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long, wingless, the upper leaves gradually smaller, bractlike, 

 oblong and short-petiolate or linear-lanceolate; heads many, 

 nodding in anthesis, in a narrow panicle, the pedicels 2-5 mm. 

 long, widi short crisped-pubescence, die bractlets 1-3, linear; 

 involucres narrow-tubular, 8-9 mm. long, about 1.5 mm. 

 across, widiout a caliculus, the bracts 3, narrowly oblong, ob- 

 tuse; tubular florets 3-5, whirish, 8-8.5 mm. long; achenes 

 about 6 mm. long, linear, the pappus snow-white, about 6 



mm. long. .'\ug.-Sept. Woods in mountains; Honshu 



(centr. and n. distr. incl. Yamato Prov.), Shikoku. 

 Cacalia X koidzumiana Kitam. A hybrid of C. adeno- 



styloides X C. hastata var. farjaraejoUa. Honshu (Shinano 



Prov.). 



2. Cacalia tebakoensis (Makino) Makino. C. delphinii- 



joUa var. tebakoensis Makino Tebako-momijigasa. Sto- 



loniferous; stems 25-85 cm. long, slender; median cauline 

 leaves membranous, few, long-petiolate, palmately 5- to 7- 

 cleft, 3.5-10 cm. long, 5-17 cm. wide, the segments oblong, 

 acuminate, incised-serrate, loosely short-pubescent on both 

 sides, with prominently raised veinlets, the upper leaves rather 

 abruptly smaller, short-petiolate, 3- to 5-cleft; leaves of the 

 inflorescence linear and small; heads many, in a panicle, the 

 pedicels 1-5 mm. long, with 3 or 4 minute ovate bractlets; 

 involucres tubular, about 6 mm. long, about 3 mm. across, 

 die bracts 5, narrowly oblong, obtuse; tubular florets 5 or 6, 

 die corollas 7-7.5 mm. long; achenes about 5 mm. long, lin- 

 ear, die pappus bristles many, whirish, about 5 mm. long. 



Aug.-Oct. Woods in mountains; Honshu (Kanto, Tokaido 

 Distr. and Yamato Prov.), Shikoku, Kyushu. 



3. Cacalia delphiniifolia Sieb. & Zucc. Senecio ztic- 



carinii Maxim.; C. zticcarinii (Ma.xim.) Hand.-Mazz. 



MoMijiGASA, MoMiji-so. Stems about 80 cm. long, the 

 branches with short crisped pubescence; median cauline leaves 

 long-petiolate, 15 cm. long, to 20 cm. wide, palmately 7-cleft, 

 the segments thin, oblong, acuminate, irregularly incised- 

 toothed, glabrous above, densely silky-hairy beneath while 

 young, loosely so afterward, the petioles to 14 cm. long, wing- 

 less, the upper leaves gradually smaller, short-petiolate, 3- or 5- 

 cleft; leaves of the inflorescence linear and small; heads many, 

 in a panicle, ascending at anthesis, the pedicels 3-12 mm. 

 long, the bracdets 1-3, ovate-lanceolate, 1-1.5 mm. long; 

 involucres 8-9 mm. long, 3-4 mm. across, without a caliculus, 

 mealy-puberulent, the bracts 5, narrowly oblong, obtuse; 

 tubular florets 5, white to purplish, about 8.5 mm. long; 

 achenes about 5 mm. long, the pappus snow-white, 6.5-8 mm. 

 long. Aug.-Oct. Woods in mountains; Hokkaido, Hon- 

 shu, Shikoku, Kyushu. 



X Senecillicacalia telphusaefolia Koidz. Kani-o-taka- 

 RA-KO. A bigeneric hybrid of Cacalia delphiniifolia X Lig- 

 ularia sibiiica var. speciosa. Honshu (Yamashiro Prov.). 



4. Cacalia farfaraefoHa Sieb. & Zucc. C. bulbifera 



sensu auct. Japon., non Maxim. Usuge-tamabuki. Stems 



50-140 cm. long, cobwebby only while young, paniculately 

 branched above and densely crisped-puberulent; median cau- 

 line leaves few, large, 11-15 cm. long, 13-21 cm. wide, acute, 

 cordate, coarsely toothed and incised-lobulate or mucronate- 

 toothcd near base, minutely toothed toward tip, puberulent 

 above, loosely cobwebby or glabrous beneath, the petioles 7-15 

 cm. long, wingless, not auriculate at base, with small globose 

 bulbils in axils, the upper leaves abruptly smaller, ovate to 

 broadly so, sometimes oblong, bractlike, the uppermost one 

 linear; heads many, in a narrow panicle, the short pedicels 



with few bractlets; involucres 9-10 mm. long, 2-3 mm. wide, 

 the bracts 5; tubular florets 5-6; achenes about 6.5 mm. long, 



the pappus 7 mm. long, snow-white. Aug.-Oct. Woods in 



mountains; Honshu (Kanto Distr. and westw.), Shikoku, Kyu- 

 shu. 



