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Caryopteris incana (p. 378). Strike out Henry's No. 7771. 



Compositae 

 Compositae (p. 418). Before Pluchea insert the following two genera: 



ASTER Linnaeus 



Aster hersileoides Schneider, n. sp. 



Suflfrutex v. frutex parvus, ramis ut videtur ex parte procumbentibus, ad 0.6 m. 

 altus; ramuli homotini floriferi praesertim ad apicem pilosi annotinique subglabri, 

 flavo-brunnescentes v. brunnei, subalato-striato-angiilati, vetustiores cinerascentes, 

 glabri, satis lignescentes. Folia ramuloruin juveniUum tantum visa, membranacea, 

 anguste oblanceolata, sessilia, apice subrotundata v. subobtusa, apiculata, versus 

 basim sensim attenuata, 0.7-2 cm. longaet versus apicem 0.2-0.5 cm. lata, supeme 

 ad costam parce breviter pilosa v. glabra, subtus glabra, concoloria, margine plus 

 minusve dense crispo-ciliata, Integra. Capitula in apice ramulorum 3-6 cm. lon- 

 gorumsuperiore parte nudorum solitaria, floribus marginalibus explanatis 2.5-3 cm. 

 lata; involucri phylla triserialia, anguste lanceolata, plus minusve acuminata, 

 margine scariosa subfimbriato-ciliolata, dorso glabra v. subpuberula, interiora ad 

 5 mm. longa, exteriora breviora, fiores radii anguste lineares, ad 15 mm. longi, 

 rubicundi; fiores disci circiter 8 mm. longi; pappi setae albo-rubicundae tubum 

 vix superantes, ut videtur biseriales exterioribus valde breviorcs ; ovarium anguste 

 ovato-elUpticum pilosum. Fructus ignoti. 



Western Szech'uan: Mao-chou, arid places, alt. 1600-1800 m., May 24, 

 1908 (No. 2234, type; sub-shrub 0.6-0.9 m. tall; flowers light purple) ; same local- 

 ity, chffs, etc., alt. 1300 m., July 1908 (No. 2243 ; sub-shrub 0.6 m. tall, flowers pink). 



I cannot refer this plant to any other genus than Aster (sect. Calimeris), and it 

 does not resemble any other described Cliinese species. It is apparently a distinctly 

 shrubby plant, and the flowering branches most resemble the figure given by 

 Klotzsch of his Hersilea ramosa in Klotzsch & Garcke, Bol. Ergeb. Reisc Prim. 

 Wald. 76, t. 83 (1862). The receptacle is flat. 



Aster polia Schneider, n. sp. 



Suffrutex erectus, 0.6-1.2 m. altus; ramuli hornolini annotinique subteretes, 

 purpurascentes, laxe araneoso-pubescentes, dein glabrescentes, vetustiores non 

 visi. Folia ramulorum floriferarum crasse membranacea, anguste lanceolata, apice 

 obtusiuscula, basi acuta, petiolo 1-2 mm. longo satis distincto suffulta, 7-12 mm. 

 longa et 2-3.5 mm. lata, superne viridia, breviter tuberculato-pilosa, subtus albido- 

 araneoso-pubescentia, integra. Inflorescentiae, apice ramulorum homotinorum 

 lateralium ad 7 cm. longorum corymbosae, capitulis 3-7; capitula explanata vix 

 ad 1.5 cm. diametientia; involucri phylla triserialia, anguste lanceolata, acuta, 

 margine scariosa, subfimbriato-ciliolata, dorso laxe puberula, exteriora circiter 2 

 mm., interiora circiter 5 mm. longa; receptaculum jilanura, alveolatum; fiores radii 

 9-10 mm. longi, albi (ex Wilson) sed ut videtur initio rubicundi; fiores disci circiter 

 7 mm. longi; pappi setae uniseriales, albae (v. levissime rubicundae), tubum vix 

 superantes; ovarium anguste cllipticum, pilosum. Fructus ignoti. 



Western Szech'uan: near Monkong Ting, valley of Ilsiao-chin Ho, alt. 

 2200-2700 ra., June 1908 (No. 2233, type; sub-shrub 0.6-1.2 m. tall, flowers 

 white) . 



This species differs from the preceding in its smaller corymbose flower-heads, its 

 white pubescence and its single series of pappus-hairs, and approaches Microglossa in 

 the details of its flowers. Nevertheless I cannot refer it to any other genus with 



