250 THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. lVo \. xxin. No. 275. 



Hah. Prov. Satsuma : Near Kagoshima (T. Makino ! Sept. 

 1909). 



Ainslisea linearis Makino, sp. nov. 



Perennial, attaining about 33 cm. in height, solitary to 

 few-tufted. Rhizome short, rooting. Stem erect, terete, 



lanate above, dark-green. Leaves sparse but densely placed 

 and subtufted towards the top of the stem, linear, mucronato- 

 acute, gradually attenuated to the long petiole at the base, 

 depressed-crenate with a setose tip, attaining about l^— 6 cm. 

 long, 3-7 mm. broad; midrib slender; veins loose, delicate; 

 petiole gracile, shorter than the blade, canaliculate in front, 

 very narrowly alate on margins, shortly dilated at the base. 

 Panicle spiciform, slender, erect, much exceeding the crowded 

 leaves, the lower branches often more or less longish ; rachis 

 slender, bracts and bracteoles minute, deltoid-subulate, acute, 

 the upper bracteoles passing the involucral scales. Capitulum 

 small, shortly pedicellate, triflorous. Involucle linear-cylindric- 

 al, 6—9 mm. long, glabrous ; scales imbricated, green and pale- 

 scarious on margin, usually purpurascent towards the tip, 

 mucronato-obtuse, few-nervous, the lower" ones broadly ovate, 

 the middle ones ovate to ovato-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 

 the upper ones linear-lanceolate, and the uppermost one lato- 

 linear. Receptacle glabrous. Floret about 5—10 mm. long. 

 Corolla white ; limb 5-cleft, the inner sinus deeply cut-down ; 

 lobes slightly declinate towards the outer side, erect-patent, 

 reflexed above, lato-linear, subacute ; tube shorter than the 

 limb. Stamens lower than the corolla ; anther cylindrical ; 

 connective erect, rectangular, truncate ; cell with a long straight 

 tail. Style glabrous ; arms short, rectangular, truncate. 



Pappus shorter than the corolla, isabel-coloured, thinly pilose 

 and minutely spinulose. Ovary obovato-cylindrical, densely 

 hispid with white adpressed hairs, 1^—2 mm. long. 



Nom. Jap. Hosoba-haguma (nov.). 



Hah. Prov. Osumi : Yaku-shima (T. Makino ! Sept. 1909). 



This species grows on rocks on side by mountain rivulets. 



