Plants oj the Punjab. 



376 



Herbs, Erect with Alternate Exstipulate Lobed Leaves. 



Petals united. 

 Flowers, minute, in heads, inner tubular, outer ligulate. 



Senecio graciliflorus, 



Composite. 

 P. B. I. iii. 338. 

 Himalaya, 

 8-13,000 ft. 

 Mahasu, Narkanda 

 (Cullett). 

 Patarnala, 

 Kashmir. 



Senecio 

 chrysanthemoides, 



Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 339. 



Himalaya, 

 8-13,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mahasu 

 (Collett). 

 Kashmir. 



large, annual, smooth, stem round, zigzag, sometimes 

 angled and grooved ; leaves 4-6 by 2-4 in., thin, stalked 

 at the base, not lobed at the base, pinnately divided into 

 oblong, short-pointed, coarsely toothed segments, upper 

 leaves linear, sessile ; flowers yellow, in numerous, often 

 di'ooping, 5-8-flowered narrowly cylindric, \ in. long, heads, 

 in small clusters, forming terminal flat-topped branching 

 racemes, bracteoles many, narrow, bracts of heads 5-7, 

 linear, floor of heads naked, corollas inner 5-toothed, outer 

 of 3-5 ligules deeply toothed, pappus white, -^ in., anther- 

 bases blunt ; achenes -J^ in., ribbed. 



hke the last species, but stem not zig-zag, leaves 

 larger, terminal lobe much the largest, ovate, irregularly 

 lobed and toothed, stem-clasping with basal lobes, deeply 

 toothed, upper leaves with many lobes, leaves often 

 purple beneath, bracts of heads 10-12, oblong, ray flowers 

 8-12, hgules 3-toothed. 



Senecio 

 coronopifolius, 



Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 341. 

 Northern Kashmir, 

 8-17,000 ft. 

 (Thomson). 



Senecio Thomson!, 



Senecio 

 pedunculatus, 



COMPOSITiE. 



F. B. I. iii. 342. 

 Himalaya, 

 9-12,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



small, annual, much branched from the base, slender, 

 smooth, leaves 1-2 in., scattered, all on the stem, fleshy, 

 narrow, pinnately divided, lower stalked, upper stem- 

 clasping, lobed at the base, heads \ in. diam., few, many- 

 flowered, on long bracteolate stalks forming loose flat 

 topped branching racemes, bracts of heads 15-20, narrow, 

 short-pointed, ray flowers 8-12, hgules rolled up, inner 

 flowers very slender, achenes rough, pappus white ; for 

 other characters see the last species. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Toothed. 



small to medium size, annual, slender, much-branched 

 from the base ; leaves all stem ones pinnately divided, 

 lobes hnear, base simple or dilated and half stem clasping, 

 flowers yellow in many-flowored narrowly bell-shaped, long- 

 stalked heads \ in. ' forming loose, flat-topped clusters, 

 bracts round heads, 10-16 linear, long-pointed, ligules 

 very short, achenes slender, pappus white ; for other cha- 

 racters see the last species. 



