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Plant of 18-20 inches. Flowers nodding, pale rose, almost 

 white. August 1918." G. Forrest. No. 16,788. 



Also in fruit, October 1918. G. Forrest. No. 17,074. 



This interesting plant, with its large marbled leaf and 

 pendulous capitula, is an attractive species of a Gesneroid 

 appearance (PI. III. fig. 1). Although quite unlike in 

 general appearance, Parasenecio shows several affinities 

 with the species of Creinanthodiuin of the neighbouring 

 regions, particularly in the large size of the radical leaf 

 and the long, erect flower-stalk with nodding capitula. It 

 approaches some species of the Ligiilaria section of 

 Senecio in general habit, but the single radical leaf and 

 many of the characters of the capitulum and florets are 

 quite distinct. Apart from the colour of the corolla all 

 the characters of the plant, except the well-developed 

 obtuse tails of the anthers, would allow of its being placed 

 in the genus Senecio. In the section Synotis of the 

 Himalayan species of Senecio basal appendages to the 

 anthers occur, but these are quite different in size and 

 shape. The long apical hairs of the style-branches and 

 the peculiar adhesion of the tips of all the young involucral 

 leaves combine, however, to make it an unique species, 

 which would be unique even if included in Senecio. It is, 

 therefore, deemed more advisable to make a new genus 

 of the plant and tlius draw attention to its striking 

 peculiarities rather than to include it amongst the 2500 

 species of Senecio where it would require a position of 

 sectional or sub-generic rank. The generic name given to 

 the plant indicates this point of view and also the affinities 

 of the genus. 



The plant is a perennial herb with a thin woody rhizome 

 (fig. 1, A) which throws up one large radical leaf. This 

 solitary leaf (fig. 1, B) has rather an ornamental appear- 

 ance (in the figure the lower surface is shown) ; it is 

 cordate, about 6 inches in diameter, very thin, and marbled 

 with pale green in the spaces between the veins (cf. fig. 1, 

 C); the margin is ciliate and crenate, the crenations and 

 most furrows being marked by one or more small denticula- 

 tions. The denticulation at the apex of each crenation is 

 dark purple in colour and seems from an examination of the 

 dried leaf to be a typical hydathode at the end of the vein. 



