352 LXXVIII. COMPOSITE. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Senecio, 



Both Thwaites and Clarke consider this and 8. araneosus to be co-specific, but I 

 find no intermediate states ; the leaves of this are smaller, more rounded and coria- 

 ceous, less acuminate, and thickly tomentose beneath ; the heads are dense, and anther- 

 tails usually shorter. 



46. S. Buimalia, Ham. in Don Prodr. 178 ; climbing, branches leaves 

 beneath and inflorescence cottony, leaves petioled ovate-cordate acuminate 

 sinuate-toothed or entire 3-5-nerved, petiole not auricled, heads ~f in. long' 

 bracteolate few in axillary rounded corymbs, invol. bracts about 8 linear-oblong, 

 ligules few, achenes glabrous. DC. P)-odr. vi. 369; Clarke Comp. Ind. 182. S, 

 scandens, Wall. Cat. 3120. Cacalia volubilis, Herb. Ham. 



CENTRAL and EASTERN HIMALAYA; Nipal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 5-6000 ft., 

 J. D. H. 



Branches grooved. Leaves 3-5 by 2-3 in., glabrous above. Invol. bracts linear- 

 oblong, with a thickened tomentose mesial band, and thin glabrous borders. Ligules 

 short, yellow. Achenes in., slender, angled ; pappus ^ in., white. 



47. S. scandens, Don Prodr. 178; climbing, glabrous or branches and 

 leaves beneath slightly pubescent, leaves hastate or ovate-hastate acuminate en- 

 tire crenate or toothed, petiole short auricled, heads ^ in. long in lax divaricate 

 rounded corymbs, invol. bracts 10-12 linear-oblong acute, ligules few or many. 

 S. campylodes, DC. Prodr. vi. 370; Watt. Cat. 3170; Clarke Comp. Ind. 183. 

 S. stipulatus and Wightianus, DC. I. c. ; Wight Ic. t. 1136. S. intermedius, 

 Wight Ic. t. 1135. S. flexicaulis, Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 74. S. flexu- 

 osus, Wall. Cat. 3110. S. chinensis, DC. 1. c. 363. S. Hindsei, Benth. in Hook. 

 Journ. Sot. i. 488. Cineraria repanda, Lour. Fl. Cochin. 501. C. chinensis, 

 Spreng. Syst. Veg. iii. 549. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; Kumaon, alt. 6-7000 ft., Edgeworth ; Nipal, Wallich. 

 Sikkim, alt. 6-10,000 ft,, J. D. H. KHASIA MTS., alt. 5-6000 ft. PULNEY and NIL- 

 GHERRY MTS., alt. 7500 ft., Wight, &c. CEYLON ; Central Province, Walker, &c. 

 DISTRIB. Yunan, China. 



Branches zig-zag, grooved or ribbed. Leaves 3-4 by f-l in., usually membranous, 

 sometimes pinnate below in Ceylon specimens ; auricles of petiole very variable. 

 Invol. bracts with thin margins. Achenes in., slender, 4-angled or -ribbed; ribs 

 hairy or glabrous, outer compressed curved. 



48. S. candicans, DC. in Wight Contrib. 22; Prodr. vi. 369; branches 

 angled and leaves beneath densely white-tomentose, leaves ovate-cordate or 

 -hastate acuminate toothed glabrous or cottony above, petiole short auric led T 

 heads ^ in. long bracteolate in axillary and terminal rounded corymbs or lax 

 panicles, invol. bracts linear acute tomentose, ligules few, achenes pubescent. 

 Wight Ic. t. 1134; Wall. Cat. 3123. S. campylodes, var. candicans, Clarke 

 Comp. Ind. 184. Cacalia sarmentosa, Lesch. mss. 



NILGHERRY MTS., alt. 4-7000 ft., Wight, &c. 



Very near S. scandens, and united with it by Clarke ; but, besides the woolly 

 covering, the branches are more uniformly angled and ribbed, the leaves more coria- 

 ceous, and the achenes smaller and more pubescent. I have seen no intermediates. 



49. S. tetranthus, DC. Prodr. vi. 370; climbing, nearly glabrous, leaves 

 ovate-cordate or -lanceolate acuminate serrate membranous, petiole pubescent not 

 auricled, heads - in. long in bracteolate axillary and terminal thyrsiform 

 panicles 4-fld., iuvol. bracts 5-6 short oblong obtuse glabrous, ligules 2, achenes 

 glabrous. Clarke Comp. Ind. 185. S. cordatus, Wall. Cat. 3109. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; Nipal, Wallich ; Sikkim, alt. 7-8000 ft., J. D. H. 



Branches terete. Leaves 5-7 by 1^-3 in., often caudate-acuminate, sometimes 

 orbicular-cordate and 4 in. diam. Heads shortly peduncled. Achenes ~ in.; pappus 

 white or reddish, much shorter than the tubular corollas. 



