COMPOSITAE 



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style-branches short, flat, rounded to truncate at apex, divergent; achenes oblanceolate, rather flattened, many-nerved, truncate at 



apex, narrowed at base, glabrous or coarsely pilose; pappus-bristles 1-seriate, plumose, sometimes absent About 20 species, 



in e. Asia, Philippines, and India. 



lA. Leaves linear, 4.5-7 mm. wide I. A. linearis 



IB. Leaves more than 1 cm. wide, sometimes lobed. 



2A. Leaves entire, ovate, rounded at apex, cordate at base, the petioles densely brown-lanate 2. A. fragrans var. integrijolia 



2B. Leaves dentate or divided, the petioles not brown-lanate. 

 3A. Leaves dentate or lobed. 



■lA. Leaves 1-3 cm. long, 5-angled or shallowly 5-lobed i. A. apictilata 



43. Leaves 6-16 cm. long. 



5A. Leaves reniform-cordate or orbicular, palmately 7- to II -lobed, shorter than to as long as wide ^. A. acerijolia 



5B. Leaves oblong, sagittate, hastate or ovate, longer than broad, irregularly dentate and shallowly incised S. A. cordijolia 



3B. Leaves palmately 2- to 5-parted, the segments 2- or 3-lobcd 0. A. dissecta 



1. Ainsliaea linearis Makino. A. jaurieana Beauverd 



HosoBA-HAGUMA. Rhizomes short; stems tufted or 



solitary', 17-40 cm. long, purplish; leaves densely aggregated 

 near the median part of stems, linear, 4-8 cm. long, 4.5-7 mm. 

 wide, obtuse, mucronate-tipped, entire or undulate and mucro- 

 nate-toothed, slighdy recurved on margin, nearly glabrous, I- 

 or sometimes obscurely 3-nerved, gradually narrowed below 

 to a winged petiole; inflorescence a bracteate raceme; heads 

 rose-purple, 3-flowered, the peduncles 3-15 mm. long; involu- 

 cres 7-9 mm. long; bracts obtuse, the outer ovate, the inner 

 linear, about 0.5 mm. wide; achenes 3-4 mm. long, densely 



coarse-pilose; pappus brownish. July-Nov. Rocks along 



rivers in mountains; Kyushu (Yakushima). 



2. Ainsliaea fragrans Champ, var. integrifolia (Max- 

 im.) Kitam. A. integrijolia (Maxim.) Makino; A. cordi- 

 jolia var. integrijolia Maxim. Maruba-teisho-s6. Rhi- 

 zomes short-creeping, slender; stems 45-60 cm. long, densely 

 brown-pubescent, usually simple; leaves 4-5, in a false verticil 

 on lower part of stems, ovate, 6-10 cm. long, 3.5-6 cm. wide, 

 mucronate, deeply cordate, mucronate-toothed, densely brown- 

 lanate on both sides, long-petiolate; heads spicate, nodding in 

 anthesis, subsessile; involucres narrowly tubular, 12-17 mm. 

 long; bracts glabrous, the outer obtuse, ovate, the inner lance- 

 olate and acuminate, about 1 mm. wide; achenes about 5 mm. 

 long, 1 mm. wide, appressed brown-pilose; pappus about 10 



mm. long, brownish. Nov .-Dec. Kyushu (s. distr.). 



s. China. 



3. Ainsliaea apiculata Schultz-Bip. A. apictilata var. 



typica Masam.; A. apiculata var. rotundijolia Masam. 



KiKKO-HAGUMA. Rhizomcs slender, creeping; stems 8-30 

 cm. long, rather prominently pubescent, simple or branched; 

 leaves chartaceous, crowded on lower portion of stems, ovate, 

 cordate, or reniform, 1-3 cm. long and as wide, long-pubescent 

 on both sides, 5-angled or shallowly 5-lobed, the lobes obtuse, 

 mucronulate, the terminal lobe often elongate, the petiole 

 about twice as long as the blade; heads in racemes, short- 

 pedunculate; florets often cleistogamous; involucres 10-15 mm. 

 long; bracts 5-seriate, the outer about I mm. long, ovate, the 

 inner linear; achenes about 4.5 mm. long, densely short-pilose; 

 pappus about 7 mm. long. Sept.-Nov. Woods in moun- 

 tains and hills; Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu. 



