COMPOSITE. 



mis 5 mm. longa apice 3-lobata glabra. Fl. JjL : centrales 15-20 ; corolla 7 

 mm. longa ^ mm. lata apice 5-lobata, lobis elongato-triangularibus \ mm. lougis 

 acutis. Achasmum ignotum. 



HAB. Kanto ; JNiitakayama. 



Near Laggcra alata Scii.-Bir.; but differs from it in the much narrower 

 linear leaves. 



flucJiea CASS. 

 Pluchea indica LESS.; HAYATA I.e. p. 40. 



Epaltes CASS. 

 Epaltes australis LESS.; HAYATA I.e. p. 39. 



Sphaerantlvus LINJS T . 



Sphaeranthus suberiflorus HAYATA sp. nov. (PI. VII. et Fig. 27) Herba 

 lignosa ramosissima, ramis toto folia tis alatis. Folia obovata 3-3^ cm. longa 



1 ^-2 cm. lata apice obtusissima vel ad suin- 

 mum mucronata basi attenuata longe ad 

 alam ramorum attingentia margine brevis- 

 sime serrulata utraque pagiue breve hirsute. 

 Capitula in glonierulum giobosum aggregata 

 giomerulo 5-6 mm. in diametro pedunculato, 

 pedunculo 5 mm. longo oppositifolio ; recep- 

 taculum glomeruli giobosum 2 mm. in dia- 

 metro ; capitulum fere sessile vel brevissirne 

 pedicellatum, pedicellis ^ mm. longis, obco- 

 uico-semiglobosum 2 mm. longum totiusque 

 latum basi bracteolis minutis 1-2 instruc- 

 tum, bracteis involucri 1-seriatim dispositis 

 obovato-spathulatis2mm. longis mm. latis 

 apice truncatis et denticulatis atl centrum 

 mucronatis glabris. Fl. ^- : margiimles 2-3 

 seriat im dispositi ; o v a r i u m o b o v o i d e o- 

 cylindricum | mm . longum \ mm. latum ferrugineo-hirsutum ; pappi ; corolla 



Fig. 27, Shaemnthus suberiflorus 

 HAYATA ; 1, transverse section of u 

 suberiferous portion of a corolla of a 

 female flower ; 2, a portion of the 

 same, seen from surface; 3, a style 

 of a Jf. flower ; 4, a style of a female 

 flower. 



