ER. 
352 LXXVIII. composira. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Senecio. 
Both Thwaites and Clarke consider this and S. araneosus to be co-specifie, but I 
find no intermediate states; the leaves of this are smaller, more rounded and coria- 
ceous, less acuminate, and thickly tomentose beneath ; the heads are dense, and anther- 
tails usually shorter. 
46. S. Buimalia, Ham. in Don Prodr. 178; climbing, branches leaves 
beneath and inflorescence cottony, leaves petioled ovate-cordate acuminate 
sinuate-toothed or entire 3-5-nerved, petiole not auricled, heads 1-3 in. long 
bracteolate few in axillary rounded corymbs, invol. bracts about 8 linear-oblong, 
ligules few, achenes glabrous. DC. Prodr. vi. 369; Clarke Comp. Ind.182. 8. 
scandens, Wall. Cat. 3120. Cacalia volubilis, Herb. Ham. 
CENTRAL and Eastern Hrmaraya; Nipal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 5-6000 ft., 
J. D. H 
Branches grooved. Leaves 3-5 by 2-3 in., glabrous above.  Invol. bracts linear- 
oblong, with a thickened tomentose mesial band, and thin glabrous borders.  Ligules 
short, yellow. Achenes & in., slender, angled; pappus 4 in., white. 
47. S. scandens, Don Prodr. 178; climbing, glabrous or branches and 
leaves beneath slightly pubescent, leaves hastate or ovate-hastate acuminate en- 
tire crenate or toothed, petiole short auricled, heads 4 in. long in lax divaricate 
rounded corymbs, invol. braets 10-12 linear-oblong acute, ligules few or many. 
S. campylodes, DC. Prodr. vi. 970; Wall. Cat. 3170; Clarke Comp. Ind. 183. 
S. stipulatus and Wightianus, DC. Le: Wight Ic. t. 1136. S. intermedius, 
Wight Ic. t. 1135. S. flexicaulis, Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 74. S. flexu- 
osus, Wall. Cat. 3110, S. chinensis, DC. Le, 363. S. Hindsei, Benth. in Hook. 
Journ. Bot. i. 488. Cineraria repanda, Lour. Fl. Cochin. 501. C. chinensis, 
Spreng. Syst. Veg. iii. 549. 
Temperate Himataya; Kumaon, alt. 6-7000 ft., Edgeworth; Nipal, Wallich. 
Sikkim, alt. 6-10,000 ft., J. D. H. Kasia Mrs., alt. 5-6000 ft. Putney and Nir- 
GHERRY Mrs., alt. 7500 ft., Wight, Ee, Ceyron; Central Province, Walker, &e.— 
Distr. Yunan, China. 
Branches zig-zag, grooved or ribbed. Leaves 3-4 by 1-13 in., usually membranous, 
sometimes pinnate below in Ceylon specimens; auricles of petiole very variable. 
Invol. bracts with thin margins. <Achenes i in., slender, 4-angled or -ribbed; ribs 
10 
hairy or glabrous, outer compressed curved. 
48. S. candicans, DC. in Wight Contrib, 22; Prodr. vi. 369; branches 
angled and leaves beneath densely white-tomentose, leaves ovate-cordate or 
-hastate acuminate toothed glabrous or cottony above, petiole short auricled, 
heads 4 in. long bracteolate in axillary and terminal rounded corymbs or lax 
panicles, invol. bracts linear acute tomentose, ligules few, achenes pubescent. 
Wight Ic. t. 1134; Wall. Cat. 3123. S. campylodes, ver. candicans, Clarke 
Comp. Ind. 184. Cacalia sarmentosa, Lesch. mss. 
NriranEgnRYy Mrs., alt. 4-7000 ft., Wight, &c. 
Very near S. scandens, and united with it by Clarke; but, besides the woolly 
covering, the branches are more uniformly angled and ribbed, the leaves more coria- 
ceous, and the achenes smaller and more pubescent. I have seen no intermediates. 
49. S. tetranthus, DC. Prodr. vi. 370; climbing, nearly glabrous, leaves 
ovate-cordate or -lanceolate acuminate serrate membranous, petiole pubescent not 
auricled, heads -4 in. long in bracteolate axillary and terminal thyrsiform 
panicles 4-fld., invol. bracts 5-6 short oblong obtuse glabrous, ligules 2, achenes 
glabrous. Clarke Comp. Ind. 185. S. cordatus, Wall. Cat. 3109, 
Temperate HrMALAYA ; Nipal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 7-8000 ft., J. D. H. 
Branches terete. Leaves 5-7 by 11-3 in., often caudate-acuminate, sometimes 
orbicular-cordate and 4 in. diam. Heads shortly peduneled. Achenes 4 in.; pappus 
white or reddish, much shorter than the tubular corollas. 
