52 coMrosiT.T:. 



4. Hcad-clusters termiiial 3. B. gnccpltalloldes. 



Head-clusters terminal or axillarv, racemose Ji. sericans. 



5. Leaves deeply laciniate •"). B. laciniata. 



Leaves serrate dentatc, l>ut not laciniate 0. 



6. Climl)ing G. B. chinensis. 



Erect 7. 



7. Leaves moniLranaceous 8. 



Leaves cliartaceous 11. 



8. Leaves dentate '>. 



Leaves irre<2;ularl v seiTidate 10. 



9. Leaves densely liairy Ijeneatli 7. B. lacera. 



Leaves thinly liairy beneatli 8 . B. onnaensis. 



10. Heads 5 mm. long 9. B. ohincaoensis. 



Heads 7-8 mm. long 10. B. leptophyUa. 



11. Heacls 7 mm. long 11. B. myriocephcxla. 



Head^ 10 nnu. long 12. B. conspicua 



1. Blumea balsamifera DC,; Hayata l.c. p. 37. 



2. Blumea hieracifolia DC: Hayata l.c. p. 37. 



3. Blumea gnaphalioides Hayata sp. nov. Caulis simplex 30-40 cm. 

 longus. Folia radicalia spathulata 9 cm. longa 2^ cm. lata apice rotundata vel 

 ohtusissima basi attenuata sessilia margine irregulariter denticulata memhranacea 

 supra hirsuta suhtus argenteo-tomentosa ; folia caulina minora. Capitula den- 

 sissime cymosa, cymis terminalibus solitariis 2 cm. longis totiusque Jatis ; 

 capitula cylindrico-campanulata 5 mm. longa et lata, bracteis involucri 3-seriatim 

 dispositis, interioribus linearibus 5J mm. longis ^ mm. latis denticulatis barbatis. 

 n. ^ : marginales multi-seriatim dispositi filiformes 3^ mm. longi ; stylo pauUo 

 exserto. Fl. _?_ : centrales circ. 10 ; corolla tubulosa 3i mm. longa apice breve 

 5-lobata, lobis rotundato-triangularibus J nmi. longis margine hirsutis. Acha?- 

 nium cylindricum f mm. longum : pappi setse 4 mm, longae 1-seriatim disposita?. 



Hab. Yayeyama, leg. Y. Tashiro, 1887. 



Xear B. sericans Hook. f., but difters from it by the anatomical characters 

 of the pappus-hairs and by the capitate heads on the apex of the stem. 



4. Blumea serieans Hook. f.: Hayata l.c. p. 38. 



