PLATE XVII. 



Lconfopodlum microplnjUum Hayata. 



Fig. 1. The plant. 



2, A 05^116 of heads. 



8. A head. 



4. A bract of an invokicre. 



5. A female and fertile flower. 

 <). A perfect and sterile flower. 



7. A female fertile flower, pappus taken off, corolla seen. 



8. Stamens of a perfect and sterile flower. 



9. A style of the same flower. 



10. A stamen, more magnified. 



11. An apical portion of a style. 



12. Setse of a pappus. 



