152 ART. I. — B. HAYATA I 



Formos. p. 209, (non. DC). Herba validiuscnla, altissima ; canlis a 

 centro medullosus, teres, multi-striatus, tenniter pnbescens, vel 

 snbglaber, rectus. Folia radicalia ignota, caulina oblanceolata, 

 sessilia, 19 cm. longa, 5 cm. lata, exsiccato nigricantia, apice breve 

 cuspidato-acuta, basi longe attennata, margine remote serrnlata, (ser- 

 rnlis remotis, angustatis, majusculis lis minoribus alternis, majnsculis 

 2 mm. longis, cuspidatis, minoribus 1 mm. longis, setiformibns), 

 snpra glabra, subtus snb lente minute albo-punctata, ad costas 

 parcissime pubescentia. l-aniculas laxitloras, axillares vel terminales, 

 si axilläres 30 cm. longae, pedunculis 14 longis, bracteis lan- 

 ceolatis remote serrulatis, pedicellis circ. I cm. longis. Involucrum 

 late patente -campanulatum basi depresso-rotundatum 8 mm. longum, 

 bracteis circ. 5-seriatis, pubescentibus, extimis minutis acuminatis, 

 2 mm. longis, § mm. latis, intimis linearibus 1 cm. longis, J mm. 

 latis, margine apice ciliolatis. Fl. Ç : corolla filiformis 6J mm. longa, 

 irregulariter 4-dentata, styli ramis exsertis, circ. 1 mm. longis, fili- 

 formibus. Fl. ^ : corolla tubuloso-campanulata, Gt^ mm. longa, 5- 

 lobata, lobis | mm. longis, triangularibus obtusis, marginatis, dorso 

 papulosis. Stamina medio tubi collorse affixa, cum filamentis 

 6 mm. longa, glabra, antheris linearibus 3 mm. longis, apice 

 appendiculatis truncatis, basi longe caudatis. Achsenia cylindrico- 

 oblonga, If mm. longa, J mm. lata, multicostata, ad costas hirsuta, 

 leviter recurvata, apice truncata, pappis coronata, basi obtusa, 

 annuKs deciduis instructa. Pappi setae () mm. longse, scabriusculae, 

 rubras, persistentes. 



Hab. Formosa, loco non indicate. 



This differs from B. spedahilis DC. in having dentate leaves 

 and larerer heads. 



