as long as the subulate bractioles.—Receptacle naked,
areolate: involucrum 6—7 lines long, purplish.—D. C.
l .c .6 -299.
Neilgherries—Pulney Mountains, &c. This is a large
succulent plant, several feet in height, which I have
met with in several alpine situations, but I do not recollect
finding it on the plains.
1122. Gynura Walkeri (R. W.) shrubby, erect,
stems naked at the base terete, marked with numerous
scars of fallen leaves, leafy towards the apex : leaves
long petioled, ovate lanceolate,acuminate, entire or only
slightly crenulute on the margin : corymbs terminal,
large, loose, many cephalous : involucrum cylindrical
shorter than the flowers, much longer than the slender
subulate bractioles.
Neilgherries not uufrequent in woods, usually in
moist soil near streams, also in Ceylon. The stems at
the base are woody, but soft and juicy, often upwards
of an inch in diameter, and 6 or 7 feet m height, terminated
by large corymbs. The leaves are from 4-6
inches long and about half as broad, of a light yellowish
green, probably owing to the plant generally growing
under the shade of surrounding trees. Flowers white.
It appears to be in flower at nearly all seasons.
I first became acquainted with this plant through
Ceylon specimens, communicated, by Colonel Walker,
to whom I at that time dedicated the species and at this
distance of time, full eight years after, confirm my first
suggestion.
1123. Emelia scabra (D. C.) stem ascending,
leafy and densely hirtillous^at the base, naked, smooth
at the apex: lowest leaves lyrate, cauline ones cordately
semi-amplexicaul, ovate lanceolate, rather obtuse,
dentate ; rough on both sides from scattered hairs :
corymbs terminal 5-7 cephalous : involucrum, scarcely
shorter than the flowers : about 100 flowers within the
involucrum.—D. C. l>c. 6—303.
An obscure weed, not by any means uncommon, but
almost always appearing as solitary plants.
1124. Doronicum Wightii (D. C.) glabrous, stem
erect, sub-simple, angularly, serrated at the base: leaves
lanceolate acute, coarsely dentate, subrevolute on the
margin ; the lower ones attenuated at the base, those
above amplexicaul : corymbs few-flowered ; the pedicels
bractiolate at the apex: scales of the involucrum linear,
subacute : ligulae 8-10, flat: achsenia glabrous,—Ligulae
6-7 nerved, styliferous, but probably abortive, destitute
of pappus.— jD. C. 6, 322.—Madaructisglabra D. C. 6,
440.
Neilgherries in pastures and near the banks of water
courses where the soil is moist; flowering towards the
end of the rainy season.
1125. Doronicum Arnottii (D. C.) stem simple,
erect, striated, rough below, glabrous above : leaves close
set towards the base, cordately semi-amplexicaul; oblong
3-6 nerved, obtuse, dentate; rough on both sides :
corymb terminal, few-flowered ; bracteoles linear subulate
: involucrum subcalyculate, scales about ' 5 linear
: ligulae 10 oval, six-nerved, probably sterile by
abortion : achaenia glabrous.—Stigmata short included :
flosculi very numerous : pappus redish.— D. C. 1. c. 6.
322.—Madaructis poli/cephala 1). C. 6. 440.
Neilgherries, &c. abundant on the Northern slopes,
near Nedawutem, flowering October and November.
1126. Doronicum Lessengianum (Am.) stem long
subterete striated hairy: leaves cordate, amplexicaul,
oblong lanceolate, few-nerved, deeply and irregularly
inciso-serrated: corymbs few cephalate, terminal: involucrum
hemisphaerical, scales linear subulate, the interior
ones oblong lanceolate muricately hispid : ligulae
8-10, narrow oval, about 9 nerved,—D. C. i. c. 6. 322—
Arnoll’spugillus.— Mudaractis scabra, D. C. 1. c.
Neilgherries, &c. flowering cool season after the rains.
Allied to the preceding, but I think quite distinct.
1127. D oronicum Candolianum (Am.) suffruti-
cose, ramous : brandies striated nearly glabrous, few
(1-2) cephalous : leaves whitish, hispidly pubescent,
pinnatifid; lobes short, oblong acute, occasionally
shortly dentate: peduncles minutely bractiolate at the
apex: involucrum 1 series, scales lanceolate, whitish,
hispid on the back: ligulse 8-10, narrow, oval, 3-5
nerved.— D. C. 1. c. 6. 322.—ArnotCs pugillus—Mad-
uractis pinnatijida—D. C. 6. 439.
Neilgherries frequent in pastures. A very ramous
somewhat diffuse plant, branches terete glabrous naked
towards the base, very leafy about the middle, ending
in slender somewhat leafy peduncles, bearing two
or rarely three, nearly naked pedicelled, capitula:
leaves oblong, narrow, piunatifidly lobed, nearly to the
base, revolule on the margin, hispid on both sides, but
especially the under: peduncles leafy at the base,
pedicels furnished with a few minute scattered bractioles.
Scales of the involucrum linear, pointed, coarsely
hispid on the back : ligulse about 9, lanceolate,
acutish, 4 nerved.
1128. D oronicum rupestre (R. W.) suffruticose,
erect, ramous; branches near the base terete naked,
above leafy: leaves long petioled ; limb lobed or somewhat
pinnatifid attenuated into a long slender petiol,
nearly glabrous above, nerves beneath bristle hispid :
pedicels short leafy at the base, closely beset towards
the apex with minute subulate bractioles: involucrum
1 series calyculate, leaflets linear acuminate, nearly glabrous
on the back : ligulse 8, linear lanceolate, obtuse,
4 -nerved.
In clefts of rocks Shevagherry mountains flowering
August and September. This species is perhaps too
closely allied to the preceding, the more so, as having
only once met with it leads to a suspicion that it might
be a variation produced by local circumstances, as however
I got many specimens and find the characters uniform
throughout, and all most readily distinguishable
from specimens of D. Candolliaum. I think I am quite
justified in considering it a species. The Ligulae are
nearly twice the size, being much long er and broader :
the leaves generally have the outline of a long petioled
spathulate leaf cut lobed at the apex, many however are
more distinctly pinnatifid.
1129. Doronicum tenuifolium (R. W.) herbaceous,
erect or ascending, ramous, glabrous; leaves pinnatifid
or bi-pinnatifid ; lacineae linear acute, variously
toothed or lobed, glabrous-: corymbs few cephalate :
capitula, peduncled, leaflets of the involucrum linear
lanceolate acute, glabrous, or slightly puberulous at
the point, ligulae about 8, broad oval obtuse, 4 nerved.
Neilgherries, &c. This appears a very widely distributed
plant on both the subalpine plains and mountains,
of Southern India. My collection presents specimens
from all quarters. It is not therefore to be
wondered at that so common a plant should vary and
should have received different names, viz. Senecio tenui-
foliusBurm. FI. Ind. Sen.: mutifidus Wild, Wall, D.C.
Sen laciniosus Arnott. These synonyms may I think
be depended upon, and as all have referred the plant to
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