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There are only sixteen species mostly distributed in East-Himalaya, Khasia, 

 Assam, Burma, West-China and Japan. Broadly divided into two types- 

 one is Himalayan type, the other Japanese type to which the present 

 plant undoubtedly belongs. 



Anaphalis Nagasawai Ha^ata sp, nov. Herbse perennes erectae, 

 lanatpe, stoloniferae, 4-5 cm. altae, tenuiusculaa. Folia alterna, integerrima, 

 decurrentia, obovato-spathulata, apice rotundata, vel obtuta, 1-1^ cm. longa, 

 3-5 mm. lata, lanata. Capitula majuscula ad apicem scapi solitaria, 

 1.5-2 cm. in diametro asquantia, heterogama, disciformia, floribus ^ fertilibus 

 in ambitu oo-seriatis, j£ in disco sterilibus numerosis. Involucrum campa- 

 nulatum, bracteis radiantibus niveis oo-seriatis imbricatis scariosis, intimis 

 linearibus 7 mm. longis 1 mm. latis, interioribus oblongis petaloideis paten- 

 tibus 10 mm. longis 3 mm. latis, exterioribus brevioribus, extimis ovatis dorso 

 lanatis 8 mm. longis, 3 mm. latis. Receptaculum convexum epaleaceum. 

 Fl. <j> : corollas filiformes, 4-dentatae apice glanduloso-pilosaa ; j£ regulares 

 tubulosae, limbo ampliato subcampanulato apice 5-fido papilloso. Antheras 

 apice appendiculatae basi sagittatse, caudatae. Styli fl. ^ filiformes minute 

 2-lobi ; fl. $! apice breve 2-lobati, lobis truncatis. Acheenia oblonga, 

 minutissime papillosa, subteretia, 1 mm. longa, \ mm. in sectione aequantia. 

 Pappi setae tenues 1-seriatae scabraa liberae caducaa 6 mm. longae. 



Hob. in monte Morrison, ad 13044 ped. ; leg. S. Nagasawa, T. Kawa- 

 kami, et G. Nakahara, Nov. 3, 1905. 



Very much resembles A. Nubiginena DC. and A. cuneifolia Hook. f. 

 of Himalaya ; but differs by the form of the leaves. 



Artemisia japonica Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 310 ; DC. Prodr. VI. p. 100; 

 Benth, Fl. Hongk. p. 186; Franch. PI. David, p. 168; Maxim, in Mel. 

 Biol. VIII. p. 526; Forbes et Hemsl. Ind. Fl. Sin. I. p. 443; Diels, Fl. 

 Centr. Chin, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. p. 617. 



A. parvifiora Buch. ex Koxb. Fl. Ind. III. p. 420; Hook. f. Fl. Brit 

 Ind. III. p. 322. 



A. cuneifolia DC. Prodr. VI. p. 126. 



Hob. Tatsuho, ad 3138 ped. leg. S. Nagasawa, (No, 786.) Nov. 1, 

 Anno 1905. 



