Seneeio.] ixxviii. compositji. (J. D. Hooker,) 3S3 



** Herbs or imdershrvhs with large radical or suhradical or cauline leaves, 

 Jlexuous scapes or stems, and pardcled racemose or thyrsmd {not corymbose) in- 

 florescence. 



50. S> Wallichii, DC. Prodr. yi. 364; sparsely pubescent, leaves radical 

 long-petioled broadly ovate-cordate acuminate sinuate-tootbed membranous, 

 scape almost leafless pubescent or woolly above, beads J in. long bracteolate 

 narrow 6-fld., invol. bracts 5 oblong obtuse, ligules 2, acbenes glabrous^ Clarke 

 Comp. Ind. 184. S. dentatus. Wall. Cat. 3113. 



Centbal and Easteen Himalaya; Nipal, Wcdlich; Sikkim, alt. 7-10,000 ft., 

 J. B. H., &c. 



Stem 2-3 in., woody, slender. Leaves 8-10, 3-7 by 2-4 in.; petiole slender, 4-6 

 in. Scape 12-24 in., with a few small leaves near the base or 0, flowering at the top 

 only. Heads in thyrsoid corymbs, shortly pedieelled. Achenes slender, i in. long ; 

 pappus white, much shorter than the tubular corollas. 



51. S> alatus, Wall. Cat. 3114; glabrous pubescent or cottony, stem short 

 or long simple stout, leaves ovate-cordate or -lanceolate acuminate serrate mem- 

 branous, petiole long with broad toothed wings, stem beyond the leaves elongate 

 simple or branched, heads ^ in. long ebracteolate about 6-fld. in very large 

 branched thyrsoid panicles, invol. bracts 4-7 linear obtuse pubescent, ligules 2, 

 achenes glabrous or puberulous. DC. Prodr. vi. 368 ; Clarke Comp. Ind. 185. 



Temperate Himalata; from Simla, alt. 6-9000 ft., to Sikkim, alt. 7-13,000 ft. 



Whole plant 1-2 ft. or more ; stem below sometimes as thick as a swan's quill and 

 shaggy, either very short with subradical leaves, or elongate with alternate leaves, 

 rarely branched, ending in a pubescent or cottony erect often widely branching flower- 

 scape. Leaves 5-12 by 4-6 in.; petiole short or long, its wing dilated in the middle 

 or sometimes at the base, where it is broadly auricled. Heads shortly pedieelled. 

 Achenes ^ in., slender, and pappus much as in S. WallioMi. 



62. S. Candolleanus, Wcdl. Cai. 3119; stem slender flexuous glandular- 

 pubescent simple or branched, leaves long-petioled ovate acute coarsely, toothed 

 wbite-tomentose beneath, heads \ in. long 6-7-fld. narrow ebracteolate in ter- 

 minal peduncled panicleS; invol. bracts 5 linear-oblong membranous glabrous, 

 ligules 0, achenes pubescent. DC. Prodr. vi. 364 ; Clarke Comp. Ind. 137. 



Westbbn Himalaya; Kumaon, BUnkworth ; Kndari, alt. 11,500 ft., Strach. ^ 

 Winterb. 



Stem 12-18 in., or branches terminating in a pednnded panicle, flezuous, and red. 

 Leaves 1—2 by -^-1 in., glabrous above; petiole slender. Achenes (ripe not seen); 

 pappus much shorter than the tubular corollas. — This species has the inflorescence and 

 flowers of S. Lemngii and cdatus, with the leaiy stem and foliage of S. Kimthianus. 



63. S. Iievin^ii, Clarke Comp. Ind. 301 ; glabrous, tall, leafy, leaves 

 deltoid angles acuminate toothed membranous .suddenly contracted into a broad 

 short cuneate petiole, heads ^ in. bracteolate 5-fld. in long peduncled axillary or 

 terminal secund panicled racemes, invol. bracts 5 narrow-hnear acute glabrous, 

 ligules 0, acbenes glabrous. 



Wbstbhn Himalaya; Kashmir, aVi. 8-10,000 ft.. Falconer, Thomson, Levinge. 



A very handsome species, 2-3 ft. high. Leaves 4-7 in. across the angles, very 

 membranous. Heads sessile or peduncled and drooping, flowers three times as long as 

 the involucre ; anthers far exserted. Achenes sometimes as long as the involucre ; 

 pappus much shorter than the corollas, white. — Habit of section lAgulaaria, and near 

 the Siberian 8. kastatm (Caealia hastata, L.), which has long-tailed anthers. 



54. S. qulnquelobus, Hook. /. Sr T.; herbaceous, glabrous or sparsely 

 pubescent, stem simple long slender erect flexuous, leaves petioled membranous 

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