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118 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM 
Planta 75-120 cm. alta, robusta, erecta. Caulis striatus, 
superne plus minusve fulvo-tomentosus, medio inferneque 
subglaber, basi fibris rigidis erectis ad collum radicale circumdatus. 
Folium basale vix petiolatum, in vaginam brevem amplexicaulem 
contractum, circ. 16 cm. longum, Io cm. latum, late obovatum, 
apice breviter acuminatum, margine dentibus  incrassatis 
denticulatum, coriaceum, undique glabrum, nervis supra 
subobscuris, infra bene reticulatis; folia caulina 2-3, minora, 
cetera subsimilia folio radicali. Scapus sub inflorescentiad ad 
I2 cm. subnudus, bracteis paucis 2-4 cm. longis linearibus 
instructus ; racemus simplex 20 cm. longus vel ultra; capitula 
30-50, wh subremota, supra densiora, 10-12 mm. longa, 
circ. 5 mm. lata, nutantia; pedunculi 5-ro mm. longi, fulvo- 
tomentosi, bracteolis 1-2, linearibus, I-2 cm. longis, nigro- 
(glanduloso ?)-capitatis instructi. Involucri phylla 4-5, lineari- 
oblonga, circ. 6 nem. longa, extus puberula vel subglabra, pallide 
marginata, apice nigrescentia ; ligulae 3-4, aurantiacae, 6-8 mm. 
longae ; disci flores circ. 12; corolla circ. 6 mm. longa ; pees 
albus fragilis 4 mm. longus ; achaenium 4 mm. longum. 
“ Plant of 24-4 ft. Ray florets orange, disc florets darker. 
Alpine pasture on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. 
Lat. 27° 30’ N. Alt. 13,000 ft. August 1910.” G. Forrest. 
No. 6493. 
Characterised among the allied species by the broad obovate 
leaves resembling the blade of a paddle and by the relatively 
small flowers. 
Senecio sciatrephes, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis Senecionit cymatocrepidi, Diels sed foliis remote 
indurato-dentatis, involucro glabro recedit. 
Planta 15-75 cm. alta, erecta. Caulis striatus, basi longe 
defoliatus et nudus, infra sparsius, supra densius *ttomento albo 
detersili indutus. Folia 5-6 in medio caule plerumque aggregata, 
itaque nunc alterna, nunc subopposita, in petiolum 4-6 cm 
longum, complanatum, subalatum sparse flocciilaso-tomentosun 
leniter angustata, 12-16 cm. longa, 4-6 cm. lata, lanceolata vel 
ovato-lanceolata, apice subacuminata, basi cuneata, margine 
remote indurato-dentata, supra viridia sparse minute pilosula 
vel glabrescentia, venis obscuris, infra pallidiora, tomento minuto 
griseo detersili praedita, nervis 5—6 paribus distinctis. Inflores- 
centia paniculata; ramuli paniculae corymbis 5-8—floris 
terminati; corymbi 2-12; capitula subsessilia vel ad 1 cm. 
pedunculata; bracteolae lineares circ. r cm. longae, cum 
pedunculis flocculoso-tomentosae. Involucri tubuloso-cylindrici 
6 mm. longi phylla 5 viridia oblongo-linearia, apice subobtusa, 
glabra, margine pellucida. Flores ligulati nulli; tubulosi 4-5 
