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Herba scapigera. Rhizoma fibris pilisque vestitum. Folia 

 longe petiolata, reniformia, marginibus leviter repando-dentata, 

 2-3 cm. longa, 2-2-4 cm. lata, palmatim 8-nervia, nervis primariis 

 in mucronem minutum excurrentibus, lamina utrinque sparse 

 pilosa, infra saepe purpureo-variegata ; petiolus 2-2*5 cm, longus, 

 fulvo-villosus, imprimis basin versus. Scapus 1-cephalus, 16-24 

 cm. longus, tenuis, sulcatus, sparse pilosus, bracteis 1-pluri- 

 linearibus instructus. Gapitula flava, 2 cm. diametro ; involucrum 

 glabrum, supra medium constrictum, phyllis 7-10 imbricatis, 

 exterioribus oblongo-linearibus subacutis, interioribus ellipticis 

 obtusis, omnibus infra medium dorso incrassatis ochraceis, supra 

 herbaceis viridibus purpurascentibus. Flares lutei, radii feminei, 

 ligulati ; disci hermaphroditi, corollis tubulosis campanulatis 

 5-fidis segmentis recurvatis. Styli rami reeurvati, truncati, 

 penicillati. Achenia ovato-oblonga, glabra, 2 mm. longa, 

 epapposa. 



Western China. On rocks, without precise locality, Wilson, 

 3783. 



455. Senecio eriopoda, Cummins [Compositae-Senecionideae] ; 



species scapigera foliis ovato-cordatis, novellis uti scapo inferior* 

 densissime villoso-lanatis. 



Herba scapigera. Rhizoma fibris pilisque dense vestitum. 

 Petioli ad basin etiamque gemmae foliorum similiter obtecti. 

 Folia saepe 2, ovato-cordata, acuta, mucronata, sinuato-dentata, 

 6-10 cm. longa, 4-8 cm. lata, 7-nervia, subtus tomento sordide 

 argenteo appresso vestita, supra pilis sericeis deciduis instructa ; 

 petiolus 5-22 cm. longus, pilosus. Scajjus pilosus, flexuosus, 36 cm. 

 longus, plerumque ad vel infra medium ramum corymbuliferum 

 emittens. Corymbi 2-5 cm. lati, pedunculi 3-4 cm. longi ; 

 bracteae circiter 2 cm. longae. Gapitula 2 cm. diametro, radiata ; 

 phijlla circiter 8, 6-8 mm. longa, 1*5-2 mm. lata, sub anthesi 

 tomeutosa, deinde glabrescentia, marginibus scariosis. Flora 

 radu femmei, ligulati, 3-dentati, 8-15 mm. longi ; disci tubulosi, 



1a\ }\ mm ' . ^ ngL 8t y li rami reeurvati ; stigmata apice 

 subclilatata, pemcillata. Achenia circiter 35 mm. longa, pappo 

 corolla aequilongo vel breviore. 



W°iwk ^ ng ''o^ ith0ut P recise locality, Wilson, 235; 

 w . tiupen ; Wilson, 235a. 



one^th! w!™ gath f iDgS ° f this P ]ant > both wade in April. In 

 uedunol 2 \ T h T & °\ petioles U P t0 22 cm - &ng, the 

 the anttrf I t ^^ the floWers are P ayt pollination with 

 -athe^fth. 1 P 7 t nd the 8 ^ le ams recurved^ In the other 

 antHre m^h i J ® *%? mU ? b 8horter P etiole *> about 5 cm. long, 

 coi^QuTntlv oZT ?Y P e T duncles a ™ Sort and the inflorescence 

 consequently contracted, whilst most of th« flowe rs are still 



leaves 



