184 PLANTAE CHINENSES FORRESTIANAE. 
sterile flowers, caudate anthers, and corymbose inflorescence, 
although the foliage rather recalls Laggera. 
- [It was collected also in silvis pr. Kichan, 30th December 1889. 
(Delavay. No. 4621, in Herb. Paris, ‘‘ Laggera.’’)—Diels. | 
4, 
ys? Aster Harrowianus, Diels. Sp. nov. 
ulis superne pubescens, praeter inflorescentiam atque 
ramulos axillares breves foliatos subsimplex. Folia herbacea, 
minute glandulosa atque supra brevissime stellato-puberula, 
subtus glaucescenti-villosa, demum magis glabrescentia, sub- 
sessilia vel brevissime petiolata, lanceolata acuta, leviter repando- 
dentata dentibus mucronulatis, 10-12 cm. longa, 2°3-2°5 cm. 
lata; mervi a costa prominente ca. 12-14 abeuntes, subtus 
prominuli infra marginem conjuncti. Inflorescentia corymbosa 
multiflora. Flores pedicellati, pedicellis gracilibus. Involucri 
phylla extus villosula, exteriora 2°5 mm. longa, interiora 4 mm. 
longa, lineari-lanceolata apice ciliolato purpurea. Ovarium 
anguste obovatum, pilosum, 2 mm. longum. Flores radiati : 
corollae tubus tenuis ca. 3 mm. longus, lamina alba, patula, 
4-5 mm. longa. Flores disci: pappi pili albidi vel rubicundi 
corollam aequantes ; corollae pars infera angusta 1°5 mm. longa, 
supera anguste campanulata, 2°5 mm. longa. 
“ Shrub of 3-5 ft. Ray florets pale purplish-blue, dise florets 
orange-yellow. Moist, rocky situations in side valleys on the 
eastern flank of the Tali Range. Lat. 25° 40’N. Alt. 10-11,000 
ft. September 1906.’’ G. Forrest. No. 4004. 
ager var. glabratus, Diels. Var. nov. 
Folia magis glabrata. Inflorescentia minor, flores paulo 
majores. 
“Shrub of 3-5 ft. Flowers purplish-blue. Shady, rocky 
situations in side valleys on the eastern flank of the Lichiang 
Range. Lat. 27° 15’ N. Alt. g500-11,000 ft. July 1906.” 
G. Forrest. No. 2508. 
Allied to A. Cavaleriei, Léveillé, of Kuei chou, but the leaves 
are more dentate, the nerves more spreading, the corymbs larger, 
heads smaller, and the pappus is less reddish than in the species 
of the French author. 
us” Aster Bulleyanus, J. F. Jeffrey. Sp. noy. 
Affinis A. Bietit, Franch., A. Vilmorini, Franch., A. Delavayi, 
Franch., et A. yunnanenst, Franch., sed pappi longitudine et 
coloratione differt. 
Caulis simplex circ. 30 cm. altus, inferne bene foliatus, mono- 
cephalus, sulcatus, pilis albo-villosis plus minusve vestitus. 
Rhizoma repens, sat crassum. Folia 6-9 cm. longa, usque ad 
2°5 cm. lata, ovato-lanceolata acuta vel subacuta trinervia, 
