Senecio.'] LXXVIII. COMPOSITE (J. D. Hooker.) 353 



** Herbs or under shrubs with large radical or subradical or cauline leaves, 

 flexuous scapes or stems, and panicled racemose or thyrsoid (not corymbose) in- 

 florescence. 



50. S. Wallichii, DC. Prodr. vi. 364; sparsely pubescent, leaves radical 

 long-petioled broadly ovate-cordate acuminate sinuate-toothed membranous, 

 scape almost leafless pubescent or woolly above, heads | in. long bracteolate 

 narrow 5-fld., invol. bracts 5 oblong obtuse, ligules 2, achenes glabrous. Clarke 

 Comp. Ind. 184. S. dentatus, Watt. Cat. 3112. 



CENTRAL and EASTERN HIMALAYA; Nipal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 7-10,000 ft., 

 J. D. H., &c. 



Stem 2-3 in., woody, slender. Leaves 8-10, 3-7 by 2-4 in. ; petiole slender, 4-6 

 in. Scape 12-24 in., with a few small leaves near the base or 0, flowering at the top 

 only. Heads in thyrsoid corymbs, shortly pedicelled. Achenes slender, in. long ; 

 pappus white, much shorter than the tubular corollas. 



51. S. alatus, Wall. Cat. 3114 ; glabrous pubescent or cottony, stem short 

 or long simple stout, leaves ovate-cordate or -lanceolate acuminate serrate mem- 

 branous, petiole long with broad toothed wings, stem beyond the leaves elongate 

 simple or branched, heads in. long ebracteolate about 6-fld. in very large 

 branched thyrsoid panicles, invol. bracts 4-7 linear obtuse pubescent, ligules 2, 

 achenes glabrous or puberulous. DC. Prodr. vi. 368 ; Clarke Comp. Ind. 185. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; from Simla, alt. 6-9000 ft., to Sikkim, alt. 7-13,000 ft. 



Whole plant 1-2 ft. or more ; stem below sometimes as thick as a swan's quill and 

 shaggy, either very short with subradical leaves, or elongate with alternate leaves, 

 rarely branched, ending in a pubescent or cottony erect often widely branching flower- 

 scape. Leaves 5-12 by 4-6 in. ; petiole short or long, its wing dilated in the middle 

 or sometimes at the base, where it is broadly auricled. Heads shortly pedicelled. 

 Achenes ~ in., slender, and pappus much as in S. Wallichii. 



52. S. Candolleanus, Wall. CW. 3119; stem slender flexuo us glandular- 

 pubescent simple or branched, leaves long-petioled ovate acute coarsely toothed 

 white-tomentose beneath, heads \ in. long 6-7-fld. narrow ebracteolate in ter- 

 minal peduncled panicles invol. bracts 5 linear-oblong membranous glabrous, 

 ligules 0, achenes pubescent. DC. Prodr. vi. 364; Clarke Comp. Ind. 137. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA; Kumaon, Blinkworth; Pindari. alt. 11,500 ft., Strach. & 

 Winterb. 



Stem 12-18 in., or branches terminating in a peduncled panicle, flexuous, and red. 

 Leaves 12 by -| 1 in., glabrous above; petiole slender. Achenes (ripe not seen); 

 pappus much shorter than the tubular corollas. This species has the inflorescence and 

 flowers of & Levingii and alatus, with the leafy stem and foliage of 8. Kunthianus. 



53. S. Leving-ii, Clarke Comp. Ind. 301 ; glabrous, tall, leafy, leaves 

 deltoid angles acuminate toothed membranous suddenly contracted into a broad 

 short cuneate petiole, heads ^ in. bracteolate 5-fld. in long peduncled axillary or 

 terminal secund panicled racemes, invol. bracts 5 narrow-linear acute glabrous, 

 ligules 0, achenes glabrous. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA ; Kashmir, alt. 8-10,000 ft., Falconer, Thomson, Levinge. 



A very handsome species, 2-3 ft. high. Leaves 4-7 in. across the angles, very 

 membranous. Heads sessile or peduncled and drooping, flowers three times as long as 

 the involucre ; anthers far exserted. Achenes sometimes as long as the involucre ; 

 pappus much shorter than the corollas, white. Habit of section Ligularia, and near 

 the Siberian /S. hastatm (Cacalia hastata, L.\ which has long-tailed anthers. 



54. S. quinquelobus. Hook. f. fy T. ; herbaceous, glabrous or sparsely 

 pubescent, stem simple long slender erect flexuous, leaves petioled membranous 



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