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Erect n. 



2. Leavcs triaii,i^"uliivly lunceolatc 9 cm. long seiTulate 1. /S'. scandens. 



Leaves mucli smaller at most 4 cm. long-, margin lobiilate or grossly clen- 



tate 2. S. crata2(iifolia. 



.3. Leaves iiearly entirc or oljscurely serrulate 4. 



Leaves distinctly serrulate, dentate or laciniate ."). 



4. Plant from tlio iirst not cottony hairy, but nearly glalirous ; radical leavcs 



ovato-oblong attcnuate to tlie "base of tlie ]>etioles ; ]ietioles 20-30 cm. 

 lono- 3. S. taitoensis. 



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Plant cottoiiy white hairy at first, but nearly glahrous at length ; radical 

 leaves s]>atliulate 5 cm. long 4. S. Tasldroi. 



5. Leaves laciniatc 5. S. onorrisonensis. 



Leaves not laciniate 6. 



G. Leaves shar])jy serrate or dentate 0. S. tozancnsis. 



Leaves serrulate or denticulate 7. S. angustiJolius=S. taiioanianus. 



1. Senecio scandens Buch.-Ha.m.; Hayata l.c. ]). 40. 



2. Senecio cratsegifolia Hayata sp. nov. Scandentissima : caulis an- 

 gulatus multo-striatus. Folia liastato-lanceolata vel triangulari-lanceolata 3-4 

 cm. longa l^ cm. lata a])ice acuminata hasi lohulata ohtusa margine remote 

 mucronihus instructa chartacea iitraque pagine glahra, ])etiolis 3-4 mm. longis. 

 Ca])itula laxe ])auceque cymosa. Involucrum late camj)anulatum liracteolis 

 minutis lineariljus 1-2 mra. longis 4-5 instructuin, hracteis involucri 1-seriatim 

 sitis linearihus G mm. loiigis 1 min. latis a])ice acuminatis margine tenuihus 

 giahris. Fl. marginales ^ : liguliformes 1-seriatim dis])ositi ; ovarimn hir- 

 sutum cylindricum ; ])a])])i set;e alha? scahras 4 mm. longai ; corolhe tuhus .3 

 mm. longus, limho lineari-ohlongo 5 mm. longo 2 mm. lato a])ice ohtusissimo 

 minute 3-denticulato 4-iicrvio glahro. Fl. ^ : centrales oo ; corcjlla tuhuloso- 

 cami^aiiulata 5 mm. longa glaljra, tuho 3 mm. longo J mm. lato, limho cylindrico- 

 campanulato 2 mm. longo § mm. lato ajiice 5-loT«xto, lobis uhlongo-triaugularihus 

 f mm. longis ^ mm. latis a])ice acutis. Aclioenium maturum ignotum. 



Hab. Montihus centralihus, leg. U. Mori et S. Nakai. Dec. 1909 (typus !) ; 

 Mt. Morrison, leg. U. Moui. 



Diflfers from S. scandens hv tlie liirsute achenes. 



