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182 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NoOVARUM. 
rhododendron scrub. Lat. 27° 30’ N. Alt. 14-15,000 it. 
Plant of 6-9 inches. In seed. September rgro.’’ G. Forrest. 
No. 6658. 
e species is closely allied to S. Delavayi, Franch. and S. 
alaschanica, Batal. It is easily distinguished from the former 
y the glandular calyx with obtuse lobes. It is nearer to the 
latter, a plant of Western Mongolia, which I have not seen. — 
Senecio schizopetalus, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species sectionis Ligulariae atque affinis S. amplexicault, Wall. 
a quo sociisque ligulis.usque ad tubum in segmenta tria fissis 
inter alia recognoscitur. 
Planta robusta 1.2-1.5 m. alta radicibus numerosis ad 15 cm. 
elongatis cylindricis carnosis praedita. Caulis ad 2 cm. crassus, 
rimum araneoso-fulvido-pubescens, tandem glabrescens. Folia 
radicalia petiolo ad 70 cm. longo praedita, caulina petiolo I-5 
em. longo atque vagina ampla foliacza ad 5 cm. longa munita, 
lamina reniformis, 15-20 cm. longa, 20-25 cm. lata, apice ro- 
tundata, basi alte cordata, margine dentibus magnis triangulari- 
. bus apice induratis subregulariter notata, in sicco membranacea, 
supra glabra, infra indumento tenuissimo detersili praedita, 
mox glabrescens. Inflorescentia ampla corymboso-paniculata ad 
20 cm. alta, ad 30 cm. lata, ramulis peduncul#que fulvido-tomen- 
tellis, bracteis 3-5 mm. longis linearibus, capitulis pernumerosis 
mediocribus paulo congestis. Involucri phylla circ. 8, oblonga, 
—9 mm, longa, 1-2 mm. lata, subobtusa, nigrida, sparsim tom- 
_entella. Flores in quoque capitulo circ. 12 quorum 3-4 ligulati; 
ligulae circ. 1.5 cm. longae in segmenta tria linearia usque ad 
tubum fissae; tubus circ. 5 mm. longus; pappus fulvidus 7 mm. 
longus ; achenia immatura 2.5 mm. longa; disci floris corolla circ. 
8 mm. longa. 
“West China :—Hills east of Tengyueh, Yunnan, amongst 
.scrub and on the margins of streams in gullies. Lat. 25° N. 
Alt. 6,500 ft. Plant of 4-5 ft. Flowers fragrant, orange-yel- 
low. October 1919.’ G. Forrest. No. 18611. 
Sloanea Forrestii, WW..W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis S. sterculiaceae, (Benth.) Rehd. et Wils. a qua 
fructuum indumento inter alia longe differt. : 
Arbor vel frutex 6-15 m. altus, ramulis primum sparsim 
pilosis tandem glabris cinerascentibus. Folia petiolo plerumque 
2-4 cm. longo sparsim piloso (nunc satis dense) suffulta ; ee 
vulgo 10-18 cm. longa, 4-8 cm. lata, nonnumquam ad 30 cm 
longa, 10 cm. lata, “oblongo-lanceolata vel subelliptica vel ae 
Z lanceolata, apice plus minusve acuminata, basi anguste rotund- 
i ata vel nunc etiam cordulata, margine subregulariter serratula 
