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publication of the list, much additional knowledge has. been 

 accumulated ; so the present work is undertaken to revise the 

 family according to our up-to-date knowledge. 



Plantarum Composacearum in tractu Nikko 

 Collectarum, descriptiones. 



SUBFAM. I LIGULIFLORAE. DC. 



Plantae lactantes. Capitulum homogamum, floribus omni- 

 bus ligulatis hermaphroditis. 



Claris diagnostica generum. 



1. Pappus plumosus ... ... Picris. 



Pappus setosus ...... 2. 



2. Achenia fusiformia, superne muricata ... ... Taraxacum. 



Achenia nuda ... ... 3. 



3. Achenia compressa, rarius prismatica ... 4. 



Achenia teretia ... 5. 



4. Achenia rostrata, basi angustata ... ... Lactuca 



Achenia apice truncata, erostria ... Prenanth.es 



-5. Achenia fusiformia, basi apiceque cOntracta ... Crepis 

 Achenia apice truncata ... ... Hieracium 



Picris hieracioides, L. Sp. pi, ed. 2. p. 1115 ;— DC. Prodr. 

 VII. p. 128 ;-Ledeb. FL Ross, II. 798 ;-Gray, Syn. Fl. N-Am. 

 I. 2. p. 420;— Hook. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 393 ;— Thome, Fl. 

 Deutschl. O. S. IV. p. 394, t. 606. 



P. hieracioides, a. typica, Regel in Herder. PL Radd. III. 

 4. p. 26. 



Hispida. Caules foliosi, paniculato-ramosi. Folia linearis 

 lanceolata, remote denticulata. 



Nom. Jap. 



Hab. in Nikko. 



var. japonica. Regel, 1. c. p. 25 ;— Gray, 1. c. 421 ;— Yabe, 

 Fl. Tsusim. p. 63, et Tokyo Bot. Mag. XVII. p. 27. 



P. japonica, Thg. Fl. Jap. 299;— Fr. et Say. Enum. PL Jap. 

 I. 268 ;— Miyabe, Fl. Kuril. 245 ;— Schmidt, FL Sachal. 154 ;— 

 Matsum. L. PL Nikko. 92. 



