Cremanthodium.~\ LXXVIII. COMPOSITE. (J. D. Hooker.) 331 



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glabrous palmately nerved, head 3 in. diam., invol. bracts oblong-lanceolate 

 acuminate, ligules broad entire or minutely toothed yellow, achenes cuneate, 

 ppus white. Clarke Comp. 2nd. 167; Ligularia reniformis, DC. Prodr. vi. 

 15. Senecio reniforrnis, Wall. Cat. 3141. 



CENTRAL and EASTERN HIMALAYA; Nipal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 10-15,000 ft,, 

 J. D. H. 



Slender. Eadical leaves few; petiole 6-12 in., very slender; blade 2-4 in. diam., 

 sometimes pubescent beneath, sinus broad and rounded or narrow and acute, cauline 

 solitary ; petiole with an inflated amplexicaul sheath. Scape sparsely hairy with black 

 hairs towards the tip. Invol. bracts 1 in. long, sparingly hairy; ligules sometimes 

 1 in. long and \ broad, tip entire or toothed, disk brown. Style-arms long, flexuous, 

 slender, acuminate. Achenes in. long ; pappus-hairs minutely scabrid. 



2. C. Decaisnei, Clarke Comp. Ind. 168 ; more or less pubescent, 6-10 

 in. high, leaves chiefly radical reniform coriaceous crenate glabrous or with 

 white appressed tomentum beneath, petiole stout, heads 1^-2^ in. diam., ligules 

 broad 3-toothed yellow, achenes slender, pappus white. Ligularia, n. 7, Herb. 

 Ind. Ch'.H.f.Sf T. 



ALPINE HIMALAYA; from Kashmir, alt. 11,000 ft., Falconer, Jacquemont ; and 

 Kumaon, alt. 15,000 ft., Strach. $ Winterb. ; to Sikkim, alt. 14-16,000 ft., J. D. H. 



A shorter and more robust plant than C. reniforme, with smaller leaves, shorter 

 stouter petioles, much broader oblong invol. bracts, and very narrow achenes. Style- 

 arms linear, ^-cylindric, slightly dilated at the obtuse tip. 



3. C. Thomson!, Clarke Comp. Ind. 169 ; nearly glabrous, 6-8 in. high, 

 leaves all subradical reniform broadly crenate, head 1-1| in. diam., invol. bracts 

 acuminate, ligules broad deeply 3-fid. yellow, achenes linear-oblong, pappus red- 

 brown. Ligularia, n. 14, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. Sf T. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; Kankola valley, alt. 13-14,000 ft., J. D. H. 



A much smaller plant than C. reniforme; leaves l-l^ in. diam., more crenate 

 than toothed ; invol. bracts 5 in., oblong-lanceolate ; ligules f-1 in. ; style-arms 

 linear, ^-cylindric, long, subacute ; achenes - in. 



4. C. Hookeri, Clarke Comp. Ind. 169; nearly glabrous, 6-8 in. high, 

 leaves chiefly cauline reniform denticulate, petiole short with long narrow 

 sheaths, heads 1 in. diam., involucre campanulate, ligules very slender yellow, 

 achenes narrowly oblong, pappus reddish. Ligularia, n. 16, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. 

 8f T. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA; Yeumtong, alt. 13-15,000 ft., J. D. H. 



This differs from C. Thomsoni in the cauline leaves with shorter petioles and 

 minute teeth, the smaller heads more campanulate ; involucre with linear bracts, and 

 very slender ligules. Style-arms linear, ^-cylindric, ratner long, subacute. 



5. C. palmatum, Benth. in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 1142 ; slender, hairy, 4-7 in. 

 high, leaves reniform acutely palmately 5-10-lobed to near the middle, heads 

 l-2 in. diam., ligules very broad pink 2-4-fid, achenes short, pappus white. 

 Clarke Comp. Ind. 168. Ligularia palmata, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. $ T. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA; Kankola valley, alt. 12-14,000 ft., J. D. H., Elwes. 



An elegant species, with very large heads for the size of the plant, and broad pale 

 pink rays that do not stand horizontally, but are erecto-patent, giving the head, which 

 is sharply deflexed with a narrow base to the involucre, a triangular profile. Style 

 hispid far below the arms, which are linear, ^-cylindric, with rounded tips. The 

 achenes are too young to ascertain their form and size. 



** Nerves of leaf pinnate. 



6. C. oblong-atum, Clarke Comp. Ind. 168, excl. var. /3 ; glabrous, 4-8 

 in. high, leaves chiefly radical orbicular or orbicular-oblong, base rounded or 



