as long as the subulate bractioles.—Receptacle naked, 
areolate: involucrum 6—7 lines long, purplish.— D. C. 
l. c. 6 —299. 
Neilgherries— Pulney Mountains, &c. This is a large 
succulent plant, several feet in height, which I have 
met with in several alpine situations, but I do not re- 
collect fiading it on the plains. 
1122. Gynura WALKERI (R. W.) shrubby, erect, 
stems naked at the base terete, marked with numerous 
scars of fallen leaves, leafy towards the apex: leaves 
long petioled, ovate lanceolate, acuminate, entire or only 
slightly crenulate on the margin: corymbs terminal, 
large, loose, many cephalous : involucrum cylindrical 
shorter than the flowers, much longer than the slender 
subulate bractioles. 
Neilgherries not unfrequent in woods, usually in 
moist soil near streams, also in Ceylon. The stems at 
the base are wordy, but soft and juicy, often upwards 
of an inch in diameter, and 6 or 7 feet m height, ter- 
minated by large corymbs. The leaves are from 4-6 
inches long and about half as broad, ofa light yellowish 
green, probably owing to the plant generally growing 
under the shade of surrounding trees. Flowers white, 
It appears to be in flower at nearly all seasons, 
I first became acquainted with this plant through 
Ceylon specimens, communicated by Colonel Walker, 
to whom Í at that time dedicated the species and at this 
distance of time, full eight years after, confirm my first 
suggestion. 
1123. 了 MELIA scamra (D. C.) stem ascending, 
leafy and densely hirtillous at the base, naked, smooth 
at the apex: lowest leaves lyrate, cauline ones cordately 
semi-amplexicaul, ovate lanceolate, rather obtuse, 
dentate ; rough on both sides from scattered hairs : 
corymbs terminal 5-7 cephalous : involucrum, scarcely 
shorter than the flowers : about 100 flowers within the 
involucrum.— D. C. ያ. ር. 6—303. 
An obscure weed, not by any means uncommon, but 
almost always appearing as solitary plants. 
1124. Doronicum Wien (D. C.) glabrous, stem 
erect, sub-simple, angularly, serrated at the base : leaves 
lanceolate acute, coarsely dentate, subrevolute on the 
margin ; the lower ones attenuated at the base, those 
above amplexicaul : corymbs few-flowered ; the pedicels 
bractiolate at the apex: scales of the involucrum linear, 
subacute : ligulæ 8-10, flat: achznia glabrous.—Ligule 
6-7 nerved, styliferous, but probably abortive, destitute 
of pappus.— D. C. 6, 322.— Madaractis glabra D. C. 6, 
440. 
Neilgherries in pastures and near the banks of water 
courses where the soil is moist ; flowering towards the 
end of the rainy season, : 
1125. Doronicum ARNOTIII (D. C.) stem simple, 
erect, striated, rough below, glabrous above : leaves close 
set towards the base, cordately semi-amplexicaul ; ob- 
long 3-6 nerved, obtuse, dentate; rough on both sides : 
corymb terminal, few-flowered ; bracteoles linear subu- 
late: involucrum subcalyculate, scales about 15 li- 
near : ligule 10 oval, six-nerved, probably sterile by 
abortion: achænia glabrous.—Stigmata short included : 
flosculi very numerous : pappus redish.— D. C. I, c. 6. 
322.— Madaractis polycephala D. C. 6. 440. 
Neilgherries, &c. abundant on the Northern slopes, 
near Nedawutem, flowering October and November. 
1126. Doronicum LesseNGIanum (Arn.)stem long 
subterete striated hairy: leaves cordate, amplexicaul, 
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oblong lanceolate, few-nerved, deeply and irregularly 
inciso-serrated : corymbs few cephalate, terminal : invo- 
lucrum hemispherical, scales linear subulate, the inte- 
rior ones oblong lanceolate muricately hispid : ligule 
8-10, narrow oval, about 9 nerved.— D. C. l. c. 6. 322— 
Arnott's pugillus.— Madaractis scabra, D. C. l. c. 
Neilgherries, &c. flowering cool season after the rains. 
Allied to the preceding, but I think quite distinet, 
1127. Doronicum CanpoLranum (Arn.) suffruti- 
cose, ramous : branches striated nearly glabrous, few 
(1-2) cephalous : leaves whitish, hispidly pubescent, 
pinnatifid ; lobes short, oblong acute, occasionally 
shortly dentate: peduncles minutely bractiolate at the 
apex: involucrum 1 series, scales lanceolate, whitish, 
hispid on the back: ligule 8-10, narrow, oval, 3-5 
nerved.— D. C. l. c. 6. 322.—Arnott’s pugillus— Mad- 
aractis pinnatifida— D. C. 6. 439. 
Neilgherries frequent in pastures. A very ramous 
somewhat diffuse plant, branches terete glabrous naked 
towards the base, very leafy about the middle, ending 
in slender somewhat leafy peduncles, bearing two 
or rarely three, nearly naked pedicelled, capitula : 
leaves oblong, narrow, pinnatifidly lobed, nearly to the 
base, revolute on the margin, hispid on both sides, but 
especially the under: peduncles lenfy at the base, 
pedicels furnished with a few minute scattered bractio- 
les. Scales of the involucrum linear, pointed, coarse- 
ly hispid on the back: ligule about 9, lanceolate, 
acutish, 4 nerved. 
1128. Doronicum RUPESTRE (R. W.) suffruticose, 
erect, ramous ; branches near the base terete naked, 
above leafy : leaves long petioled ; limb lobed or some- 
what pinnatifid attenuated into a long slender petiol, 
nearly glabrous above, nerves beneath bristle hispid : 
pedicels short leafy at the base, closely beset towards 
the apex with minute subulate bractioles : involucrum 
1 series calyculate, leaflets linear acuminate, nearly gla- 
brous on the back : ligule 8, linear lanceolate, obtuse, 
4 nerved, 
In clefts of rocks eg ven mountains flowering 
August and September. is species is perhaps too 
closely allied to the preceding, the more so, as having 
only once met with it leads to a suspicion that it might 
be a variation produced by local circumstances, as how- 
ever I got many speeimens and find the characters uni- 
form throughout, and all most readily distinguishable 
from specimens of D. Candolliaum. I think I am quite 
justified in considering it a species. The Ligule are 
nearly twice the size, being much long er and broader : 
the leaves generally have the outline of a long petioled 
spathulate leaf cut lobed at the apex, many however are 
more distinctly pinnatifid. 
1129. Doronrcum TENUIFOLIUM (R. W.) herbace- 
ous, erect or ascending, ramous, glabrous ; leaves pin- 
natifid or bi-pinnatifid ; lacineæ linear acute, variously 
toothed or lobed, T corymbs few cephalate : 
capitula, peduncled, leaflets of the involucrum linear 
lanceolate acute, glabrous, or slightly puberulous at 
the point, ligule about 8, broad oval obtuse, 4 nerved. 
Neilgherries, &c. This Sone | 
buted plant on both the subalpine plains and moun- — 
tains, of Southern India. My collection presents spe- 
cimens from all quarters. It is not therefore to be — 
wondered at that so common a plant should vary and 
should have received different names, viz. Senecio tenui= 
folius Burm. Fl. Ind. Sen.: mutifidus Wild, Wall, D.C. — 
Sen. laciniosus Arnott. These synonyms may I think 
be depended upon, and as all have referred the plant to | 
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