342 Lxxviii, COMPOSITE. (J. D. Hooker.) ISeneeio-. 



achenes scatrid, pappus white. DC. Prodi: vi. 344 ; Clarke Comp. Ind. 194, 

 S. suMentatus, Ledeh. Ic. Fl. Ross. t. 493, f. 2. S. chrysanthemifolius, DC. 

 Prodr. vi. 345. 



Western Himaiata ; Northern Kashmir and Kunawer, alt. 8-17,000 ft., Thomson. 

 &c. — DiSTEiB. A-ifghanistan and westwards to Spain. 



Eather slender, stems often very many from the root, 6-18 in., branches erect or 

 divaricating, leaves scattered, 1-2 in., rarely more. 



13. S. raxnosus, WaU. Cat. 8129 A. ; annual, glahrous, stem simple or 

 branched angled and grooved, leaves all cauline sessile linear-oblong pinnatifid, 

 lobes obtuse bases simple or ^ amplexicaul and dilated, heads many ^j in. 

 diam. campanulate many-fld. subebracteolate long-peduncled iu loose terminal 

 corymbs, mvol. bracts 12-15 slender acuminate margins searious, ligules 6-8 

 minute, achenes slender hairy. DC. Prodr. vi. 365 ; Clarke Comp. Ind. 195. 



SrKKiM Terai, Assam, Siihet and Mishmi ; Boxtmrgh, &c. 



Stem 10-24 in. Leaves 1-3 in. Heads very small. — Clarke suggests that this 

 may be a tropical form of S. vulgaris, but the small heads and the invol. bracts and 

 achenes are very different. It is not described in Roxburgh, but there is in the 

 Benthamian Herbarium a specimen communicated by that botanist to Dr. Forsyth. 

 — 8. vulgaris in Wight's Herbarium from the Nilgherry Mts. is no doubt an escape^ 

 and Thomson has garden specimens from Moradabad. 



14. S- pedunculatus, Edgew. in Trans. lAnn. Soc. xxi. 74; annual, 

 dwarf, glabrous, stem and branches slender terete, leaves all cauline pinnatifld 

 lobes linear divaricate base simple or dilated and J-amplexicaul, heads ^ in. 

 diam. many-fld. narrowly campanulate subebracteolate long peduncled in loose- 

 irregular corymbs, invol. bracts 10-16 linear acuminate, ligules very short, 

 achenes slender glabrous or nearly so, pappus white. Clarke Comp. Ind. 195., 

 S. pedunculatus and dubius, Serb. Ind. Or. II. f. S/- T. 



• Western Himaxata ; from Kashmir to Garwhal, alt. 9-12,000 ft., Jacquemont^ 

 &c. Western Tibet; alt. 9-13,000 ft., Thomson, &c. 



Usually 6-18 in. high, slender and very much branched from the base, with slender 

 spreading leaf-lobes and small laxly corymbose heads. The roughness of the achenes 

 requires a very high power to render it visible. Clarke suggests (I.e. 196) that 8. 

 pedv/nculaius and dmbivs may perhaps be referable to coronopffi>lms, but they appear 

 to me to differ no less in the heads than in the habit and foliage. 



' 15. S. dubius, Ledeh. Fl. Alt. iv. 112; annual, dwarf, glabrous, branched 

 from the base, leaves sessile or the upper auricled linear entire or sparingly 

 pinnatifidly lobed, heads ^ in. diam. many-fld. subeampanulate bracteolate sub- 

 corymbose, invol. bracts 12-16 linear-oblong green with acute purple tips and 

 white margins, ligules 0, achenes hoary, pappus white. DC. Prodr. vi. 341 ; 

 Clarke Comp. Ind. 195. 



Western Himalaya; northern Kashmir, alt. 9-13,000 ft., Stoliczka. Western 

 Tibet; Parang Pass, alt. 15-17,000 ft., Thomson. Eakas Thai, alt. 16,000 ft. 

 H. Strachey. 



Two to six inches high, with leaves often half the length of the plant. 



16. S. tetrandus, Bam. in WaU. Cat. 3129 B. ; annual, slender, gla- 

 brous, stem sub-angular or terete sometimes winged, leaves narrowly oblong 

 from an auricled sometimes decurrent base irregularly pinnatifidly lobed, lobes 

 subacute irregularly sparingly toothed, heads \ in. diam. many-fld. subeampanu- 

 late bracteolate subcorymbose, invol. bracts linear-lanceolate acuminate green 

 with white margins glabrous, ligules overtopping the involucre, achenes seabrid, 

 pappus white. DC. P-odr. vi. 365. 



SiKKiM ; plains at the foot of the hills, Hamilton, Clarke. 



A weak usually straggling weed 4-8 in. high, flexuous, simple or branched, very 



