COMPOSITE. 243 



corymbs : bracts with broad scabrid nerve. Rays 

 spreading. Pappus white. Wight Ic. t. II32. 



Pulney and Nilgiri downs, but not at the higher levels. 

 Flowers in summer. Not recorded elsewhere. Fyson 271. 

 Bourne 11 17 (Vilpatti). 



Scnccio lavandulaefolius Wight, Herb. Prop. 1481 ! ; 

 F.B.I, iii 343 as of DC, LXXIX 17. A small erect single 

 stemmed herb distinguished by its closely set erect 

 narrow leaves, the whole leafy part being of a spindle 

 shape. 



Stem unbranched, or branched towards the top, 6 to 



18 inches erect. Leaves I by ^ inch, densely imbricate, 



oblong, acute, erect from a broad base, one-nerved, 



villous above, tomentose underneath ; margin slightly 



recurved : upper and lower leaves shorter. Corymb 



terminal-stalked above the uppermost leaf. Bracts 



many imbricate, pubescent. Pappus white, t. 171. 



Wight Ic. t. II33. 



On the open grass downs of both plateaus. Nilgiris : 

 flowering December. Pulneys : flowering September. Fyson 

 2075, 2035. Bourne 1571. 



In figure 171 : a. central floret with stamens but no style ; b. 

 disc floret with stamens and style ; c. ray floret with style only ; 

 d. involucre after flowering with inner bracts spread showing receptacle 

 pitted ; e. ripened achene of hermaphrodite floret b-, /. unfertilised ovan' 

 offlor^. yE.T.B.^ 



Scnecio saxatilis Wall. ; F.B.I, iii 344, LXXIX 20 ; 

 Swamp Ragwort. Stem at the base, or perennial root- 

 stock, decumbent, sometimes long and creeping, not as 

 a rule branching below the flowering part. Leaves 

 oblanceolate, serrate, acute, with auricled base ; the 

 lower about 2^ by Vz inch, the upper smaller. Branches 

 of the corymb slender, with linear bracts of J^ to J4 

 inch, not only at the forkings but also scattered on the 

 branches and peduncles. Heads % inch. Involucral 

 bracts about sixteen. Rays ^ by 1/12 inch, yellow, 



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