508 MR. 8. TROYTE DUNN ON 
petiolum alatum subito contracta, crebre dentata, media basi 
truncata vel late cordata, 4-5 poll. longa, petiolo 2-3 poll. longo, 
caulem semiamplectente, superiora minora, brevius petiolata. 
Capitula numeroaa, discoidea, 5-flora, 3 lin. diam., laxe paniculata; 
pedicelli floribus breviores, 1-3-bracteolati. Involucra cylin- 
drica, ebracteolata, 4-5 lin. longa; bractew 5, lineari-oblonge, 
apice obtuse. Flores lutei vel rosei, bracteis duplo tandem 
longiores; corolla supra campanulata, dentibus linearibus ; 
anther basi caudate, connate; styli rami papillosi, apice 
breviter penicillati; achenium tenuiter cylindricum, striatum, 
paliidum, glabrum, nitens, 2 lin. longum, pappo albo. 
Huren: Hsingshan, A. Henry, 7612; Saecuwen: South 
Wushan, on cliffs, 4. Henry, 5434. 
Dr. Henry tells me that this species was found by him in a 
ravine north of Ichang among high cliffs and very dark woods ; 
so thick indeed was the foliage that it was not penetrated by 
heavy rain which fell during the day of his exploration there. 
Senecio solenoides, Dunn ; a 8. nikoensi, Miq., bracteis involu- 
cralibus latioribus paucioribus, floribus ligulatis longioribus 
differt. 
Herba tripedalis, preter folia pedunculosque glabra. Caulis 
fistulosus, striatus, infra sub anthesi longe nudus. Folia pedun- 
culata, membranacea, utrinque sparse puberula, ambitu late 
ovata, profunde pinnatifida, segmentis utrinque 3-4, lanceolatis, 
acutis, grosse et irregulariter mucronato-dentatis, terminali sub- 
equali; petioli foliorum inferiorum 2 poll. longi, superiorum 
breviores. Capitula numerosa (vel ob macie pauca), radiata, 
multiflora, corymbosa, 10-18 lin. diam., pedunculis sparse glandu- 
losis. Involucra campanulata, ebracteolata, 2-3 lin. longa; 
bractee 6-8, ovate, obtuse vel rarius exteriores 1-2 lanceolate 
acute. Flores flavi; radii 5-9, bracteis duplo longiores, ligulis 
linearibus, 8-5-nervibus, disci bracteis paullo longiores ; corolla’ 
apice campanulata, dentibus lanceolatis; antheris basi obtuse 
auriculatis, styli ramis longis revolutis papillosis apice breviter 
penicillatis. Achenia 1 lin. longa, pallida, glabra, nitentia, 
obtuse angulata, pappo albo. 
YUNNAN: mountains east of Mengtze at 6000 ft., A. Henry, 
9678. A starved state with one head only, Mi-lé, A. Henry, 
9678 A. 
