COMPOSITAE. — SENECIO 419 



PERTYA Schultz Bip. 



Pertya sinensis Oliver in Hooker's Icon. XXIII. t. 2214 (1892). — 

 Bean in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 174 (Portya) (1910). 



Western Hupeh : Fang Hsien, thickets, alt. 1800 m., August 1907 

 (No. 3222; shrub 0.75-1 m. tall, flowers pink); Hsing-shan Hsien, 

 alt. 2600 m., A. Henry (No. 6982, type; ex Oliver). 



Here may be added notes on another species not collected during the Arnold 

 Arboretum Expeditions. 



Pertya phylicoides J. F. Jeffrey in Not. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh, V. 200 (1912). 



Yunnan: " Dry limestone country on the descent from Chung-tien plateau 

 to Yangtze, near Chiao-tou. Elevation 10,000 ft., September 1904," G. Forrest 

 (No. 112, type; ex Jeffrey); same locality, September 1914, C. Schneider (No. 2175; 

 shrub 0.6-1 m. tall). 



SENECIO L. 



Senecio scandens Hamilton in D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 178 

 (1825). — Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. III. 352 (1881). — Hemsley in 

 Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 457 (1888). — Diels in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 620 

 (1900); in Not. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh, VII. 401 (PL Chin. Forrest.) 

 (1913). 



Western Hupeh: Ichang, glens, alt. 100-300 m., March 1907 

 (No. 2497; Bcandent sub-shrub, flowers yellow). 



