Senemo.'] Lxxviii. coMPOSiTJi. (J. D. Hooker.) 355 



**** Shrvhhy, heads in axillary and terminal corymbs. 



58. S. denslfloms, Wcdl. in DC. P)-odr. vi. 369; shrubby, branches 

 leaves beneath and corymbs clothed with appressed white rarely grey cottony 

 wool, leaves large petioled narrowly or broadly elliptic- or obovate-lanceolate 

 .acuminate toothed, nead* \ in. long many-fld. bracteolate in axillary pedunoled 

 and terminal branched subpanicled corymbs, invol. bracts 8-12 linear acute 

 tomentose, ligules 8-10, achenes glabrous. Clarke Comp. Ind. 185. S. unci- 

 nellus, densiflorus, and angulosus, DC. I. c. 368, 369. S. aureus and angulosus. 



Wall. Cat. 3113, 3117. Solidago densiflorus. Wall. Cat. 1821. 



Cbntkal and Westeen Himalaya ; from Nipal to Bhotan, air,. 5-7000 ft. Khasia 

 Mts., alt. 4-6000 ft, Bibma, Parish. 



Branches stout. Leaves 5-9 by 1-3J in., glabrous or cottony above, teeth often 

 hooked ; petiole J-1 in., with often small broad toothed auricles. Heads campannlate, 

 ■shortly peduncled ; invol. bracts white, opaque ; receptacle pitted and bristly,; ligules 

 very short. Achenes Jj in. ; pappus equalling or shorter than the tubular corollas, 

 white. 



Vab. Farishii ; corymbs panided on a stout prolongation of the branch none axil- 

 lary. — Birma, Nat Toungin, Parish. 



Vae. ? Lobbii ; nerves of leaves beneath with red-brown tomentum (as in S. rufi- 

 nervis), heads panicled as in var. Farishii but larger with longer ligules. — Martaban, 

 Thoung Gryne, alt. 6000 ft., Lobb. 



Vae. ? mishmiensis ; softly cottony, branches angled, leaves as in the type, heads 

 rfewer broader on longer peduncles, invol. bracts longer. — Mishmi hills, Griffith. — 

 Specimens very imperfect. 



59. S. rufinervis, DC. Prodr. vi. 369; shrubby, branches leaves beneath 

 .and corymbs clothed with appressed white cottony wool, leaves petioled oblong- 

 ovate or eUiptie acute or acuminate sharply toothed, base rounded cordate or 

 acute, nerves beneath with red tomentum, heads J ill. long many bracteolate 

 8-10-fld. in lax branched panicled corymbs, invol. bracts 5-8 oblong acute very 

 much shorter than the flowers, ligules 4-5 short, achenes glabrous. 



"Westeen Himalaya ; from Simla to Kumaon, alt. 6-8000 ft. 



Habit of 8. dmsifiarus, and foliage as large, but neri'es red beneath, base often 

 Tounded or even cordate, petiole usually much longer, heads much narrower, with very 

 few flowers and very short glabrous or pubescent broader invol. bracts that are hot \ 

 the length of the expanded corolla, and receptacle very narrow. 



60. S> Bliot, Clarhe Comp. Ind. 187 ; shrubby, stem strongly ribbed and 

 .angled, branches and corymbs loosely cottony, leaves sessile lance(uate acuminate 

 sharply toothed or serrate nearly glabrous, heads J in. diam. many-fld. in axil- 

 lary and terminal subsessile corymbs with stout angled and ribbed divaricate 

 branches, invol. bracts 8-10 linear-oblong acute green glabrous, ligules 9-14, 

 achenes large ribbed glabrous. 



' Bhotan, Griffith. 



Branches with very prominent angles and ribs. Leaves (upper alone seen) 3-6 by 

 1-1^ in., rather membranous, base narrowed rounded. Corymbs with singularly stout 

 ribbed divaricate branches and peduncles ; invol. bracts rigid, with a few basal green 

 rather large and broad bracteoles ; receptacle smooth, conpex ; ligules very short. 

 Achenes Jg in. and upwards ; pappus white. — A very singular species ; the specimens 

 are past flower, and the exact number of ligules is not ascertainable. 



61. S. vagpans, Wall. Oat. 3108 ; quite glabrous, stem and branches long 

 slender, leaves petioled ovate- or elliptic-lanceolate more or less toothed, heads 

 ^ in. very narrow ebracteolate in very loose axUlary and terminal few-flowered 

 •corymbs with long filiform branches and peduncles, invol. bracts about 8 linear- 



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