352 Lxxvm. coMpositj). . (J. D. Hooker.) [Seweoio- 



Both Thwaites and Clarke consider this and S. araneosus to be oo-speeific, but I 

 find no intermediate states ; the leaves of this are smaller, more rounded and coria- 

 ceous, less acuminate, and thickly tomentose beneath ; the heads are dense, and anther- 

 tails usually shorter. 



46. S. Buimalia, Sam. in Don Prodr. 178 ; climbing, branches leaves 

 beneath and inflorescence cottony, leaves petioled ovate-cordate acuminate 

 sinuate-toothed or entire 3-5-nerved, petiole not auricled, heads ^-f in. long 

 bracteolate few in axillary rounded corymbs, invol. bracts about 8 Unear-oblong, 

 ligules few, achenes glabrous. DC. Pi-odr. vi. 369 ; Clarke Comp. Ind. 182. S. 

 scandens, Wall. Cat. 3120. Cacalia volubiUs, Serb. Sam. 



Centeal and Eastern Himalaya; Nipal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 5-6000 ft.,^ 

 J. D. H. 



Branches grooved. Leaves 3-5 by 2-3 in., glabrous above. Invol. bracts linear- 

 oblong, with a thickened tomentose mesial band, and thin glabrous borders. Ligules 

 short, yellow. Achenes ^ in., slender, angled ; pappus ^ in., white. 



47. S. scandens, Don Prodr. 178; climbing, glabrous or branches and 

 leaves beneath slightly pubescent, leaves hastate or ovate-hastate acuminate en- 

 tire crenate or toothed, petiole short auricled, heads ^ in. long in lax divaricate 

 roimded corymbs, invol. bracts 10-12 linear-oblong acute, ligules few or many. 

 S. campylodes, DC. Prodr. vi. 370; Wall. Cat. 3170; Clarke Comp. Ind. 183. 

 S. atipulatus and Wightianus, DC. I. a. ; Wight le. t. 1136. S, intermedius, 

 Wight Ic. t. 1135. S. flexicavdis, Bdgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 74. S. flexu- 

 oSUS, Wall. Cat. 3110. S. chinensis, DC. I. c. 363. S. Hindsei, Benth. in Sook. 

 Jovum. Bot. i. 488. Cineraria repanda, Lour. Fl. Cochin. 501. C. chinensis,. 

 Spreng. Syst. Veg. iii. 549. 



Tbmpbbate Himalaya ; Kumaon, alt. 6--7000 ft., Edgeworth ; Nipal, Wallich. 

 Sikkim, alt. 6-10,000 ft., J. D. H. Khasia Mrs., alt. 5-6000 ft. Pulney and Nil- 

 GHEEBY Mts., alt. 7500 ft., Wight, &c. Ceylon ; Central Province, Walker, &o. — 

 DiSTEiB. Yunan, China. 



Branches zig-zag, grooved or ribbed. Leaves 3-4 by |-1 J in., usually membranous, 

 sometimes pinnate below in Ceylon specimens ; auridles of petiole very variable. 

 Invol. tracts with thin margins. Achenes i in., slender, 4-angled or -ribbed; ribs, 

 hairy or glabrous, outer compressed curved. 



48. S. candicans, DC. in Wight Contrib. 22 ; Prodr. vi. 369 ; branches- 

 angled and leaves beneath densely white-tomentose, leaves ovate-cordate or 

 -hastate acuminate toothed glabrous or cottony above, petiole short auiieled, 

 heads ^ in. long bracteolate in axillary and terminal rounded corymbs or lax 

 panicles, invol. bracts linear acute tomentose, ligules few, achenes pubescent. 



Wight Ic. t. 1134; Wall. Cat. 3123. S. campylodes, var. candicans, Clarke 



Comp. Ind. 184. Cacalia sarmentosa, Lesch. mss. 



NrLHHEEEY Mts., alt. 4-7000 ft., Wight, &c. 



Very near 8. scandens, and united with it by Clarke ; but, berfdes the woolly 

 covering, the branches are more uniformly angled and ribbed, the leaves more coria- 

 ceous, and the achenes smaller and more pubescent. I have seen no intermediates. 



49. S. tetranthus, DC. Prodr. vi. 370; climbing, nearly glabrous, leaves 

 ovate-cordate or -lanceolate acuminate serrate membranous, petiole pubescent not 

 auricled, heads ^\ in. long in bracteolate axillary and terminal thyrsiform 

 panicles 4-fld., invol. bracts 5-6 short oblong obtuse glabrous, ligules 2, achenes 

 glabrous. Clarke Comp. Ind. 185. S. cordatus, Wcul. Cat. 3109. 



Temperate Himalaya ; Nipal, Wallich ; Sikkim, alt. 7-8000 ft., J. D. H. 



Branches terete. Leaves 5-7 by 1^3 in., often caudate-acuminate, sometimes 

 orbicular-cordate and 4 in. diam. Heads shortly pedunded. Achenes ^ in. ; pappus 

 white or reddish, much shorter than the tubular corollas. 



