COMPOSITAE 



to truncate at base, 5-angled, coarsely incised, mucronate, 

 loosely crisped-puberulent on both sides, the petioles wing- 

 less, not auricled, the upper leaves gradually smaller, the 

 uppermost linear; heads rather many, dense, corymbose, the 

 pedicels 7-11 mm. long, often bracteate; involucres 8-9 mm. 

 long, glabrous, the bracts 5, narrowly oblong; tubular florets 

 7, the corollas about 7 mm. long; pappus snow-white, about 



5 mm. long. Oct. Mountains; Honshu (Kii Prov.), Shi- 



koku. 



8. Cacalia nipponica Miq. Senecio farjaraejolius var. 

 nipponicus (Miq.) Maxim.; C. jarjaraejolia var. nipponica 



(Miq.) Matsum. Tsukushi-k6mori-s6. Stems 22-42 cm. 



long, slender, flexuous, sometimes with short crisped pubes- 

 cence; median cauline leaves few, approximate, long-petiolate, 

 depressed-reniform, 3-9 cm. long, 5-12 cm. wide, 5-cleft, ab- 

 ruptly caudate, truncate, rarely cordate, the terminal lobes 

 lanceolate, large, the lateral ones of 2 pairs, spreading, del- 

 toid-lanceolate, incised-toothed toward tip, crisped-puberulent 

 on both sides or glabrous beneath, the petioles wingless, the 

 upper leaves abruptly smaller; heads 1-7, on long bracteate 

 pedicels; involucres 8-10 mm. long, glabrous, the bracts 7 or 8, 

 broadly linear; tubular florets 12-14, the corollas 7-7.5 mm. 

 long; achenes 4.5-6 mm. long, the pappus snow-white, 5-5.5 

 mm. long. Aug.-Oct. Woods in mountains; Kyushu. 



9. Cacalia hastata L. var. orientalis (Kitam.) Ohwi. 

 C. hastata var. glabra sensu auct. Japon., non Ledeb.; C. 

 hastata sensu auct. Japon., non L.; C. hastata subsp. orientalis 



Kitam. Yobusuma-s6. Stems 1-2 m. long, stout, branched, 



with short crisped pubescence on upper portion; median cau- 

 line leaves chartaceous, hastate to deltoid-reniform, usually 

 25-35 cm. long, 30-40 cm. wide, short-acuminate, cordate, 

 undivided or 2-lobed, puberulent on both sides or only on 

 underside, the lobes acuminate, mucronate-toothed, the peti- 

 oles 9-13 cm. long, usually broadly winged and auriculate- 

 clasping, the upper leaves gradually smaller, hastate to oblong, 

 becoming linear in the inflorescence, short-petiolate; heads 

 numerous, 10-12 mm. long, about 5 mm. across, often in large 

 terminal panicles, the bracts 5-8, obtuse; tubular florets 6-9, 

 the corollas 8-9 mm. long; achenes 5-8 mm. long, the pappus 

 about 7 mm. long. Aug.-Oct. Woods in mountains; Hok- 

 kaido, Honshu (n. Kanto Distr. and northw.). Korea, 



Sakhalin, s. Kuriles, Kamchatka, and Manchuria; variable. 



Var. tanakae (Fr. & Sav.) Kitam. C. aidzuensis Koidz.; 

 C. aidzuensis var. yukii Kitam.; Senecio farjaraejolius var. 

 tanakae Fr. & Sav. Inu-dona. Median leaves deltoid- 

 reniform, rounded and short-acuminate, more or less cordate, 

 irregularly toothed, the petioles broadly winged; involucral 

 bracts 6 to 8, 7-8 mm. long; tubular florets 8 or 9; achenes 

 about 6 mm. long. Honshu (n. Kanto Distr. and northw.). 



Var. chokaiensis (Kudo) Kitam. C. cho\aiensis Kudo 

 ^Kobana-no-k6mori-so. Stems slender; leaves deltoid- 

 reniform, 5-angled, the petioles not auriculate at base; involu- 

 cral bracts 8-10. Honshu (n. distr.) . 



Var. nantaica (Komatsu) Kitam. C. nantaica Kamatsu 



^NiKKO-KOMORi. Stems 50-120 cm. long; leaves hastate, 



the petioles not clasping at base; involucres 10-12 mm. long, 



the bracts 7-9; tubular florets 10-15. Honshu (Mount 



Nantai in Nikko). 



