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(1) S. RoYiEANus. (Dec.) 



^dent. Dec. prod. VI. p. 366. 



► St>EC. Char. Glabrous or very minutely pubescent: stem hel^ 

 "baceous, erect-; upper leaves subpetioled, pinnately lobed : lobes 

 lanceolate, serrulate : terminal one elongated, more serrated, all 

 acuminate : corymb composite, many-headed : involucres oblong, 

 S5- leaved, glabrous : bracteoles linear- setaceous, calyculate : flowers 

 in the capitulum 16-17, of which 4-5 are ligulate, oblong, and 3-4^ 

 ogerved : achcenia glabrous. 



North-West Provinces. 



(2) S. sisYMBRiiroKMis. (Dec.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. VI. p. 366. 



Spec. Char. Whole plant puberulously-hirsute : stem herba» 

 •ceous, erect : leaves lyrate : all the lobes unequally and acutely 

 toothed ; middle ones oblong, lower ones dilated, auricle-shaped, 

 cut, terminal one wide, ovate, lobed : corymb composite : peduncles 

 sub-ebracteolate : scales of the campanulate involucre 10-12, lan- 

 ceolate, hirsute on the back, dark at the margin : flowers about 

 60-70: ligulee about 12, oblong : achsenia smooth, somewhat con- 

 tracted at the apex, glabrous. 



North- West Provinces, 



(3) S. ANALOGus. (^Dee.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. VI. p. 366. 



Spec. Char. Stem herbaceous, erect, slightly glabrous : leaves 

 lyrate, muriculate above, araneosely-tomentose below : lower lobes 

 •wide, auricle-shaped, middle ones few, oblong ; terminal one wide, 

 ovate, all coarsely and acutely calloso-dentate : corymb terminal, 

 14-17-lieaded: pedicels sparingly bracteolate: scales of the cam- 

 panulate involucre subpuberulous at the back, scarcely subsphacel- 

 late at the apex: flowers about 30-40: ligulse 10-12: achsenia 

 :gIabrous. 



North- West Provinces. i 



(4) S. CORYMBOSUS. (Wall.) 



^Ident. Dec. prod. VI. p. 364.— Wall. Cat. No. 3121. 



Sngrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1130.— Spicil. II. t. 115. 



Spec. Char. Stem climbing, appearing as if covered with cob« 

 Svebs: leaves petioled, without stipules, cordately suborbicular, 

 shortly acaminated, subserrate, glabrous above, densely tomentose 

 beneath, 5-7-nerved at the base : corymbs axillary and terminal,, 

 compactly many-headed : involucre 8-leaved, bracteolate at the 

 fjase : ligulae none : achsenia glabrous. 



Neilgherries, climbing ovet lofty trees, 



