July, 30, 1917.] T. MAKIXO. - CONTRIB. TO FLOE A CfF JAP A 兄 25 
Ray-flowers yellow. 
Nom. Jap. Me-namomi. • ' 
Hab. JAPAN, common. 
This species is more robust than tlie next Siegesbeckia gldbrescens 
Makino, and scales of the involucre are broader than those of the 
latter species. 
Siegesbeckia glabrescens Makino, nov. comb. 
SieaesbscMa orientalis forma o. glabrescens Makino in Bot. Mag., 
Tokyo, XVIII. (1904), p. 100. 
Siegesbeckia orientalis var. glabrescens Makino, ined. 
Stem slender, often purple, thinly pubescent with adpressed 
Hairs, oppositely branched above ; main stem continued to tlie top. 
Leaves broadly ovate, oval-ovate, or ovate, acuminate, broadly 
cuneate or roundecl-cuneate and angustatelj cuneatelj decurrent to 
tlie petiole at the base, irregularly many-serrato-dentate witli acute 
or acutish teeth, pubescent with short hairs on both surfaces. 
Heads rather small, rather laxly disposed. Raj-flowers yellow. 
Nom. Jap. Ko-menamomi (nov.). 
Hab. JAPAN, common. 
Siegesbeckia orientalis Linn. Sp. PL p. 900; DC. Prodr. V. p. 
495; Hook. fil. FI. Brit. Ind. III. p. 304. 
Siegesbeckia orientalis forma c. angustifolia Makino in Bot. Mag., 
Tokyo, XYIII. (1904) ， p. 100. 
Siegesbeckia orientalis var. angustifolia Marino, ined. 
Stem attaining about 1 m. or more long, pubescent, Yinciescent, 
repeatedly aicnotomously branched above; top of the main stem 
soon stopping with a pedunclecl head and brandling dicliotomously. 
Leaves light green, pubescent with short hairs, deltoid - ovate, 
truncato-cuneate or deltoid-cuiieate at the base, irregularly coarsely 
sinuato-dentate with usually obtuse or sometimes acutish teeth, the 
superior ones narrower, cuneate at the base, deltoid-lanceolate or 
lanceolate; petiole narrowly cuneately winged by the decnrrence of 
,the blade. Heads very numerous, small. 丄 nvolucral-scales 5, patent, 
slender, minutely glandular. Rey-flowers 5-6;lignle short and 
broad, 3-lobecl;lobes obtuse: Disk-flowers several or subnumerous. 
Nom. Jap. TsuJcdshi-menamomi (nov.). 
Hab. KIUSIU, southern，common (T. Kawakami !; T. Makino !; 
Z. Tashiro!) ; Prov. TOSA in Shikoku : Urado (S. Yaxö ! ); Prov. 
SAGAMI ： Kurihama (T. Makino! Oct.15, 1916). 
Tins species is very common in Formosa, Loochoo, and southern 
parts of Iviusiu. 
