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Leavcfs not lobed -2. 



2. Leaf-base cordato nr tnmcate never decnrrent to tlie petioles ?>. 



Leaf-base decunent to tlie iietioles G. 



'3. Leaves quasiverticillate bolow \\w niiddle of tlic steiii 



"2. ^t. macrocUnidioides. 



Leaves nsually l)asal or radical 4. 



4. Leaves l-l^ cni. loui;- ■'>. y/. pcmcicapitata. 



Leaves 3-6 cni. loiii;' 5. 



5. Leaves deeply cordatc 4. A. asarifulia. 



Leaves slightly cordate or tnincate. ."). A. Kaivahamii. 



0* . Achene perfectly glabrous A. morrisonicola. 



Acliene more or less liirsute :..S). A. reflexa. 



1. Ainsliaea secundiflora Hayata (Pl. X.) l.c. ]>. 37. 



2. Ainslisea macroclinidioides Hayata l.c. p. 37. 



3. Ainslisea paucicapitata Hayata sp. nov. Folia onmia radicalia 

 cordata l^ cm. longa totiusque lata apico triangulari-acuta mucronata basi 

 cordata margine remote mucronibus instructa supra tcuuiter subtus dense fulvo- 

 hirsuta, ])etiolis l-l^ cm. longis tomentosis. Scapi aphylli 20 cni. longi ebrac- 

 teati, cajtitulis spicatim sitis. Livolucrum late obconicmn circ. 10 mni. longum, 

 bracteis multi-seriatim dis}»ositis, interioribus lineari-hmceohitis 8 mm. longis l^ 

 mm. hitis. Capitula 3-iiorata. Coroll;o tubus 5 mm. longus, limbo .j-partito, 

 jiartibus lincariltus 5 mm. longis ^ mm. latis apice acutis. Acha^nium donse 

 liirsutum : i)ap])i seta> ])liunos£e. 



Hab. Nokdsan, ad 9000 ])ed. alt., leg. U. Mori, Jan. 1908. 

 Near A. monnsonicola Hay.; but differs from it by tbe mu.ch liaiiy lcaves 

 witli cordate base. 



4. Ainslisea asarifolia Hayata sj). nov. (Pl. XL) l'orennis. Folia omnia 

 radicalia vol ad su])ra basin caulis quasivcrticillatim iusita oblongo-cordata 7cm. 

 longa 4.^ cm. lata apict; obtiLsa ad centrum summorum brevissime mucronata 

 basi corfhita marginc rcmotissime mucronibus instructa utraque ])agine primum 

 niolle fulvo-tomentosa deraum glabrata mcmbranacea, ])etiolis 6-7 cm. longis 

 fidvo-tomentosis, ])ilis mollis longis. Scapi 30 cm. longi efoliati bracteis minutis 

 remote iustructi subglal)ri, Cajtitula versus apicem scaj^i s])icatim vel racemosim 