Var. ramosa (Maxim.) Kitam. Senecio farjaraejolius var. 

 ramosa Maxim.; C. tschonoskji Koidz.; C. jarjaraejolia var. 



ramosa (Maxim.) Matsum. Oba-komori. Stems slender, 



to 1.5 m. long; leaves hastate, about 15 cm. long, about 22 cm. 



wide, acuminate, truncate or shallowly cordate, sometimes 2- 

 lobed on each side, the petioles usually not auricled at base; 

 heads usually on pedicels 5-10 mm. long; involucres 7-8 mm. 

 long, the bracts 5-7; tubular florets 9-10; achenes 4-6.5 mm. 

 long. Honshu (centr. distr. and Kinki). 



Var. farfaraefolia (Maxim.) Ohwi. Senecio jarjaraejolius 

 Maxim, var. jarjaraejolius; C. jarjaraejolia (Maxim.) Matsum.; 

 C. nipponica var. jarjaraejolia (Maxim.) Koidz.; C. ya\ushi- 



mensis Masam.; C. maximowicziana Nakai & F. Maekawa 



KoMORi-so. Stems slender, 30-70 cm. long; median cauline 

 leaves long-petiolate, shallowly 5-lobed, 8-10 cm. long, 13-15 

 cm. wide, cordate to subtruncate at base or depressed-hastate, 

 the terminal lobe largest, acuminate, irregularly denticulate, 

 the lateral lobes smaller, often entire; heads rather small, 

 loose; involucres 7.5-10 mm. long, the bracts 6 or 7; tubular 

 florets 6-10; achenes 4-4.5 mm. long, the pappus about 5 mm. 



long, snow-white. ^Mountains; Honshu (Kanto to Kinki 



Distr.). 



Var. alata (F. Maekawa) Kitam. C. maximowicziana var. 



alata F. Maekawa; C. crucijolia F. Maekawa, in syn. Oku- 



yama-komori. Petioles of median cauline leaves winged 



and auricled at base. Mountains; Honshu (southern half of 



centr. distr.). 



10. Cacalia kiusiana Makino. Momiji-komori. Stems 

 70-80 cm. long, short-branched in upper part, crisped-pubes- 

 cent; median cauline leaves chartaceous, long-petiolate, reni- 

 form, 10-15 cm. long, 12.5-18 cm. wide, slightly cordate to 

 rarely subtruncate at base, palmately 5-lobed, the lobes del- 

 toid, acuminate, mucronate-toothed, green above, paler and 

 densely soft-puberulent beneath, the upper leaves gradually 

 smaller, the uppermost ones ovate; heads many in a racemelike 

 panicle, the pedicels short, bractless or with small bracts; in- 

 volucres about 9 mm. long, about 5 mm. across, the bracts 5, 

 narrowly oblong, obtuse, glabrous, the bractlets about 7, ovate, 

 about 1.5 mm. long at base; tubular florets 6 or 7, the corollas 

 about 1 cm. long; achenes glabrous, the pappus about 8 mm. 

 long, brownish red. Aug.-Oct. Kyushu (s. distr.). 



11. Cacalia amagiensis Kitam. Miricacalia amagiensis 



(Kitam.) Nakai Izu-kani-komori. Rhizomes creeping; 



stems 45-60 cm. long, branched, short crisped-pubescent on the 

 upper portion; leaves few, usually 2 (-3), chartaceous-membra- 

 nous, the lower one long-petiolate, reniform, 12-13 cm. long, 

 about 22 cm. wide, rounded at apex, deeply cordate, loosely 

 pilose above, net-veined and loosely silky along veins, lobulate, 

 minutely mucronate-toothed, the petioles 11-12 cm. long, wing- 

 less, densely white-pubescent, short-sheathed at base, the me- 

 dian leaf slighdy smaller, 7-8 cm. long, 10-12 cm. wide, the 

 petioles 3-3.5 cm. long, the floral leaf ovate or narrower and 

 bracdike; heads many, in racemelike panicles, the pedicels 

 with 3 or 4 small bractlets; involucres 11 mm. long, 2-3 mm. 

 wide, the bracts 5, broadly linear, acute; tubular florets 4 or 5, 

 the corollas about 11 mm. long; pappus white, 7-9 mm. long. 

 Sept.-Oct. Mountains; Honshu (Izu Prov.). 



12. Cacalia peltifolia Makino. Miricacalia peltijolia 



(Makino) Nakai Taimingasa. Rhizomes short-branched; 



stems 1-2 m. long, usually branched and crisped-puberulent 

 in upper part; cauline leaves about 3, thin, the lower one 

 largest, peltate, suborbicular, 35-55 cm. across, deeply palmately 

 cleft, deep green, crisped-puberulent above, puberulent on 

 nerves beneath, the lobes 9-14, the larger ones oblanceolate- 

 oblong, 2- or 3-lobulate, irregularly toothed, the petioles 30-65 

 cm. long, wingless, short-sheathed at base, the median leaf 



