yUy 31, 10251 



T. MÄiaXO—GOXTRIB. TO FLORA OF JAPAX. 



19 



, shortly 

 al-ovate, 



jx^dicellate, about 2 cm. in diameter, white. Involucre 4 mm. long, 



«ampanulate, green ; scales imbricate, the outer one- s'.iort and elliptic 



obtuse, sub-carinate dorsally, the 



middle ones oblong or narrowly 



oblong, obtuse, the inner ones 



oblong-lanceolate or linear, acute 



or acuminate, all herbaceous and 



•with scarious ciliated margins. 



Eey-flowers several, patent ; ligules 



linear-oblong. Disk-flowers many. 



yellow. Pappus pale. Achenium 



narrow, appressedly pale-pul:)escent, 



about 3| mm. long. 



Xom. Jap. Klshii-rjlku. 



Hdb. Prov. KII : Doro-hatcho, 

 on rocks (Umatako Ota! Oct. 1022 

 and Sept. 1924; Tomitaro ]\Iakin(i; 

 Sept. 8-9, 1924.). 



This species is closely allied to 

 Aster ruQulosus Maxim., and yet they 

 grow at quite different localities. 

 The name .4. OMamis is for the 

 memory of Mr. I'mataro Ota, 

 Teacher of Natural History in the 

 Oirls' High School of Shingu. 

 pi'ov. Kii. 



Serissa foetid a Lam. var. 

 pleniflora ^NIakino, no v. var. 



Flowers small, doul^le with 

 multiple coroUas. 



Nom. Jap. Yae-hakucJiuge. 



Hah. Prov. KII: Inari-mura, 

 ■cult. (T. Makixo ! Sept. 24, 1924. i. 



var. duplex Makixo, nov. var. 



Flowers with the duplicate 

 •coroUas. 



Nom. Jap. Fdtaezaki-hakuchd'je. 



HiTJt,. JAPAN, cultivated. 



V, o'.,. I'v r. O :» i:i I oi-o. I r..\-, Kii, S-;'. J, l:f2U 



Raadia densiflora Bextii. 

 forma angustifolia Makixo, nov. f. 



Leaves lanceolate or broadly lanceolate, long-acuminate at the aijex, gradual- 

 ly cuneate at the base, more or less cri«pate on margin, 6-14 cm. long includ- 

 ing the jtetiole, l.]-3cm. broad. 



Fig. II. 



O :» 11 loro. I r. 



Aster ( )htanus 



3Iakixo. 



