Senecio.) LXXVII. coMPOSITE. (J. D. Hooker.) 355 
"77" Shrubby, heads in axillary and terminal corymbs. 
58, S. densiflorus, Wall. in DC. Prodr. vi. 369; shrubby, branches 
leaves beneath and corymbs clothed with appressed white rarely grey cottony 
wool, leaves large petioled narrowly or broadly elliptic- or obovate-lanceolate 
acuminate toothed, heads 4 in. long many-fld. bracteolate in axillary peduncled 
and terminal branched subpanicled corymbs, invol. bracts 8-12 linear acute 
tomentose, ligules 8-10, achenes glabrous. Clarke Comp. Ind. 185. S. unci- 
nellus, densiflorus, and angulosus, DC. l e. 368, 369. S. aureus and angulosus, 
Wall. Cat. 3113, 3117. Solidago densiflorus, Wall. Cat. 1821. 
CENTRAL and WEsTERN HIMALAYA ` from Nipal to Bhotan, alt. 5-7000 ft. Kmasra 
Mrs., alt. 4-6000 ft. Brema, Parish. 
Branches stout. Leaves 5-9 by 1-34 in., glabrous or cottony above, teeth often 
hooked ` petiole 1-1 in., with often small broad toothed auricles. Heads campanulate, 
shortly peduncled ; invol. bracts white, opaque; receptacle pitted and bristly; ligules 
very short. Achenes i in.; pappus equalling or shorter than the tubular corollas, 
white. 
Van. Parishii; corymbs panicled on a stout prolongation of the branch none axil- 
lary.—Birma, Nat Toungin, Parish. i 
Var. ? Lobbii ; nerves of leaves beneath with red-brown tomentum (as in S. rufi- 
nervis), heads panicled as in var. Parishii but larger with longer ligules.—Martaban, 
Thoung Gyne, alt. 5000 ft., Lobb. : 
Var. ? mishmiensis ; softly cottony, branches angled, leaves as in the type, heads 
fewer broader on longer peduncles, invol. bracts longer.—Mishmi hills, Griffith.— 
Specimens very imperfect. 
59. S. rufinervis, DC. Prodr. vi. 369; shrubby, branches leaves beneath 
and corymbs clothed with appressed white cottony wool, leaves petioled oblong- 
ovate or elliptic acute or acuminate sharply toothed, base rounded cordate or 
acute, nerves beneath with red tomentum, heads } in, long many bracteolate 
8-10-fld. in lax branched panicled corymbs, invol. bracts 5-8 oblong acute very 
much shorter than the flowers, ligules 4-5 short, achenes glabrous. 
Western HIMALAYA ; from Simla to Kumaon, alt. 6-8000 ft. 
Habit of S. densiflorus, and foliage as large, but nerves red beneath, base often 
rounded or even cordate, petiole usually much longer, heads much narrower, with very 
few flowers and very short glabrous or pubescent broader invol. bracts that are not i 
the length of the expanded corolla, and receptacle very narrow. 
60. S. Bhot, Clarke Comp. Ind. 187 ; shrubby, stem strongly ribbed and 
angled, branches and corymbs loosely cottony, leaves sessile lanceolate acuminate 
sharply toothed or serrate nearly glabrous, heads } in. diam. many-fld. in axil- 
lary and. terminal subsessile corymbs with stout angled and ribbed divaricate 
branches, invol. bracts 8-10 linear-oblong acute green glabrous, ligules 9-14, 
achenes large ribbed glabrous. 
Buotan, Griffith. 
Branches with very prominent angles and ribs. Leaves (upper alone seen) 3-6 by 
1-1} in., rather membranous, base narrowed rounded. Corymbs with singularly stout 
ribbed divarieate branches and peduncles ; invol. bracts rigid, with a few basal green 
rather large and broad bracteoles; receptacle smooth, convex; ligules very short. 
Achenes à, in. and upwards; pappus white.—A very singular species; the specimens 
are past flower, and the exact number of ligules is not ascertainable, 
61. S. vagans, Wall. Cat. 3108; quite pres stem and branches long 
slender, leaves petioled ovate- or elliptic-lanceolate more or less toothed, heads 
3 in. very narrow ebracteolate in very loose axillary and terminal few-flowered 
-corymbs with long filiform branches and peduncles, invol. bracts about 8 linear- 
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