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SENECIO speciosus. 



Red-Jlowered groundsel. 



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8YNGEXESIA POLYQAMIA SVPKRFLVJ. 



SENECIO. (Recept. nudum. Se/w. papposum.) Flores flosculosi, 

 ant radiati, ligulis aut floscuKfa marginulibus fcemineis. Cat. simplex, 

 quasi monophvllus, erectus couicus, tail calyculutus s. cinctus scjuamulis 

 apice spbacelatis aut nigrescentibus, maturatione rdlexus. Pappus pi- 

 losus. Suffrutices aut sapius herbtc ; folia Integra aut mnnatijida ; 

 lignite quorumdam rubentes, quorumdani brevmima fere Jiusculosa. 

 Jussieu. gen, 181. 



Div. Floribus radiati s: radio patcnte. Fo/iis pinnatifidis. 





w speciosus, corollis radiantibus, cauie subsimplici midiusculo, foliis 

 radicalibus petiolatis oblongis sinuato-pubesceutibus. Brawn in Hort. 



Kew. ed. 2. 5. 43. 

 Senecio speciosus, Willd. sp. pi. 3. 1991. 

 Senecio Pseudo-China. Andrews s reposit. 2Q1 ; (nee aliorum.) 



Herba perennis, graveolens, pilis asperiuscidis glanduliferis tecta ; radix 

 fibrosa; caulis tereti-striatus, nunc infra uniramosus, stiprd subaphyllas ; 

 iplia semiamplexicaidia, inferne caidina, longitudine 3-5~unciali, latitudine 

 vix unqucim unciali, elongato-lyrata, incequaliter obtuseque sinuato-excisa, 

 acute dentata, bast subauriculata Sf utrlnque deflexa, pubescentid a prono 

 sccpe purpurascente j unum aut et alterum in summo caule, sagittato-lanceo- 

 latum. Flores pauci (3-4?), odori, pro genere magni, saturate purpurei 9 

 corymboso-terminales ; pedunculi bracted appressd ad basin. Cal. semuncialis, 

 cyathoidi-cylindricus, virens, squamidis paucis lineari-subulatis incequahbus 

 apice purpureis imbricatus. Radius sesquiunciam transversus ; flosc. plures, 

 stellato-distantes, diametro disci duplo v. magis longiores, ligula plana lineari- 

 oblongd, 5-nervi, obtusd Sf apice levissime tridentatd ; tubus haud multum 



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brevior, filiformis, germine 3-plo longior ; stylus parum exsertus ; stig. 2 

 hnearia, replicatu. Discus hermaphr., numerosus ; flosc. infundibuli formes ; 

 tubus gracilis, faux brevior campamdata, limbus stellatus, acutus, pur* 

 pureus : anth. atropurpurea, pro maxima sua parte exserta ; stigmata pur* 

 purea, fUiformia, ad usque inter fssuras antherce reftcxa, apice ( sub lente ) 

 orbiculato-pubescentia. Germen in flosculo utroque simi/limum 9 gracilius 

 tereti-striatum ; pappus simplex, pilosus, longitudine tubi florum. Recept. 

 planum nudum. 



An ornamental species of a genus where few such are to 

 be expected. The foliage has a rank weed-like smell, not 

 unlike that of the common Dead-nettle; the bloom how- 

 ever, which is produced about May or June, is rather fra- 

 grant. The stem rises from a foot to a foot and a half 

 high; the leaves have sometimes the appearance of being 

 radical, but when the stem is fully grown out they will be 



