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128 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
“Plant of 23 ft. Flowers golden-yellow. Open moist 
pasture on the margins of thickets. Flanks of the Mingkwong 
Valley, Yunnan. Lat. 25° 20’ N. Alt. 7000-8000 ft. Oct. 
1912. G. Forrest. No. 9292. 
The inflorescence of this new species is very like that of 
S. acerifolius, C. Winkl., but the plants have very different 
leaves. 
Senecio Latouchei, J. F. Jeff. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis S. Oldhamiano, Maxim. a quo rhizomate crasso 
perenni, foliis fere omnibus radicalibus suborbicularibus, in- 
florescentiis haud amplis inter alia differt. 
Planta erecta vel suberecta flaccida 12-30 cm. alta rhizomate 
crasso apicem versus tomento flocculoso fulvo induto. Caulis 
gracillimus flexuosus striatulus infra primo + dense fulvo- 
flocculoso-tomentosus supra sparse fulvo- vel albido-tomentellus 
mox glabrescens. Folia basalia plura ambitu suborbicularia 
basi cordata I-3 cm. diametro margine (pro magnitudine 
grossius) dentata (fere sublobatula) dentibus indurato-apiculatis 
chartacea supra pilis multicellularibus adpressis fulvis subdense 
villosa infra tomento denso albido induta: nervi primarii 5—7 
basi divergentes ; petiolus 2-4 cm. longus + dense fulvo- 
villosus ; folia caulina superiora 1-2 suborbicularia vel rhom- 
boidea 1.5-2 cm. diametro, petiolo 1-1.5 cm. longo auricula 
orbiculari caulem amplectante 3-7 mm. diametro praedita, 
cetera foliis basalibus subsimilia; in parte inferiore caulis 
plerumque folium solitarium auricula multo minore vel fere 
deficiente praeditum, cetera foliis basalibus simile. Inflore- 
scentia corymbosa capitulis paucis 3-4, pro planta majusculis 
2-2.5 cm. diametro ; bracteae plures lineares vel subulatae circ. 
5 mm. longae, raro majores specie magnitudineque in folia 
superiora transeuntes ; involucri phylla 12-13, biseriata oblan- 
ceolata acuta vel subacuta 6-7 mm. longa 2 mm. lata pubescentia 
brunnea. Flores ligulati II~-13, flavidi, r cm. longi, 3 mm. 
lati; flores disci 30-35; corolla circ. 4 mm. longa; antherae 
ecaudatae. Achaenia § mm. longa compressiuscula puberula ; 
pappus 3 mm. longus setosulus fragilis albus. 
Province of Fukien, from Foochow to N.W. Fukien. J. de 
la Touche. No. 34. 
“ Senecio palmatisectus, J. F. Jeff. Sp. nov. 
Species sectionis Cacaliae, affinis S. taliensi, Franch., S. 
cycloto, Bur. et Franch., S. Souliei, Franch. quae omnes foliis 
valde recedunt ; folia speciei novae eis S. aconttifolit, Turcz. 
simillima, flores omnino dissimiles. 
