It is a member of sect. In the course of the botanical inventory of Taiwan, two Asteraceae species heretofore unknown to science were discovered and are described below. Taiwan, Taipei Hsien, Juifang, above hiking entrance of Chintzupei, along cement road at margin of disturbed broadleaf forest, ca. Figure 1 A sect. 1 mm wide, margins scarious, margins and apices ciliate.
Outer florets ca.
0.3 mm in diam., pilose, 10-ribbed. Pappus pale brown to yellowish white, ca. Additional specimens examined. Wulai Hsiang, en route from Hsiaoyi to Tunghou. Taroko National Park, en route from 1 Corresponding author.