■78 coMrosiT.E. 



iiaving always yellow tl(-)wers. 



11. Lactuca flavissima JIayaia sj». nov. (Fi;:;;. 31-:5). Hcrba -lO-oO 

 cm. lata glal)i'a. Foli;i radicalia vcl cauliiia lanceolata 12 cni, li)n<^'a 1 cm. lata 

 a])ice acmiiinata basi attenvuita tcnuiter membranacea margine integra vel re- 

 motc scrrulata glaberrima siibsessilia. Ca])itula laxe cymoso-paniculata. In- 

 volucrum auguste campanulatum 7-8 mm. longum basi bracteolis ovatis 1 mm. 

 longis o instructum, l)racteis involucri linearibus 7 mm. l(jngis 2 mm. latis aj^ice 

 obtusis glabris. Aclia^nium matunun loiigc r(3stratrum cum rostris 2 mm. longis 

 6 mm. longum fusitorme Lasi obtusum 10-costatum ad costam ])lus minus 

 fcicabro-hirsutum ; ])a])])i seta^* alba' scaLni3 5-G mm. long,\3. 



Hab. Taiholcu. 



L. versicolor Hayata (uon Sch.-Bip.) Gen Ind. ]>. 40. 



Near L. versicolor ; but differs from it in haviug always yellow-flowers. 



Crepis Likx. 



Key to species. 



1 . Leaves lyrate or sinuate 2. 



Leaves entire or denticulate .3. 



2. Leaves lyrate with adpressed sliort hairs, stem 8-10 cm. tall 



1. C. formosana. 



Leaves scrrulate or lyrate towards the base glahrous or nearly so, stem 

 20-50 cm. tall 2. C. japonica. 



3. Leaves entirC; achenes perfectly smooth 3. C. hoshunensis. 



Leaves ohscurelv denticulate or subentire, achenes minutelv muricate 



4. C. integra. 



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Lactuca longirostra ITayata sp. nov. (Fig. ."^I-^). Ilerba basi lignosa 20-o0 ciii. longa 

 glabra. Folia railicalia lineari-spathulata 8 cm. longa 1 cm. lata apice obtusissima rotundata basi 

 longe attenuata raembranacea margine integerrima; caulina basi sessilia subamplexicaulia minora. 

 Capitula pauce laxe cymosa. Involucrum anguste campanulatum 6-7 nim. longum basi bracteolis 

 7-S instructum, bracteolis ovatis acutis IJmm. longis, bracteis involucri 7'. iiim. iongis 2 mm. latis 

 apice obtusissimis. Flores ignoti. Aclia?nium maturum fusiforme longe rostratum, (rostris 2 mm. 

 longis), cum rostris 4mm. longum 10-costatum glabrum; pappi setre albse copiosae 3 mm. longje 

 scabrje. 



IIab. Eonin : Chicliijima, Komagari, leg. II. Hattori. 



Xear Lactvm lanceolata ( = Crepis inlef/rn) in the •lanceolate leaves ; but (listlnctlv diiiers from 

 it in the very long-beaked achenes. ^ 



