162 AET. I. B. HAYATA : 



villoso-hirsnta, apice truncata, pappi setge plumosse, 7 mm. longse, 

 basi aminlo affixse. 



ÏÏAB. Okinawa, leg. Y. Tashieo, Apriii. 1887. 



Near AinsUœa aptera DC, bnt differs from it in having slightly 

 cordate leaves and in the shape of the involucres. 



Ainslisea secundiflora Hayata sp. nov. Herba perennis, pauce 

 lanata, demnm glabrata, 30 cm. alta. Folia omnia radicalia, longe 

 petiolata cordata in circumscriptione, 5 cm. longa 4J cm. lata, 

 palmatim 5-lobata, basi profunde cordata, ad petiolum 

 acuta, lobis basilaribus auriculiformibus apice obtusis vel 

 rotundatis, lobis laterahbus ascendentibus oblongis IJ cm. longis 

 12 mm. latis obtusis, sinibus inter lobos rotundatis, lobo terminal! 

 longe triangulari 3 cm. longo, 2 cm. lato, apice obtuso, margine 

 grosse undulata, apice undularum et loborum breve mucronata, 

 mucronibus 1 mm. longis, supra glabra, subtus pallidiora, ad nervös 

 lanato-tomentosa, petiolis 8 cm. longis gracillimis hispidis, piKs 

 patentibus. Scapi 25 cm. longi, aphylli, sursum leviter arcuati, 

 gracillimi, hispiduli, partibus florigeris 9 cm. longis, floribus spicatis 

 secunde dispositis. Involucrum cylindrico-campanulatum, 1 cm. 

 longum, bracteis oo -seriatis, intimis longissimis linearibus 8 mm. 

 longis IJ mm. latis, 3-nerviis, apice obtusis, margine hyalinis, sub- 

 phcatis, vel subplicato-teretibus, exterioribus gradatim brevioribus, 

 extimis brevissimis late ovatis obtusis 8-nerviis, additis bracteohs 

 minutis secus pedicellum brevem 4-5 dispositis. Corolla 12 mm. 

 longa, tubuloso-campanulata, lobis linearibus 5 mm. longis, apice 

 acutis. Achsenia angustata apice truncata, basi attenuata, adpresse 

 hirsnta, pappus 7 mm. longus ruber, plumosus. 



Hab. Köshün : Botanrosha, leg. Gr. Nakahaka, Dec. 1906, (No. 

 922). 



