356 Lxxviir. compositj:. (J. D. Hooker.) [Senecio, 



oblong acute or obtuse glabrous, ligules 3-5, achenes glabrous. DC. Prodr. vi. 

 368. S. vagans, var. 0. Clarke Comp. Ind. 188. 



NiPALESE Himalaya ; central region, Wallich ; eastern regiofl, Tambur river, alt. 

 6-8000 ft., J. D. H. 



One of the few perfectly glabrous Indian species of the section. Sranches below 

 terete, above often ribbed or angled. Leaves 3-5 by 1-2 in., thin, with slender 

 nerves, base narrowed into the short petiole. Heads on almost capillary peduncles, 

 drooping ; bracts at the forks of the corymbs setaceous ; invol. bracts much shorter 

 than the flowers. Achenes | in., very slender. 



62. S. trilig'ulatus, Ham. in Don Prodr. 178; glabrous except some- 

 times the corymbs, stem and branches long and slender, leaves petioled ovate- 

 lanceolate caudate-acuminate more or less serrate membranous, heads \ in. long 

 few-fld. ebraoteolate in rounded axillary and terminal much branched corymbs 

 ■with short slender branches and peduncles, invol. bracts 8 short linear-oolong 

 obtuse, ligules 3-4, achenes glabrous. DC. Prodr. vi. 368. S. vagans, var. a, 

 Clarke Comp. Ind. 188. Solidago floribundus, WaU. Cat. 3111. 



Central and Easteen Himalaya ; Nipal, Wallich ; Sikkim, alt. 5-7000 ft., J. D. H. , 

 &c. ; Bhotan and Mishmi, Griffith. — Distrib. Birma. 



JSabit of <S. vagans, bat corymbs very different, rounded with shorter branches and 

 peduncles, and heads much shorter, leaves with longer points. 



63. S. Simonsii, Clarke Comp. Ind. 188; glabrous> branches flexuous 

 terete, leaves shortly petioled broadly elliptic acute toothed glabrous shining 

 beautifully reticulated, heads small ebracteolate 8-16-fld. in axillary corymbs 

 and a terminal leafy panicle, invol. bracts 7-10 oblong subacute glabrous, ligules 

 0, achenes 5-augled glabrous, pappus white. 



Assam, Simons. 



I have seen no specimen ; Clarke describes it as a very handsome plant with leaves 

 4-5 in. long. 



DOUBTFUL AND EXCLUDED SPECIES. 



S. ? PEGUANUS, DC. Frodr. vi. 365 ; an altogether doubtful plant, which cannot be 

 determined without a reference to the CandoUean Herbarium'. 



S. Andehsoni, Clarke Comp. Ind. 104, does not occur near the limits of British 

 India. 



80. OTKONNOPSIS, Javh. Sr Spach. 



Glabrous leafy undershrubs. Leaves alternate, sessile, fleshy. Heads 

 peduncled, solitary or panicled on the shortened leafy branches, heterogamous,. 

 . radiate or disciform, yeUow ; outer fl. § , l-seriate, fertile, ligule entire or 3- 

 toothed or ; disk-fl. g , sterile, tubular, limb 5-fid. Involucre ovoid or cam- 

 panulate ; bracts l-seriate, oblong, bases subconnate ; receptacle flat, naked. 

 Anther-hases entire. Style-arms of ^ linear, tip truncate peniciUate. Achenes 

 of 2 oblong, obscurely 6-10-ribbed, pubescent or villous ; of 5 slender, empty, 

 glabrous ; pappus hairs of J copious, co -seriate, slender, white ; of ^ scanty. — 

 DiSTElB. Species 8, N. and S. Africa, and S. W. Asia. 



1. O. intermedia, Boiss. Fl. Oiient. iii. 414; branches strict erect,leaves 

 oblong elliptic or linear-oblong rarely subspathulate obtuse or acute quite entire, 

 heads subsolitary long-peduncled, invol. bracts elliptic or lanceolate shorter than 

 the ligules, achenes pubescent. Clarke Comp. Ind. 210. 



WuzAKisTAN, alt. 6-7000 ft., Stewart. — Distrib. "Westward to Persia. 



A shrub, 1-3 ft. high, with woody erect leafy branches and white bark. Leaves 

 1-2^ in., obscurely 3-n6rved, coriaceous when dry. Heads numerous, f-1 in. diam. ; 

 peduncles 1-3 in , stout, terminal and sublateral, erect, naked, a little swollen below 



