114 compositjE. 



available for identification. I think, however, from localities of the plants, 

 that the Formosan is perhaps dififerent from the Javan. 



Compositee. 



Blumea conspicua Hatata (PI. V.) Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 151. 



Hab. Exact locality is unknown. 



Senecio monanthus Ddels (PL VI.); Hayata Fl. Mont. Formos. 

 p. 139. Herba 70-80 cm. alta, subsimplex (excepte inflorescentiam) re- 

 mote foliata, foliis 2-5, 15 cm. a se remotis, tenuiter lanata, caulibus 

 teretibus, leviter striatis. Folia alterna, longe petiolata, late cordata, 

 reniformia, lamina 10 cm. longa, 14 cm. lata, apice breve acuta, basi cordata, 

 hd petiolum acuta, margine irregulariter dentata, dentibus latissimis 2 cm. latis 

 2 mm. longis, remote mucronato-serrulatis, serrulis minutis obtuse aristatis, 

 supra subglabrata, subtus tenuiter lanata, 6-7 nervia. Inflorescentise termina- 

 ls paniculatse, paniculis pyramidalibus 15 cm. longis 12 cm. latis, ramis paten- 

 tibus, gracilibus, remote et secunde floriferis, basi non floriferis. Capitula 

 1-florata, pedicellis 4 mm.-7 mm. longis, pubescentibus, bracteis 2-3, lanceo- 

 latis 4 mm. longis, ciliolatis, pubescentibus, bracteis involucralibus 2-3, 

 secLualibus Hnearibus, I-I3 cm. longis, 1^ mm. latis, apice obtusis 5-nerviis, 

 margine pellucidis. Corolla 9 mm. longa, tubo 3^ mm. longo, basi plus minus 

 dilatato, j mm. lato, limbo elongato-infundibuUformi 6 mm. longo, tubum in 

 longitudine superante, apice If mm. lato apice 5-lobato, lobis triangularibus 

 1^ mm. longis, apice obtusis, plus minus incrassatis, exteriore recmr'is. 

 Stamina ad apicem tubi affixa, filameatis 4 mm. longis, antheram in longi- 

 tudine superantibus, glabris, infra apicem leviter dilatatis, antheris linearibus, 

 3| mm. longis, apice conneetivis productis (partibus productis obtusis brevibus) 

 basi caudatis. StyH filiformes 12 mm. longi, apice 2-lobi, lobis linearibus, 

 recurvatis, complanatis 2 mm. longis, basi leviter dilatati, stylophoris J mm. 

 longis. Ovarium cylindricum 3 mm. longum, basi truncatum, medio |- mm. 

 latum apice cupuliforme, cupula 1 mm. in diametro margine tenuis minute 

 denticulata. Pappi setse albse 7 mm. lougse, scabrae. Achsenia cylindrica 6 J mm. 

 longa 1 mm. in diametro basi leviter angustiora, apice cupula coronata, facie 

 multo-striata. 



