■Senecio.'] lxxyiii. composite. (J. D. Hooker.) 361 



SixKiM HiMAiAYA ; at Kongra-Lama, alt. 14-15,000 ft., J. D. H. 



A very slender Bpecies, 10-18 in. high; root with copious long erect fastigiate 

 :fibrous remains of old leaves 2-3 in. long. Leaves 3 in. diam. and less ; petiole of 

 lower often as long as the stem, very slender. Heads with 1-2 linear bracteoles; 

 invol. bracts ^i in., rather membranous when dry ; ligules f in. long, tip entire or 

 minutely toothed ; tube of disk-corolla equalling the limb. Aohenea unripe, ^ in. — A 

 very distinct species, but looks as if drawn up amongst grass, &c. 



43. S. amicoides, Wall. Cat. 3138, in part; stout, erect, glabrous or 

 sparingly cottony above, leaves oblong ovate or elliptic obtuse toothed, lower 

 narrowed into the stout petiole w^hich is winged above, oaidine sessile amplexi- 

 caul or vnth a sheathing petiole, heads solitary or 2 or more in simple or branched 

 racemes large broad many-fld. drooping base very broad, invol. bracts 14-16 

 oblong acute bases connate, ligules many short broad, achenes shorter than the 

 whitish pappus. Clarke Comp. Ind. 207. Ligularia amicoides, DC. Prodr. vi. 

 314; J2oy?e /«. t. 60, f. 2. 



Cbntbai. and Western Himalaya, alt. 12-14,000 ft.; Nipal, WalUch; Gaiwbal, 

 Falconer, &c. ; Kunawer and Lahul ? JTtomson. 



Stematout, 12-18in. ieaws variable, largest 8 by 5 in., coriaceous. Seads sometimes 

 ■2^ in. diam., broadly campanulate; invol. bracts | in. long, 12-14; ligules 15-30, f 

 in. long, 7-11-nerved, tips entire or minutely toothed; tube of disk-corollas shorter 

 than the narrow limb. ' Achenes J in., broader upwards ; pappus rather scanty. — 

 Specimens with single head approach Werneria Ellisii very much, in which, however, 

 the heads are erect and the bracts connate to above the middle. 



Vab. frigida; dwarf, 6-10 in., very stout, leaves chiefly radical very coriaceous, 

 heads solitary, invol. bracts glabrous or tomentose. Ligularia frigida, 8chultz-Bip. in 

 Herb. Hook. — Kunawer and Western Tibet; Nubra, Ladak, &c., alt. 15-17,000 ft. 



Sbrtes B. Anther-cells tailed ; tails contiguous or connate. 



Sect. V. Synotis. Heads few or many-fld ; flowers all pappose ; invol. 

 bracts l-seriate. 



* Climbing, leafy shrubs or undershruis. 



4A. S. araneosus, -DC. Prodr. vi. 364; climbing, glabrous or sparsely 

 cottony, leaves petioled cordate acuminate entire or sub-S-lobed toothed or 

 sinuate-toothed 5-7-nerved, petiole not auricled, heads ^§ in. long bracteolate 

 in open axillary and terminal rounded corymbs, invol. bracts 8, ligules. 0, achenes 

 glabrous striate. Clarke Comp. Ind. 181, excl. some syns. S. arachnoideus. 

 Watt. Cat. 3163. S. Walkeri, Am. PugUl. n. 1 03 ; DC. I. c. ; Wight le. 1. 1131. 

 S. corymbosus, var. ;3, Thwaites Bnum. 167. Oissampplopsis volubilis, Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Sat. ii. 103. Cacalia P volubilis, Blume, DC. I. c. 331. 



Wbstken Himalaya ; from Sikkim to Mishmi, alt. 5-7000 ft. Khasia Mts., alt. 

 2-5000 ft. NiLGHEREY Mts., Wight. Ceylon; Central Province, alt. 7-8000 ft.. 

 Walker, &c. — Distrie. Java. 



An extensive climber; branches grooved. Leaves 3-7 by 2-5 in., coriaceous or 

 membranous, finely reticulated. Invol. bracts linear-oblong, subacute, with a thick- 

 ened mesial band and pale margins. Pappus white. — Very variable in foliage. I find 

 no difference between the South Indian and some Sikkim specimens ; the Khasian have 

 often much larger more lobed leaves. 



45. S. corymbosus, Wdl. Cai. 3121; climbing, leaves petioled orbicular- 

 or ovate-cordate acute denticulate 6-7-nerved glabrous above densely cinnamo- 

 meous-tomentose beneath, petiole not auricled, heads ^— J in. long in dense 

 axillary and terminal rounded corymbs, invol. bracts 8, ligules 0, achenes glabroua 

 striate. DC. in Wight Cmarib. 22; Prodr. 364; Wight Ic. t. 1130. 



Nilqhekby Mts., Noion, Wight, &c. Cbylou ; Central Province, alt. 7-8000 ft.. 

 Walker, &c. 



