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Scientific names are written in Submit all manuscripts by an e-mail or a registered mail Treasurer. purple-tinged.Italic. Scientific Anthesis names that is appearin October firstly inand each No para- alongto Editor-in-Chief, roads. It has short,Dr. Minoru rigid N.hairs Tamura, on the Graduate stems vember.graph shouldAster koshikiensisbe unabbreviated. was postulatedVoucher specimens to be a andSchool lanceolate of Science, to ovate Kyoto leaves. University, The heads Sakyo, are Kyoto 1.5– Reprographic Reproduction outside Japan hybridshould between be cited. A.Abbreviations spathulifolius of herbaria Maxim. should and fol A.- 2.5606-8502, cm in diameter Japan. with pale purple ligules. Flow- Making a copy of this publication microcephaluslow Index Herbariorum. (Miq.) Franch. et Sav. var. ovatus ering E-mail: is from [email protected] September to November. 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