452 71. composite: senectokidej:. 



Chungking (Faberl); Kwangtung : east river (Sampson, hb. 

 Hance, 13827 !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



As Hance remarks, this is exceedingly near Senecio cegyptius, 

 Linn., and we only forbear uniting it with that because we have 

 seen no ripe achenes. It may have been introduced into China, 

 as it is not known from the country between Arabia and China. 



11. Senecio (§ Eusenecio) Paberi, HemsL, n. sp. 



Herba glabrescens, facie Sonchi oleracei, caule crasso, ut 

 videtur subsucculento, cavo striato primum plus minusve araneoso- 

 tomentoso. Folia (caulina tantum visa) sessilia, amplexicaulia, 

 submembranacea, glabra, ovato-lanceolata, basi late rotundato- 

 auriculata, usque pedalia et fere 6 poll, lata, infra medium 

 paucidentata, simul grosse dentata, dentibus callosis, sursum 

 attenuata, sed obtusiuscula, venis subtus elevatis. Gapitula 

 radiata, pauciflora, numerosissima, densissime composito-corym- 

 bosa,bracteolata; involucri bractea3 glabra?, saapissime 8, contigua3, 

 apice obtusa?, coloratae. Flores radii saepissime 4, ligulis brevi- 

 bus alte 3-dentatis. Flores disci saepissime 8, involucrum vix 

 superantes ; corolla infundibularis, lobis subobtusis extus papil- 

 losis ; antherae ecaudatae. Achaenia (matura non visa) omnia 

 papposa, glabra, striata. 



Szechuen : Mount Omei, 4000 to 9000 feet (Faber !). Herb. 

 Kew. 



A very distinct species with ample, sessile, broadly auricled 

 leaves, and very numerous flower-heads in dense, almost sessile, 

 terminal, compound corymbs. 



12. Senecio farfaraefolius, Maxim, in Mel. Biol. ix. p. 293 ; 

 Franch. et Savat. Enum. PI. Jap. i. p. 250 (varietates). 



Shistgken g (Boss ?). Herb. Kew. 



A common and variable Japanese species to which we refer 

 the above specimen with some hesitation. 



13. Senecio (§ Synotis) Henryi, Semsl., n. sp. 



Herba perennis ? glabrescens, 2-3-pedalis, caulibus teretibus 

 striatis, supra medium (inflorescentia) tantum ramosis. Folia 

 (radicalia desunt) petiolata, vix coriacea, discoloria, ovato-oblonga, 

 absque petiolo 4-6 poll, longa, alte pinnatifida, pinnis pauci- 

 dentatis, vel subbipinnatifida, lobis dentibusque acutissimis, basi 

 subcuneata truncata vel subcordata; petiolus lamina brevior, 



