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longis apico acuiiiiiiatis dorso lursiitis. Kl. i^iioti. Acluoniuia maturuui ferru- 



gincu-fulvum fusiforme 4-5 mm. longum 

 1 mm. vcl minus quam 1 mm. iatum apico 

 plus minus rostratum basi obtusum minutc 

 transversc elcv^ato-striatum vcil i-ugulosum 

 oo-costatum ; pappi sotae copiosre 6 mm. 

 longas albas plumosse. 



Ficris Jtieracioides Hayata F1. Mout. 

 Fornios. p. 143 (non LixN.). 



Hab. Monte Morrison, lcg. U. ]Moui. 

 Uiffers from F. hieracioidcs Lixn. l)y the 

 much narrowcr leaves. 



Tat'a.)caciini Hall. 



Taraxacum platycarpuni H. 

 Dahlst.; Hayata 1. c. p. 41. 



JLacftica Link. 



Kc7/ to species. 



1. Outer involucral Lracts gradually pass- 



ing to inner ones in length 2. 



Outcr involucral bracts uiinute, inner 



ones very k)ng, no transitional ones between them 6. 



Creeping, stoloniferous l. L. hrachyrhjncha. 



Erect, tall lierbs 3. 



Perfectly glabrous 4. 



More or less hirsute ')• 



Cauliuc leavcs linear "2. L. brevirostris. 



Cauline leaves ])innatilid 3. L. mansucnsis. 



Cusps at the apex of tlie leaves linear 4. L. Morii. 



Cusps at the apex of the leaves acuminately trianguhir ...."). Jj. formosana. 

 Flowers purple, stcui 80-100 cm. tall (>. L. sororia. 



Kig. 29, Picria anffasiifuUa HayA'J'A ; 

 «, a portion of a pappus-hair ; b, an 

 achene. 



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