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Similar to tlie American plant in size and form, but tlie leaves quite 

 glabrous on the margin. Flowers in autumn. 



Hub, Prov. Tosa: Sakawa (T. Maldnol 1884), Kochi {T. BloJdno I 

 Nov. 1891), Godaisan {T, 31ahino\ Sept. 29, 1892), Warabioka {T. Mahino\ 

 Nov. 6, 1885); Prov. liiGo: Haziudo in Amakusa (If. MitrakamV. Oct. 1899) ; 

 Prov. MusASHi : Omiya in Wada-mura {R, Yatah'e and J. Matsumura ! 

 herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, July 6, 1879), Near Shirako {S. Okuhol 

 herb. ibid. Sept. 28, 1882), Dokwan-yama {S. Okuho ! herb. ibid. Aug. 15, 

 1878); Prov. Shimoosa : Mama {T. 31aldno\ Oct. 6, 1895); Prov. Shimo- 

 tsuke: Kegon in Nikko (Herb.! ibid. Oct. 5, 1879); Prov. Totomi : Tomi- 

 oka-mura (J£ Hisamaisu ! herb. ibid. Sept. 1895). 



This form is much stouter and more diffuse than «. sihiricum Meisn., 

 and the flowers appear in autumn, while a. sihiricum Meisn. flowers in 

 summer. 



Anaplialis alpicoia Maldno sp. nov. 



Laxly C£Bspitose perennial, 14-20cm. high. Ehizome short, or shortly 

 elongated, ascending, brownish-nigrescent. Stems erect, simple, foliate 

 throughout, rather thinly albo-lanate. Leaves erect, laxly disposed, lan- 

 ceolate or angustato-lanceolate sometimes linear-lanceolate, acuminate, sessile 

 with the shortly attenuated base and narrowly alato-decurrent, the lower 

 ones often shorter or sometimes longer and spathulato-oblanceolate obtuse 

 or acutish at the apex and narrowly attenuated below, rather thinly 

 albo-lanate on both surfaces, 3-6cm. long, j-ljcm. board, herbaceo-mem- 

 branaceous, 3-nerved, but the lateral nerves delicate and invisible super- 

 ficially. Corymb exinvolucrate, compactly polycephalous or subpolycephalous, 

 about 2-3icm. across ; peduncles few, short, albo-lanate. Heads subglobose, 

 discoid, about 6mm. across. Involucral-bracts imbricated, pluri-seriate, 

 scarious ; the outer ones shorter, elliptical or oblong-elliptical, obtuse, pale- 

 fulvous, more or less araneose below externally ; the inner ones narrowly 

 oblong to linear-oblong, obtuse or acutish, very slightly araneose below 

 externally, white, but at first often purpureo-rose, pale-fulvous below, attaining 

 6jmm. long. Male florets numerous ; the corolla-tube narrow, about 4mm. 

 long, 5-fid ; the lobes deltoid, acute ; anther slightly exserted ; style exserted, 

 the arms erect ; pappus rather numerous, a little longer than the corolla- 

 tube, white, seta3 somewhat incrassate towards the apex and clavellate and 



denticulate, not connate at the base. Female florets Flowers 



August. 



