Composiice.2 cetlon plants. 



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EMILIA 



L E. sonchifolia, DC. Prod. vi. p. 302, cum syn.— c.p. 3343. 

 ilAB. Very abundant. JS'om. vulg. " Kadoo-para." 



An extremely variable plaut as regards the shape of the leaves. 



2 E.prenanthoidea, DO. I.e. p. 303, cum syn.— _E. anaustifolia, 

 JJU I.e. cum syn— An ^. seabm, DC. I.e.?— c.p. 430 (444, 581, G70) 

 Mab. Central Provmce, at an elevation of 6000 to 8000 feet. 



Fo^ia cauliaa cordato-sagittata, anguste lanceolata, vel rariiis oblonga sublirataque 

 glabra vel (pracipue subtus) puberula. Fiosculi purpurei. 



DORONICUM 



1. D, "Walke 



(688). 



c.p. 151 



5000 



4-3-pedale, plus minus pilosum. Folia oblonga, sessilia vel iu petiolum longum 

 ^-2 Tu T ^PI*^^^^^^^^^^ angustata, dentata vel pinnatipartlta, 1-6 poll, longa, 



A most variable plant, the extreme forms of which, in the absence of the inter- 

 mediate ones, it would be difficult to believe specifically identical. 



2. p Gardneri, Thw. ; glabrum ; caule adscendente, {o]ioso ; foliis 

 nnean-lanceolatis, distanter grosse serratis, basi angustatis ; liqulis 4- 

 nemis; acA^«m pilosulis.— c.p. 435 (459). 



Hab. Ambagamowa District, at an elevation of 3000 to 5000 feet. 



albfda^'^^^^^' '^^^^^ ^"^^ ^°"' ^^°^'^' ^"^ ^^"' ^^^^' ^^^^^^ paUidiora. Jchania 



In the characters of the inflorescence, this very closely resembles the preceding 

 species, but the very narrow smooth leaves seem sufficient to keep it distinct. 



30. SENECIO, Less. 



1. S. corymbosus, Wall. (DO, Prod. vi. p. 364; Wight, Icon. 

 il^O.) — c.p. 565. 



Var 0.-5. WalJceri, Arn. ; DC. 1. c. ; Wight, Icon. t. 1131. 

 c.p. 272. • 



Ar^r^"*^^' Central Province, not imcommon. Var. a. At an elevation of 



7000 to 8000 feet. 



An examination of nnmerous specimens has proved to me that the characters 

 wnicn have been employed to separate varr. a and ^ as distinct species, are by no 

 ttieaas constant, so that I have no hesitation in uniting them. 



^. S. "WTalkeri, Thw. (non Am. ; vide sp. prec. var. /3.) — Gynura 

 ^alkeri, Wight, Icon. t. 1122.— c.p. 533. 

 -H-AB. Central Province, at an elevation of 7000 to 8000 feet. 



TT. fl appears to be a true species of Senedo: it has not the styles of Gynura. 

 Aae flowers are of a pale-yellow colour. 



3, S. Zeylanicus, DC. L c. p. 365.-5. gracilis, Arn. Pug. 31 (349). 

 An S. Neilgherrianns, DC. 1. c. p. 368, var. P— C.P. 1749, 

 Uab. Amongst high grass, at Newera Ellia and other of the most 



elevated parts of the island. 



4. S. Wightianua, DC. 1. c. p. 370, cum syn. ; Wight, Icon. t. 1136. 



c-P. 1751. 