Korea. 



Var. acerifolia Masam. A. apiculata var. multiscapa Ma- 

 sam.; A. apiculata var. ovatijolia Masam. and var. scapijolia 



Masam.; A. liul{iucnsis Beauverd RyOkyO-haguma. 



Leaves rather deeply lobed or oblong with an elongate apical 

 lobe. Kyushu (Yakushima). 



4. Ainsliaea acerifolia Schultz-Bip. Momiji-haguma. 

 Stems 35-80 cm. long, loosely long-pubescent, simple; leaves 

 mosdy near the median part of the stem, in a false whorl of 

 4-7, reniform-cordate or orbicular, 6-12 cm. long, 6.5-19 cm. 

 wide, palmately 7- to 11-lobed or lobulate, acuminate, mucro- 

 nate-toothed, loosely pubescent on both sides, the petioles 5-13 

 cm. long, wingless, pubescent; heads spicate, many, nodding in 

 anthesis, the peduncles about 2 mm. long, minutely bracteolate; 

 involucres 12-15 mm. long, tubular; bracts many-seriate, scari- 

 ous, the outer broadly ovate, very short, the inner oblong, 2-3 

 mm. wide, obtuse; achenes about 9 mm. long, 2 mm. wide; 



pappus 10-11 mm. long, brownish to purplish. Woods in 



mountains and hills; Honshu (Kinki Distr. and westw.), 

 Shikoku, Kyushu. 



Var. subapoda Nakai. A. affinis Miq.; A. acerijolia var. 



affinis (Miq.) Kitam. Oku-momiji-haguma. Leaves 



shallowly lobed. Aug.-Oct. Honshu. Korea., Man- 

 churia, and China. 



5. Ainsliaea cordifolia Fr. & Sav. A. maruoi Makino 



Teisho-s6. Rhizomes creeping, slender, knotty; stems 



20-70 cm. long, pubescent, simple or rarely branched, with 

 oblong buds at base; leaves 4-7 on lower part of stems, falsely 

 verticillate, oblong, sagittate, hastate, or ovate, to 16 cm. long, 

 12.5 cm. wide, obtuse to acute, cordate, irregularly dentate and 

 shallowly incised, often purple-maculate beneath, long-ap- 

 pressed-pubescent on both sides, the petioles to 12 cm. long; 

 upper leaves 1.5-3 cm. long, deltoid, bractlike; heads in ra- 

 cemes, the peduncles 2-3 mm. long, prominendy bracteolate; 

 involucres 11-14 mm. long, the median and outer bracts nar- 

 rowly oblong, obtuse; achenes glabrous; pappus 9-11 mm. 

 long, brownish or purplish.- -Sept.-Nov. Woods in moun- 

 tains; Honshu (s. Kanto, Tokaido, s. Kinki Distr.), Shikoku. 



6. Ainsliaea dissecta Fr. & Sav. Enshij-haguma. Rhi- 

 zomes slender, creeping; stems 10-33 cm. long, glabrous, usu- 

 ally simple; leaves densely arranged on lower half of stems, 

 often falsely verticillate, rounded, 2.3-6.5 cm. long, cordate, 

 long-petiolate, palmately 2- to 5-parted to -divided, the seg- 

 ments 2- or 3-lobed, coarsely toothed, nearly glabrous to loosely 

 puberulent on both sides, the petioles wingless, about twice as 

 long as the blades; heads in racemes, the pedicels 3-4 mm. 

 long, with many minute bracteoles; involucres about 10 mm. 

 long; bracts many-seriate, obtuse, tlie outer ovate, the inner 



linear, about I mm. across, acute; achenes glabrous. Scpt.- 



Oct. Woods in mountains; Honshu (Tokaido Distr.). 



