus validiusculis 10-20 cm. altis pauci-ramosis. Foha sessiha 

 semi-amplexicaulia linearia oblanceolata obsolete pinnatisecta vel 

 lacerata, segmentis irregiilariter serratis, radicalia circ. 12 cm. longa 

 5-6 mm. lata, caulina opposita breviora minora 4-5 cm. longa apice 

 acuta basi longe attenuata sensim dilata. Capitula terminalia de- 

 pressa 3.5-4 cm. in diametro »quantia longe pedunculata, pedunculis 

 5-6 cm. longis vel longioribas. Involucri bracteae S-seriatge herbaceae 

 liberse sublanceolatge plerumque 1-florem gereutes extimœ 15 mm. 

 longse interiores minores ; receptaculi palea? spathulatge 5 mm. longa^. 

 Involucellum 4-costatuni S-foveolatum apice 4-lobatum, lobis 

 obtusis. Calycis limbus in 5 setas radiato-patentes diversus. 

 Flores radiantes involucriun fere excedentes ; corolla? 18 mm. longge, 

 limbis 5-fidis 2-labiatis. Stamina 4, omnia perfecta. Stylus 

 filiformis. Achaenium involucello basi adnatum calycis limbo per- 

 sistente coronatum obovoideum 3 mm. longum ; setœ breves 1 mm. 

 longge. 



Hab. in monte Morrison, ad 13094 ped. alt., leg. S. Xagasawa ; 

 in montibus centralibus, ad llOJO ped. alt., leg. T. KAWAKAiiii et 

 U. MoEi, Nov. 1906, (No. 1852). 



As the original description is based upon an imperfect speci- 

 men, I have taken the liberty of repeating the description of the 

 plant, basing the above diagnosis upon a most perfect specimen. 



