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r16 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM 
Range. Lat. 27° 30’ N. Alt. r1,000-12,000 ft. July rgzo.” 
G. Forrest. No. 6236. 
“ Plant of 2-3 ft. Ray and disc florets orange. Mountain 
meadows on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 
30’ N. Alt. 1r1,000-12,000 ft. August r1g1o.”’ G. Forrest. 
No. 6451. . 
“Plant of 2-33} ft. Ray and disc florets bright orange. 
Open mountain meadows on the eastern flank of the Lichiang 
Range. Lat. 27° 30’ N. Alt. 12,000 ft. August rgro.” G. 
Forrest. No. 6485. 
This number I take to be the same as the two preceding ; 
the inflorescence is much more diffuse as one would expect in 
a specimen collected later in the season. 
Senecio latihastatus, W.W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species e grege Ligularia, ex affinitate Senecionis cacaliaefolit, 
Sch. Bip. et forsan varietas illius speciei polymorphae ; interim 
melius pro specie propria militat; foliis latihastatis, floribus 
magnis conspicua. 
Planta 45-60 cm. alta, robusta. Caulis striatus, superne 
fulvo- et albo-araneoso-tomentosa, inferne glabrescens, basi fibris 
rigidis erectis ad collum radicale indutus. Folia radicalia circ. 
6, longe (ad 16 cm.) petiolata, 7-9 cm. longa, ad 14 cm. lata, 
triangulari-hastata, margine dentata, chartacea, glabra; caulina 
minora, 2, vagind magna amplexicauli praedita, petiolo brevi 
vel deficierte. Capitula circ. Io, magna, racemose disposita, 
erecta, basi fere 1 cm. lata. Involucri phylla circ. 10, vix libera, 
8-g mm. longa, lineari-oblonga, acuta vel breviter acuminata, 
extus minute araneoso-puberula ; corolla 3 cm. longa vel ultra, 
saturate aurantiaca; pappus 6 mm. longus, sordide albus; 
achaenium immaturum anguste oblongum 2.5 mm. longum. 
“Plant of 18-24 inches. Flowers deep orange, fragrant. 
. Moist situations on mountain meadows on the eastern flank 
of the Lichiang Range. Lat.27°30’N. Alt.12,o00ft. August 
1g10.”’ G. Forrest. No. 640 
The plant resembles in habit Senecio Sagitta, Maxim, from 
Western Kansu. 
i Senecio orotrephes, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ob capitula racemosa discoidea affinis Senecioni sub- 
spicato, Bur. et Franch., a quo habitu robusto, pedunculis longi- 
oribus, involucri phyllis diversis inter alia recedit. 
Planta 40-50 cm. alta, erecta, robusta. Caulis subteres, 
striatulus, 4-5 mm. diametro, subnudus, basi ad apicem dense 
capillis nigris patentibus indutus, racemo 3-8-floro terminatus. 
Folia radicalia 1-2, vagina 3-4 cm. longa extus nigro-tomentosa et 
