rH, De RTE ane. kh, Smee wir T.I. 
Senecio. | LXXVIII. compositz. (J. D. Hooker.) 353 
** Herbs or undershrubs with large radical or subradical or cauline leaves, 
Jlexuous scapes or stems, and panicled racemose or thyrsoid (not corymbose) in- 
Jlorescence. 
50. S. Wallichii, DC. Prodr. vi. 364; sparsely pubescent, leaves radical 
long-petioled broadly ovate-cordate acuminate sinuate-toothed membranous, 
scape almost leafless pubescent or woolly above, heads j in. long bracteolate 
narrow 5-fld., invol. bracts 5 oblong obtuse, ligules 2, achenes glabrous. Clarke 
Comp. Ind. 184. S. dentatus, Wall. Cat. 3112. 
CENTRAL and Eastern HiwALAYA; Nipal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 7-10,000 ft., 
d. D. H Se 
Stem 2-8 in., woody, slender. Leaves 8-10, 3-7 by 2-4 in.; petiole slender, 4-6 
in. Scape 1224 in., with a few small leaves near the base or 0, flowering at the top 
only. Heads in thyrsoid corymbs, shortly pedicelled. Achenes slender, #5 in. long; 
pappus white, much shorter than the tubular corollas. 
51. S. alatus, Wall. Cat. 3114; glabrous pubescent or cottony, stem short 
or long simple stout, leaves ovate-cordate or -lanceolate acuminate serrate mem- 
branous, petiole long with broad toothed wings, stem beyond the leaves elongate 
simple or branched, heads 4 in. long ebracteolate about 6-fld. in very large 
branched thyrsoid panicles, invol. bracts 4-7 linear obtuse pubescent, ligules 2, 
achenes glabrous or puberulous. DC. Prodr. vi. 368; Clarke Comp. Ind. 185, 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; from Simla, alt. 6-9000 ft., to Sikkim, alt. 7-13,000 ft. 
Whole plant 1-2 ft. or more; stem below sometimes as thick as a swan’s quill and 
shaggy, either very short with subradical leaves, or elongate with alternate leaves, 
rarely branched, ending in a pubescent or cottony erect often widely branching flower- 
scape. Leaves 5-12 by 4-6 in.; petiole short or long, its wing dilated in the middle 
or sometimes at the base, where it is broadly auricled. Heads shortly pedicelled. 
Achenes +, in., slender, and pappus much as in S. Wallichii. 
52. S. Candolleanus, Wail. Cat. 3119 ; stem slender flexuous glandular- 
pubescent simple or branched, leaves long-petioled ovate acute coarsely toothed 
white-tomentose beneath, heads } in. long 6-7-fld. narrow ebracteolate in ter- 
minal peduncled panicles. invol. bracts 5 linear-oblong membranous glabrous, 
ligules 0, achenes pubescent. DC. Prodr. vi. 964; Clarke Comp. Ind. 197. 
Western Himaraya; Kumaon, Blinkworth; Pindari, alt. 11,500 ft., Strach. 4 
Winterd. 
Stem 12-18 in., or branches terminating in a peduncled panicle, flexuous, and red. 
Leaves 1-2 by 4-1 in., glabrous above; petiole slender. Achenes (ripe not seen); 
pappus much shorter than the tubular corollas.—This species has the inflorescence and 
flowers of S. Levingii and alatus, with the leafy stem and foliage of S. Kunthianus. 
53. S. Levingii, Clarke Comp. Ind. 301; glabrous, tall, leafy, leaves 
deltoid angles acuminate toothed membranous suddenly contracted into a broad 
short cuneate petiole, heads 3 in. bracteolate 5-fld. in long peduncled axillary or 
terminal secund panicled racemes, invol. bracts 5 narrow-linear acute glabrous, 
ligules 0, achenes glabrous. 
WxsrERN HiwaALAYA; Kashmir, alt. 810,000 ft., Falconer, Thomson, Levinge. 
A very handsome species, 2-3 ft. high. Leaves 4-7 in. across the angles, very 
membranous. Heads sessile or peduncled and drooping, flowers three times as long as 
the involucre; anthers far exserted. Achenes sometimes as long as the involucre; 
pappus much shorter than the corollas, white.—Habit of section Ligularia, and near 
the Siberian S. hastatus (Cacalia hastata, L.), which has long-tailed anthers, - ' 
54. S. quinquelobus, Hook. f. § T.; herbaceous, glabrous or sparsely 
pubescent, stem simple long slender erect flexuous, leaves petioled membranous 
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