1CONES PLANTARUM. 37 
cuneata, 1}-3-pollicaria, triplinervia et pennivenia, supra agg subtus to- 
mento minute incana. Capitula ad apices ramorum co Involu 
circa 5 lin. longum, bracteis rigidulis acutissimis glabris v. minute ciliato- 
puberulis, intimis paleaceis subscariosis exterioribus gradatim brevioribus 
viridioribusque. Keceptaculum foveolatum, foveolorum marginibus denticu- 
latis. Corolle flavee, breviter exsertee. Pappi sete sordide, involucrum 
subzeequantes. Achenia pilosula. 
Fi Involucre and receptacle, Bee inion section. 2. Floret. 3. Three of i 
stamens, the auricles of the anthers not quite correct. 4. Summit of ite “hs, the papillee 
represented too much like hairs 
It is et a this iat may ae to be gg with the Vernonia 
solidaginifolia, Boj. in DC., Prod. v. 30, but any rate a congener ; 
and Steetz appears to have been perfect sirtioe in pasos it from Vernonia 
on account of its style, habit, and co flowers, a of which point to a 
much closer affinity with the Senecionidea.—G. BEN 
. Prate 1141. 
CREMANTHODIUM RENIFORME, Benth. 
Composit, Tribe SENECIONIDE. 
Cremanthodium, Benth. gen. nov. Capitula heterogama, radiata, 
floribus radii fcoemineis 1-seriatis discique pertnephinedite i fertilibus. In- 
volucrum ee unaaae bracteis sub-2-seriatis imbricatis membranaceis 
iform 
tifidisque. Scapi 1-cephali, aphylli v. ince pret re baais paucis alternis. Capitula 
Corolle flave v. carnee. 
magna, nutantia. 
C. reniforme, Benth., foliis orbiculato-cordatis reniformibusve — 
dentatis. Ligularia ? reniformis, DC. Prod. vi. 315; Senecio reniform 
Wall. Cat. Herb. Ind. n. 3141. 
Has. Himalaya mountains at various elevations from 10,000 to 18,000 
ft. West Tibet, Falconer, Jacquemont; Gossain Than. , Wall llich; Kumaon 
Strachey and Winterbottom ; Sikkim, J. D. Hooker. 
Caudex crassus, brevis, perennis. Folia glabra, radicalia petiolo 3—8-pollicari 
fulta, magnitudine varia et forma nunc fere ovata et profunde cordata longiora 
