114 COMPOSITE. 



available for identification. I think, however, from localities of the plants, 

 that the Formosan is perhaps different from the Javan. 



Composites. 



Blumea conspicua HAYATA (PI. V.) Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 151. 



HAB. Exact locality is unknown. 



Senecio monanthus DIELS (PL VI.) ; HAYATA Fl. Mont. Formos. 

 p. 139. Herba 70-80 cm. alta, subsimplex (excepte inflorescentiam) re- 

 mote foliata, foliis 2-5, 15 cm. a se remotis, tenuiter lanata, cauh'bus 

 teretibus, leviter striatis. Folia alterna, longe petiolata, late cordata, 

 reniformia, lamina 10 cm. longa, 14 cm. lata, apice breve acuta, basi cordata, 

 ad petiolum acuta, margine irregulariter dentata, dentibus latissimis 2 cm. latis 

 2 mm. longis, remote mucronato-serrulatis, serrulis minutis obtuse aristatis, 

 supra subglabrata, subtus tenuiter lanata, 6-7 nervia. Inflorescentiae termina- 

 les paniculatse, paniculis pyramidalibus 15 cm. longis 12 cm. latis, ramis paten- 

 tibus, gracilibus, remote et secunde floriferis, basi non floriferis. Capitula 

 1-florata, pedicellis 4 mm.-7 mm. longis, pubescentibas, bracteis 2-3, lanceo- 

 latis 4 mm. longis, ciliolatis, pubescentibus, bracteis involucralibus 2-3, 

 sequalibus linearibus, 1-1| cm. longis, l mm. latis, apice obtusis 5-nerviis, 

 margine pellucidis. Corolla 9 mm. longa, tubo 3 1 mm. longo, basi plus minus 

 dilatato, J mm. lato, limbo elongato-infundibuliformi 6 mm. longo, tubum in 

 longitudine superante, apice 1| mm. lato apice 5-lobato, lobis triangularibus 

 1 mm. longis, apice obtusis, plus minus incrassatis, exteriore recurvis. 

 Stamina ad apicem tubi affixa, filamentis 4 mm. longis, autheram in longi- 

 tudiue superantibus, glabris, infra apicem leviter dilatatis, antheris linearibus, 

 3 1 mm. longis, apice comiectivis productis (partibus productis obtusis brevibus) 

 basi caudatis. Styli filiformes 12 mm. longi, apice 2-lobi, lobis linearibus, 

 recurvatis, complanatis 2 mm. longis, basi leviter dilatati, stylophoris mm. 

 longis. Ovarium cylindricum 3 mm. longum, basi truncatum, medio f mm. 

 latum apice cupuliforme, cupula 1 mm. in diametro margine tenuis minute 

 denticulata. Pappi sete albse 7 mm. lougre, scabrse. Achsenia cylindrica 6 mm. 

 longa 1 mm. in diametro basi leviter angustiora, apice cupula coronata, facie 

 multo-striata. 



