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slightly tapering downwards, obscurely ribbed, hairy. Woodr. in Jonrn. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 650. Doronmnn hewrense, Dalz. in Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bo. Fl. p. 130.— Flowers : Sept. 



Rare. Deccan: hills near Junnar, Dalzell Sf Gihson, JVoodrowl, Kanifkarl 

 This small plant is tolerably abundant on the hills near Juunar (Poona districts), 

 but does not aiDpeiir to have been found elsewhere. 



3. Senecio Edgeworthii, Hook. f. Fh B. I. v. 3 (1881) p. 346. 

 Suffrviticose, erect ; stem and branches terete or obtusely angled, at 

 first woolly-pubescent, at length glabrous. Leaves petioled, 1-1| by 

 1-1 1 in., cordate or rhomboid, or ovate, obtuse or subacute, upper surface 

 rough, the lower clothed with white cottony pubescence, the margins 

 sinuate-dentate; nerves prominent beneath; petioles |^-| in. long, 

 slender, woolly, auricled at the base. Heads few or many, laxly 

 corymbose, yellow, bracteolate ; peduncles very slender, furnished with 

 a few small scattered bracts. Invol. -bracts woolly at tlie base, \ in. 

 long, linear-lanceolate, acute. Eay-flowers 12-14, sterile, ligulate, the 

 ligules linear, 4-nerved, obsciu^ely 3-toothed at the apex. Style-branches 

 of 5 flowers truncate, penicillate. Pappus somewhat scanty, white, 

 slender, slightly longer than the acbenes. Achenes j"^ in. long, oblong, 

 slightly ribbed. Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 050. 

 Senecio tomentosus, C. B. Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 200 {not of Michaux). 

 Madaractis lanuginosa, Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. v. 20 (1851) p. 75. 

 Doronicum tomentosum, Wight, in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. 7 (1847) 

 p. 155 ; Icon. t. 1151. Doronicum argenteum, Dalz. MS. in Herb. Kew. 

 — Flowers : Aug.-Nov. 



Deccan: very abundant along the Ghat road from Wai to Panchgani, Cooke \\ 

 Kartriz Ghat, Woochow ; Dongergaon near Ahmednagar, Woodroiv. — Distrib. India 

 (W. Peninsula, Central India). 



4. Senecio Dalzellii, C. B. CJarhe, Comp. Ind. (1876) p. 201. 

 Herbaceous, erect, 1-3 ft. high, branched ; stem and branches more or 

 less white aiul cottony. Leaves coriaceous, sessile or the lower petioled, 

 1^-3 by -g— ^ in., gradually becoming narrower upwards, linear-oblong or 

 linear-lanceolate, apiculate, more or less cottony or scabrid above, 

 densely white-woolly beneath, entire or irregularly toothed, the margins 

 often recurved, base contracted or sometimes dilated and auricled. 

 Heads \-\ in. in diam., bracteolate, dichotoraously corymbose ; pedun- 

 cles slender, furnished with a few scattered bracts. Invol.-bracts 

 10-17, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, y^-\ in. long, pubescent, with or 

 without narrow scarious margins. Ligules 8-15, narrow, about ^ in. 

 long with 2 very obscure teeth at the apex, yellow. Pappus sub- 

 2-seriate, white, rigid, a little longer than the achenes, scabrid. 

 Achenes -^ in. long, scabrid with short hairs. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 340 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. G.-)0. >S\ Lau'ii, C. B. 

 Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 201 ; Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 317.— Flowers : 

 Nov.-Hec. 



KoNKAN : Law ! ; Mathcran, Cooke !, Woodrow ; Suvnrndrug (a small island close to 

 the Ratnagiri coast ou wliich an old fort stands), Dalzdl ! Deccan : Khandala, 

 Cooke ! — DisTUiD. India (\V. Peninsula), apparently endemic. 



5. Senecio Grahami, Bool: f. Fl. B I. v. 3 (1881) p. 347. 

 Herbaceous, erect, much-branched, 1-3 ft. high ; stem and branches 

 grooved and angled, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves 1-4 by ^ 2^ in., 



