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Compositz. 
Aster philippinensis, s Perennis, ramis erectis graci- 
libus sparsim foliosis ey da ae “foliis parvis breviter petiolatis 
ovato-lanceolatis acutis vel breviter acuminatis basi rotundatis 
naceis apice decoloribus et fere evanide herbaceis extimis abbre- 
viatis interioribus grada atim longioribus, receptac —— Sores! see 
i i 
Luzon, highlands of Lepanto, 5000-7000 ft.; John 
Whitehead, 
Rami 0°13 em. diam., longitrorsum striatuli. Folia 2-0-3-0 cm. 
x 1:0-1-2 cm., in sicco olivacea; petioli 0-2 cm. long. Corymbi 
5°0-7°0 cm. diam. ractee in folia transeuntia, juniores 0-2- 
0-5 cm. long., lanceolate. Pedunculi proprii graciles, solemniter 
0-7-1:0 cm. long. Capitula 0°8 x 1-0 cm. Involucri phylla extima 
0-2 cm., interiora + 0:4 cm., intima 0°6 em. one omnia superne 
purpurascentia. Ligule verisimiliter albee, O0'7 x O-lcm. Corolle 
disci 0-7 cm. long., harum lobi 0-25 em. long. Styli rami in toto 
0°15 cm. lac sola 0-06 cm. long. Achenia 0-12 cm., pappus 
circa 2 5 cm. long. 
ery patasines species, easily known by the slender habit 
souaited with the small leaves and small Vernonia-like heads. 
Cratystylis. 
ec artinal e tribu Inuloidearum genus novum. 
nus 5-fida. Anthere connate vel inter se 
liberee, basi breviter oe vel 1 ga apiculate vel exappen- 
Ps ie tyli maxime incrassati rami elongati, complanati, 
pice obiusinseuli, glabri vel doris puberuli. Achenia 
oblonga te turbin ta, a neces, Siosincates glabra. Pappi 
35 Gaiisies ima basi connate, inter se inequilonge, 
serlabe vel_barbellate, — Suffrutices humiles, pubescentes vel 
tomentose. Folia parva, alterna, sessilia, integerrima, Capitula 
submediocria, ramulos ultimos solitati inantia, sessilia. 
Cratystylis conocephala. (Plate 471, figs. 1-6.) Ramis 
se Compactis te Rene inde tibus et 
ae tsistentibus onustis, foliis obovatis 
oblaneclatiers ction cauli Seg — griseo- 
