340 LXXVIII. COMPOSITE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Senecio. 



4. S. tibeticus, Hook. f. ; dwarf, simple, 4-7 in. high, stem petioles and 

 young leaves beneath white cottony, leaves hoary, radical long-petioled oblan- 

 ceolate lyrate-pinnatifid, terminal lobe ovate-lanceolate erose, lower lobes short 

 variously cut, cauline leaves elongate narrow irregularly subpinnatifid base 

 auricled, heads few f in. diam. campanulate many-fld. bracteolate on long stout 

 peduncles with scattered subulate bracts, invol. bracts linear-lanceolate acumi- 

 nate cottony, ligules 16-20 revolute 4-nerved longer than the involucre, achenes 

 (young) glabrous, pappus white. 



WESTERN TIBET ; Karakoram, near Ashkoley, ait. 10,700 ft., Clarke. 

 This differs from any form of S. chrysanthemoides in the few and much larger 

 more campanulate heads, as well as in the habit and few long peduncles. 



5. S. diversifolius, Wall. Cat. 3127 ; very robust, glabrous, leaves 

 pinnatind or lyrate-pinnatifid with broad auricled bases and oblong gashed lobes, 

 heads many -f in. diam. broadly campanulate or hemispheric bracteolate many- 

 fld., invol. bracts 10-16 oblong acute, ligules 10-16, achenes glabrous, pappus 

 of the ray-fl. 0, of the disk red. DC. Prodr. vi. 366 ; Clarke Comp. 2nd. 191. 

 S. raphanifolius, Wall. Cat. 3125; DC. I.e. 



CENTRAL and EASTERN HIMALAYA ; Nipal, Wallich ; Sikkim, alt. 10-14000 ft., 

 J. D. H. 



Usually much stouter than 8. chrysanthemoides, with broader heads and more 

 flexuous, and at once distinguished by the red pappus at all ages, from all forms of 

 that plant but var. 4. 



6. S. nudicaulis, Ham. in Don Prodr. 179 ; glabrous or sparsely 

 pubescent, radical leaves often rosulate sessile or narrowed into a petiole obovate 

 or linear- or obovate-oblong or spathulate obtuse obtusely crenate, cauline 

 sessile linear-oblong or obovate irregularly crenate lobulate or toothed base 

 contracted or dilated and auricled, heads many ^ in. diam. bracteolate broadly 

 campanulate many-fld., invol. bracts 10-14 oblong acute 3-nerved, achenes 

 puberulous all with whitish pappus. S. pallens, Wall. Cat. 3132 : DC. Prodr. 

 vi. 367 ; Clarke Comp. Ind. 191, excl. var. y. S. violaceus and truncatus, Wall. 

 Cat. 3134, 3137 ; DC. 1. c. S. denudatus, Don Prodr. 179. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; alt. 5-10,000 ft., from Wuzuristan, Stewart; to Sikkim, 

 J. D. H. 



The prevalent scapigerous habit and obovate more entire leaves and the 3-nerved 

 invol. bracts distinguish this from all forms of 8. chrysanthemoides and dwersifoliiis, 

 but it is very variable in height, from 6 in. to 3 ft., and the cauline leaves especially 

 vary from 2-3 in. and oblong contracted at the base to 6-7 in. with very dilated 

 auricled bases. Limb of disk-fl. campanulate. 



7. S. obtusatus, Wall. Cat. 3183; glabrous, stem or scape very slender 

 almost naked, radical-leaves few elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate acute denticulate, 

 cauline similar or the uppermost linear-oblong, heads few or many \-^ in. long 

 20-30-fld. campanulate bracteolate in lax corymbs with long slender branches 

 and peduncles, invol. bracts oblong acute obscurely 3-nerved, ligules 8-10, 

 achenes papillose all with white pappus. DC. Prodr. vi. 367 ; Clarke Comp. 

 Ind. 192. 



KHASIA and JTNTKA MTS ; alt. 4-6000 ft., De Silva, &c. DISTRIB. Khakyen hills, 

 east of Bhamo, in Birma. 



A very distinct species, allied to 8. pallens, but differing in the foliage, very slender 

 habit, and small heads ; limb of disk-fl. campanulate. 



8. S. zeylanicus, DC. Prodr. vi. 365 ; very slender, puberulous, leaves 

 very long narrow linear or dilated upwards acute or obtuse margins recurved 

 entire or obscurely toothed, cauline few distant linear, heads very few often 

 ^-^ in. diam. many fid. bracteolate campanulate very long peduncled in very 



