244 COMPOSIT/E. 



Achenes slender as long as or longer than the scabrid 

 pappus. Wight Ic. t. I124 (Doronicum wightii). 

 Nilgiris : in swamps. Bour?ie 5206, 5233. 



Gen. Dist. Also Khasi. 



I have not myself collected this species. Bourne's plants from which 

 the above description is taken do not agree absolutely with the description 

 in F.B.I, where the peduncles are given as without bracts. Wight's figure 

 shows them so, but in the letterpress the " pedicels " are '* bracteolate." 



Scnecio polyccphalus Clarke ; F.B.I, ill 344, LXXIX 

 22. Stem at base creeping or a slender rhizome, above 

 branched or not below the flowering part. Whole plant 

 covered with scattered hairs. Leaves mostly near the 

 base ; these about 2 by I inch, elliptic regularly crenate- 

 serrate, with rather thickened margin and hairs from 

 bulbous bases : upper leaves oblong, ij^ by V^ inch with 

 auricled base, diminishing upwards into bracts. Heads 

 few, I inch across : branches of corymb, with several 

 linear bracts, especially near the heads. Involucral 

 bracts ten to fifteen, 1/5 inch long, linear oblong acumi- 

 nate, glabrous or pubescent. Rays eight to ten, very 

 broadly oblong, equal to the involucral bracts. Achenes 

 slender, J^ inch, nearly as long as to the red pappus. 

 Wight Ic. t. 1 124. 



Nilgiris : on the downs ; flowering September. Bourne 

 5202, 4664. 



Scnecio arancosus DC. ; F.B.I, iii 351, LXXIX 44. 

 Similar to 5. coryrnbostis but differing in the leaves not 

 being tomentose underneath. 



Stem slender, finely grooved. Leaves stalked, 

 cordate, with small distant teeth, glabrous or cottony. 

 Flower-heads in axillary or terminal rounded panicles : 

 involucral bracts about eight, 3/16 inch long, linear with 

 thick middle band and paler margins. Achenes y% to 

 % inch : pappus ^ to % inch. Wight Ic. t. I131, 



