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SENECIO venustus. 
Handsome Senedo, 
. SYIJGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLU^. 
Nat. ord. Composite. \ / 
SENECIO. Vide suprd vol. hfoL 4i. / 
S. venustus; coroUis radiantibiis, caiiU', calyco, foliiscjiic p;lal)ris, foliis pinna 
tifidis, laciniis linearil)iis acutis dentatis. Ait. K<w. (d. 1. .i.lllj 
Willd. sp.pL 3.1990. Fers. sjfn. 2.434. Lind/. m llort. trans. 
A very handsome herbaceous plant, in favourable situa- 
tions living for three or four years, but, if treated as a hardy 
plant, perishing after the second year. It is a native of 
the Cape of Good Hope, and usually increased by seed. 
Nearly related to the common Scuccio ckgatiSy or 
Purple Ragwort of the gardens, from w^hich it is distin- 
guished by the smoothness of all its parts, and by its leaves 
being more finely divided and more acute. The under- 
side of the leaves, upon the mid-rib, is frequently beset 
.^ith soft bristles. 
^,No figure of this plant has been previously published. 
O^'drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticultural 
Society, from a plant raised from seed presented to the 
Society from the Royal Botanic Garden at Berlin, by 
Mr. Otto. 
^ J. L. 