Var. bulbifera (Maxim.) Kitam. Senecio bulbifera Ma- 

 xim.; C. bulbifera (Maxim.) Maxim. Tamabuki. Leaves 



densely cobwebby-hairy beneath. Woods in mountains; 



Hokkaido, Honshu (Kanto Distr. and north w.). 



Var. acerina (Makino) Kitam. C. lobatifolia Maxim.; C. 

 bulbifera var. acerina Makino; C. bulbifera var. lobata Makino 



Miyam.\-k6mori-s6, Momiji-tamabuki. Stems slender, 



25-60 cm. long; median cauline leaves 2-4, deltoid-cordate or 

 deltoid-reniform, irregularly palmately cleft, the lobes entire, 

 obtuse, mucronate. Sept.-Oct. Mountains; Honshu (To- 

 kaido, s. Kinki Distr.), Shikoku, Kyushu. 



5. Cacalia auriculata DC. var. kamtschatica (Maxim.) 

 Matsum. Senecio dahuricus var. k.amtschaticus Maxim.; C. 



\amtschatica (Maxim.) Kudo Mimi-komori. Stems 



erect, 60-120 cm. long, stout, short-branched in upper part, 

 short crisped-pubescent; median cauline leaves 3 or 4, thinly 

 chartaceous, usually reniform, 7-17 cm. long, 1 1-25 cm. wide, 

 abrupdy short-acute, cordate, irregularly incised-toothed, some- 

 times with 1 or 2 rather large acute lobes, glabrous on both 

 sides or with short crisped hairs on the nerves beneath, the 

 petioles 4.5-9 cm. long, auriculate at base, the upper leaves 

 abruptly smaller, linear; heads many, in a narrow racemelike 

 panicle, the pedicels short, with 3-4 bractlets about 2 mm. 

 long; involucres not caliculate, glabrous, 8-10 mm. long, the 

 bracts 5, narrowly oblong, obtuse; tubular florets 3-6, the 

 corollas about 8.5 mm. long; achenes 4-5 mm. long, the pappus 



about 5 mm. long, snow-white. July-Sept. Woods in 



mountains; Hokkaido, Honshu (n. distr.). Manchuria, Us- 



suri, Kamchatka, Aleutians. The typical phase occurs in Man- 

 churia, Dahuria, Ussuri, and e. Siberia. 



Var. bulbifera Koidz. C. bulbifera Koidz.; C. matsumu- 

 rana Kudo; C. \amtschatica var. bulbifera (Koidz.) Kitam. 

 KoMocHi-MiMi-KOMORi. Plants with bulbils in leaf- 

 axils. Hokkaido. 



6. Cacalia nikomontana Matsum. C. zigzag Honda 



0-kani-k6mori. Stems 30-100 cm. long, more or less 



crisped-puberulent; median cauline leaves somewhat approxi- 

 mate, membranous, long-petiolate, reniform, 5-18 cm. long, 

 10-27 cm. wide, short-acuminate, shallowly cordate, often 5- 

 angled, 5-nerved, mucronate-toothed, with short crisped hairs 

 on nerves beneath, the upper leaves abruptly smaller, nar- 

 rowly ovate; heads many, often in a corymb, the pedicels 5-10 

 mm. long, with many linear, small bracdets; involucres 8-10 

 mm. long, with 1-2 bractlets at base, the bracts 5, broadly 

 linear, obtuse; tubular florets 5-6 mm. long, the corollas about 

 8 mm. long; achenes about 4.5 mm. long; pappus snow-white, 

 6-6.5 mm. long. Aug.-Oct. Woods in mountains; Hon- 

 shu. 



Cacalia X cuneata (Honda) Kitam. C. zigzag var. 



cuneata Honda Hakusan-kani-komori. A hybrid of C. 



hastata var. ramosa X C. nikfimontana. Honshu (Mount 



Hakusan in Kaga Prov.). 



7. Cacalia shikokiana Makino. Senecio farfaracfolius 



var. humilis Makino Hime-k6mori-s6. Stems 25-35 cm. 



long, branched and with short crisped pubescence in upper 

 part; median cauline leaves thinly chartaceous, long-petiolate, 

 reniform, 3.5-4.5 cm. long, 5-6.5 cm. wide, acuminate, cordate 



