71. COMPOSITE : SENECTONTDE^l. 453 



basi expansus semiamplexicaulis. Capitula saepissime 3-4-flora, 

 numerosissima, dense racemoso-paniculata, cito glabrescentia ; 

 panicula ampla, pyramidalis ; involucri bractese 3-4, glabra?, 

 oblongae, semipollicares, obtusae, contiguae. Flores 3-4, omnes 

 tubulosi vel 1-3 ligulati ; antherae caudatae. Achcenia brevia, 

 glaberrima ; pappus albus, copiosissimus, corollam fere asquans. 



Hupeh : Patung district, in ditches on the cliffs (A. Henry, 

 180, 2454!); Szechuen : Mount Omei, 4000 feet (Faberl). 

 Herb. Kew. 



Near Senecio PrzewalsJcii, Maxim., but that has palmately 

 lobed leaves and simply racemose flower-heads. 



14. Senecio (§ Lignlaria) Jamesii, Hemsl., n. sp. 



Herla scaposa ? folia et capitula sejuncta tantum adsunt. 

 Folia longe petiolata, subcoriacea, glabrescentia, subaequaliter 

 triangulari-sagittata, 5-6 poll, diametro, obtusiuscule alteque 

 crenato-dentata, segmentis lateralibus bilobatis, omnibus integris 

 vix acutis ; petiolus teres, graciliusculus, imperfectus ad 6 poll, 

 longus. Capitula longe pedunculata, 3-4 poll, diametro, pedun- 

 culis imperfecti3 5-7 poll, longis, bracteis angustis 1-H poll, 

 longis instructis, parce araneoso-tomentosis ; involucri bracteae 

 ebracteolataa, lata?, parce araneoso-tomenfcosae. Flores radii 

 numerosi, ligulis brevissime 3-dentatis. Flores disci involucrum 

 vix excedentes. Achcenia (matura non visa) elongata, glaberrima, 

 profunde striata vel acute sulcata ; pappus copiosissimus, corollam 

 aequans, ferrugineus. 



North-eastern China : Changpeishan, 1000 to 7500 feet 

 (James I). Herb. Kew. 



This is so very distinct in foliage that we have ventured to 

 describe it from detached leaves and flower-heads. 



15. Senecio japonicus, Schultz-Bip. in Flora, 1845, p. 50; 

 Maxim, in Mel. Biol. viii. p. 14 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, 

 p. 290 ; Franch. et Savat. Enum. PI. Jap. i. p. 248. 



Ligularia japonica, Less. Syn. Comp. p. 390 ; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 316. 



Erythrochaete palmatifida, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. n. 656. 



Arnica japonica, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 319. 



Senecio macranthus, Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 205; HooJc.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 iii. p. 349. 



Hupeh : Ichang and immediate neighbourhood, only seen in 

 one spot, on a moist bank in the Pingshanpa glen, off the Ichang 



