Senecio. | | Lxxv. composit#. (J. D. Hooker.) 351 
Sıkkım HIMALAYA ; at Kongra-Lama, alt. 14-15,000 ft., J. D. H. 
A very slender species, 10-18 in. high; root with copious long erect fastigiate 
fibrous remains of old leaves 2-3 in. long. Leaves 3 in. diam. and less; petiole of 
lower often as long as the stem, very slender. Heads with 1—2 linear bracteoles ; 
invol. bracts 3-3 in., rather membranous when dry; ligules $ in. long, tip entire or 
minutely toothed ; tube of disk-corolla equalling the limb. Achenes unripe, à in.—A 
very distinct species, but looks as if drawn up amongst grass, &c. 
43. S. arnicoides, Wail. Cat. 3138, in part; stout, erect, glabrous or 
sparingly cottony above, leaves oblong ovate or elliptic obtuse toothed, lower 
narrowed into the stout petiole which is winged above, cauline sessile. amplexi- 
caul or with a sheathing petiole, heads solitary or 2 or more in simple or branched 
racemes large broad many-fld. drooping base very broad, invol. bracts 14-16 
oblong acute bases connate, ligules many short broad, achenes shorter than the ` 
whitish pappus. Clarke Comp. Ind. 207. Ligularia arnicoides, DC. Prodr. vi. 
314; Royle Ill. t. 60, f. 2. 
CENTRAL and Western HIMALAYA, alt. 12-14,000. ft. ; Nipal, Wallich ; Garwhal, 
Falconer, &c.; Kunawer and Lahul? Thomson. 
Stem stout, 12-18in. Leaves variable, largest 8 by 5 in., coriaceous. Heads sometimes 
23 in. diam., broadly eampanulate; invol. braets $ in. long, 12-14; ligules 15-30, $ 
in. long, 7-11-nerved, tips entire or minutely toothed; tube of disk-corollas shorter 
than the narrow limb. Achenes i in., broader upwards; pappus rather scanty.— 
Specimens with single head approach Werneria Ellisii very much, in which, however, 
the heads are erect and the bracts connate to above the middle. 
Van. frigida; dwarf, 6-10 in., very stout, leaves chiefly radical very coriaceous, 
heads solitary, invol. bracts glabrous or tomentose. Ligularia frigida, Schultz- Bip. in 
Herb. Hook.— Kunawer and Western Tibet; Nubra, Ladak, &c., alt. 15-17,000 ft. 
Serres B. Anther-cells tailed; tails contiguous or connate. 
Secr. V. Synotis. Heads few or many-fld; flowers all pappose; invol. 
bracts 1-seriate. 
* Climbing, leafy shrubs or undershrubs. 
44. S. araneosus, DC. Prodr. vi. 364; climbing, glabrous or sparsely 
cottony, leaves petioled cordate acuminate entire or sub-3-lobed toothed or 
sinuate-toothed 5-7-nerved, petiole not auricled, heads 1-3 in. long bracteolate 
in open axillary and terminal rounded corymbs, invol. bracts 8, ligules 0, achenes 
glabrous striate. Clarke Comp. Ind. 181, excl. some syns, S. arachnoideus, 
Wall. Cat. 3163. S. Walkeri, Arn. Pugill. n. 103; DC. l.c.; Wight Ic. t. 1131. 
S. corymbosus, var. B, Thwaites Enum, 167. Cissampelopsis volubilis, Mig. Fl. 
Ind. Bat. ii. 109. Cacalia ? volubilis, Blume, DC. l. c. 331. 
Western HIMALAYA ; from Sikkim to Mishmi, alt. 5-7000 ft. Karasta Mrs., alt. 
2-5000 ft. Nonn Mrs., Wight. Cryton; Central Province, alt. 7-8000 ft., 
Walker, &c.—Distrin. Java. 
An extensive climber; branches grooved. Leaves 3-7 by 2-5 in., coriaceous or 
membranous, finely reticulated. Znvol. bracts linear-oblong, subacute, with a thick- 
ened mesial band and pale margins. Pappus white.—Very variable in foliage. I find 
no difference between the South Indian and some Sikkim specimens; the Khasian have 
often much larger more lobed leaves. 
45. S. corymbosus, Wali. Cat. 5121 ; climbing, leaves petioled orbicular- 
or ovate-cordate acute denticulate 5-7-nerved glabrous above densely cinnamo- 
meous-tomentose beneath, petiole not auricled, heads j-3 in. long in dense 
axillary and terminal rounded corymbs, invol. bracts 8, ligules 0, achenes glabrous 
striate. DC. in Wight Contrib. 22; Prodr. 364; Wight Ic. t. 1130. 
Nireuerry Mrs., Noton, Wight, &. Cayton; Central Province, alt. 7-8000 ft., 
Walker, &c. 
