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PaRASENECIO : A NEW GeNUS OF THE COMPOSITAE FROM 



China. By Professor Wright Smith, M.A., and 

 Professor James Small, D.Sc. (With PL III.) 



(Read 2211(1 Jauuiuy 1920.) 



Parasenecio, W. W. Sm. et J. Small. Genus nov. 

 Compositarum. 



Genus Senecioidearum ; Seitecioni, Linn, affine a quo 

 appendicibus antherarum magnis obtusis, ramis stylorum 

 penicillis longis ad apiceni praeditis, corollae colore, phyllis 

 involucri paucis sub anthesi apice plus minusve cohaeren- 

 tibus diftert, habitum spex;ierum Ainsliaeae, DC. non- 

 nullarum simulat. 



Herba perennis ; rhizoma gracile lignosum strigosum. 

 Caules solitarii erecti herbacei circ. 10-costati apice pubes- 

 centes, basi dense pilosi, paniculas laxas pauciramosas 

 gerentes. Folium radicale solitarium magnum cordatum 

 petiolatum marmoratum tenuiter membranaceum, margine 

 ciliatum, crenaturis apiculatis notatum, supra pilis longis 

 adspersum, infra ad nervos nervulosque prominentes dense 

 vestitum ; folia caulina plerumque solitaria, raro duo, 

 radicali multoties minora, ceteroquin subsimilia. Capitula 

 mediocria homogama campanulata nutantia lioribus 10-15. 

 Involucri phylla 6-8 subbiseriata, interiora 3-4 latiora, 

 exteriora 3-4 angustiora, omnia sub anthesi apice cohae- 

 rentia, tandem soluta, lanceolata vel lineari-lanceolata, pilis 

 brevibus adspersa. Receptaculum parvum foveolatum. 

 Corolla pallide rosea fere alba, regularis, tubuloso-cam- 

 panulata, alte 5-loba. Antherae basi appendiculatae, auri- 

 culis magnis obtusis mucronatis. Styli bitidi illos Senecionis 

 simulantes sed ad apicum latera longius penicillata. 

 Achaenia 5 mm. longa teretia 5-costata glabra. Pappi 

 setae numerosae albidae molliter scabridae. 



Genus monotypicum montium provinciae chinensis 

 Szechvvan incola. 



Parasenecio Forrestii, W. W. Sm. et J. Small. Gen. et 

 sp, nov. 



" West China : Mu-li mountains, S. W. Szechwan, in open, 

 dry sandy pasture. Lat. 28° 12' N. Alt. 12,000 feet. 



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