120 ABT. 19.— B. HAY ATA : 



DiSTKiB. Japan to Manchuria, westward to the mountains of 

 northern India. 



Tliis species is, so far as I am aware, exceptionally variable, 

 and many apparently different specimens in my hands are men- 

 tioned under a single name. 



Erigevon Linn. 



Erigeron morrisonensis Hayata, sp. nov. Herbae perennes 

 parva?, caulibus hirsutis subsimplicibus circ. 10 cm. altis erectis. 

 Folia radicalia longe spathulata cum petiolis G cm. longa 5 mm. 

 lata apice rotundata vel brevissime apiculata basi longe attenuata 

 in petiolnm 3 cm. longum abeuntia, caulina alterna sessilia angusta 

 breviora. Capitula mediocria 13 mm. in diametro sequantia, soli- 

 taria heterogama, floribus radialibus ^, disci ^, omnibus fertilibus. 

 Involucrum late campanulatum, bracteis sub-3-seriatis angustis 

 linearibus circ. 6 mm. longis apice coloratis margine scariosis nume- 

 rosis parum ina3qualibus extus pilosissimis. Receptaculum con- 

 vexum nudum. Corolla) ^ ligulatse angustissima? tubis limbo vix 

 brevioribus ; ^ tubulata) 4 nmr. longse, tubis pilosiusculis, limbis 

 parum ampliatis 4-dentatis. xVntherao basi obscure Scigittatse. 

 Styli fl. ^ rami complanati, appendicibus triangularibus. Acha^nia 

 compressa angusta 2 mm. longa pilosa, margine nervio, facie 

 enervia ; pappi seta) tenues l-seriatse scabriusculae rufo-albse 3 mm. 

 longa). 



Hab. in summam montis Morrison, ad 13094 ped. alt., leg. S. 

 Nagasawa, Nov. 1905 ; in eodem loco, leg. T. Kawakami et U. Mom, 

 Oct. 1906, (No. 2247). 



Near E. Thunbergi Gray ; but distinguished by the spathulate 

 linear leaves and small ray florets. 



