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catis apice Icviter reflexis 8 mm. longis IJ mm. latis margine 

 liyaKnis. Eeceptaculnm convexum planum, stipitibus plerisque brevi- 

 bus instrnctiim. Flores majuscnli, ligiilis plerumqiie 13, patentibns. 

 Corolla fl. Ç. ligulata, tiibo brevi, 1^ mm. longo, lamina lineari, 

 ()J mm. longa, 1^- mm. lata, apice 3-dentata, dentibns obtnsis, stylo 

 2J mm. longo, apice 2-fîdo, ramis truncatis, Fl. Ç : reguläres 

 tubulosi, limbo angusto elongato apice ampliato, 4 mm. longo, 5- 

 lobato, lobis lanceolatis obtusis 1 mm. longis, Antherae basi obtuse 

 apice appendiculata3 ; styli rami complanato-teretes apice subdilatati 

 truncati. Achaenia 10-costata ; pappus copiosus albus scaber. 



Hab. Taitô: Tamko, leg. G. Nakahaea, Jan. 190G, (No. 091). 



Near Senecio flammeus DC. from wliicli this differs in having 

 much broader leaves. Also near S. Plerotil Miq. but differs from 

 it by the shape of the leaves. 



Senecio taiwanensis Hayata sp. nov. Herba validiuscula, 50 cm. 

 longa, simplex, glabra. Folia alterna sessilia, lanceolata, 14 cm. longa 

 3 cm. lata, apice acuminata, basi attenuata, margine dentata, dentibus 

 horizontahter divaricatis acutis, costis supra sulcatis, subtus elevatis, 

 utrinque glabra, subtus paUidiora. Capitula cymosa terminaHa, 

 cymis 5 mm. longis, totiusque latis pedicellis 2 cm. longis, bracteis 

 linearibus 2 mm. longis. Involucrum campanulatum, 8 mm. longum, 

 bracteis hneari- lanceolatis 8 mm. longis, 2 mm. latis, margine hy- 

 alin is apice obtusis colora tis, additis bracteolis hnearibus. Fl. Ç : 

 ligiilati, marginales, r)-() ; corolla) tubo 4 mm. longo, extus sursuni 

 liirsuto, Mmbo liguhformi oblonge -hneari, 13 mm. longo, l^ mm. lato, 

 npice trnncato emarginato brcn-e 3 -dentate, 7-uervio. Fl. ^ : corolla 

 lubiiliformis, 8 mm. longa, tiibo 4 ]iim, longo, limbo dilatato, 4J mm. 

 longo, apice 5-lobato, lobis oblungis, styli ramis recurvis truncatis 

 penicillatis. Acha'uia 10-costata, pappus albus, 1) nniL longus. 



