248 THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. t voi. xxiv. No. 286. 



Serratula atriplkifolia Benth. et Hook. fil. Gen. PL II. p. 

 475; Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, X. (1896), p. '319. 



Centaurea atriplkifolia Matsum. Shokubutsu-Meii (1895), p. 

 72, n. 777, excl. syn. nonnul. 



Stem not stout. Heads ovoid, cernuous, loosely disposed, 

 slenderly long-peduncled. Involucral-scales angustately linear, 

 finely subspinuloso-acuminate, subcarinato-tminerved dorsally, 

 purplish, subarachnoid. Flowers purple, rarely white. 



Nom. Jap. Yama-bokucbi, Kumatori-bokuchi, Yama-gobb, 

 Urajiro. 



Hab. Prov. Omi : Mt. Ibuki (T. Makino I). 



Icon. Iinurna, Somoku-Dzusetsu, XV. fol. 35 recto. 



var. palmatopinnatifida Makino. 



Leaves deeply lobed or parted. 



Nom. Jap. Kikuba-yamabokuchi (nov.). 



Hab. Prov. Yamashiro : Mt. Hiyei (T. Makino ! Nov. 7, 

 1894) ; Prov. Suo: Miyano-mura (D. Nikail herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. 

 Univ. Tokyo, Oct. 24, 1897). 



Serratula pungens Franch. et Sav. Enum. PL Jap. II. 

 (1879), p. 416, in nota. 



Phaponticum pungens Franch. et Sav. 1. c. I. (1875), p. 263, 

 et II. (1879), p. 415. 



Serratula atriplkifolia yar. pungens Makino in Bot. Mag., 

 Tokyo, X. (1896), p. 319. 



Stem stout, strictly erect, often tall. Leaves olivaceous 

 above when dried ; basal lobes rounded and not subhastate. 

 Heads approximate or loose. Involucral-scales lanceolato- 



subulate, hard. Flowers purple. 



Nom. Jap. O-yamabokuchi (T. Makino). 



Hab. Prov. Shimotsuke : Nikko (T. Makino !), Chuzenji in 

 Nikko (Herb. ! Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, Sept. 26, 1879) ; 

 Prov. Iwashiro : Aidzu (/. Matsumura I herb. ibid. Aug. 6, 

 1879); Prov. Echizen: Ohara (/. Matsumural herb. ibid. Aug. 

 5, 1881); Prov. Rtkuzen : Mt. Katta (Y. Yabe ; herb. ibid. 

 Aug. 16, 1898) ; Prov. Awa in Shikoku: Mt. Tsurugi {D. Nikail 

 herb. ibid. Aug. 14, 1904). 



