NEILGHERRY PLANTS. 13 
DORONICUM. 
Capitulum radiate heterogamous, ray florets one series ligulate, female or sterile by abortion; disk 
ones hermaphrodite. Achnia beakless oblong turbinate furrowed, those of the ray bald, of the disk pappose. 
Pappus setaceous several series.— Herbaceous plants with solitary or several capitula, involucrum one or few 
series, scales linear: recept. ebracteolate. 
This is a small genus of about 20 species nearly half of which are natives of India and five of these 
found on. the Neilgherries. The two figured give a good idea of the habits and general appearance of the 
plants of this genus which are for the most part easily distinguished, except from Senecio, which they gene- 
rally so greatly resemble that close examination is required for their discrimination. 
Doronicum LessENGIANUM (Arn.) stem eed eens Ne gt thd eee in pastures, A very ramou 
terete striated hairy: leaves Rie te, amplex 
oblong are patted son: ise eply and “regularly towards the ang very leafy about the middle, 
- inciso-serrated : orymbs few c oe minal: in- in slender somewhat leafy “pednccle, bearing irs 2S 
volucrum see athe scales linear s whalain: the rarely three, nearly naked pedicelled, capitula : leaves 
interoe ones sa ong ade ie muricately pris oblong, pinnatifidly narrow, lo e ba 
po 8-10, narrow oval, trved.—D. C. i.e. revolute on the margin, hispid on both sides, but es- 
6. 322 ewes ccptlae- Meveraie sceabra, D. C. pecially the under : peduncles leafy at the base, pedi- 
be cels furnished with a few minute sc — bractioles 
cales of the Prarie linear, pointed, coarsely his- 
Neilgherries, me flowering cool season after the pid on the back : ligule about 9, Sencedacs acutish, 
rains. This plant is found growing in moist soil near 4 nerved. 
springs and w ys courses. The flowers are large an 
rather handsome, but the plant as awholeiscommon This I consider a more ornamental plant oe 
looking. It is however very charecturiatls of the much fitter for the garden than the other. 
enus, and to any one ee to study its characters a small leaves and compar atively rp mae vellow 
suitable a a for the purpose flowers entitle it to that distinction, and doubtless were 
it an exotic brought from Europe it ‘tie find favour, 
Doronicum CaNnDoLI pole (Arn.) suffruticose ra- but being a native easily procured, it seems to be 
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dentate: peduncles minutely bracteolate at the apex: ing how much these se era resemble each other in 
involucrum 1 series, ee er wees hispid habit and appearance 
on x yor ogre , harro oval, 3- rved.— 
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: SENECIO. 
Capitulum homagamous discoid or heterogamous radiate: flowers of the ray female ligulate, 
Branches of the style of the hermaphrodite flowers truncated, the point only penicellate. Achenia beakless 
terete or angularly furrowed. Pappus pilose several series, caducous.—Herbs or shrubs, sometimes climbing, 
with alternate leaves and solitary, corymbose or panicled inflorescence : involucrum one series, sometimes 
calyculate with accessory squamelle, often with the points of the scales sphacellate : receptacle naked alveolate. 
Flowers of the disk always yellow, those of the ray usually ‘so, but sometimes white or or purplis 
Through some error on the part of the Lithographer, only one species of this genus has been kept for 
this work in place of two, a discoid and radiate one as I intended. The error is of less consequence as the two 
species of Doronicum may both be looked upon as representing species of Senecio until the achenia of the ray 
florets are examined and found destitute of pappus which is the essential difference between the two genera, It 
may perhaps be supposed that the genus might be easily divided into two principal sections according as the 
capitula have or have not a ray: but on this point DeCandolle observes that, by the adoption of that charac- 
ter the most nearly allied species, or even varieties of the same species, would be disjoined : the same re- 
mark is applicable to several other characters that have been supposed suitable for this — 
