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SENjECIO* lilacinus. 



Lilac xS'enecio 



SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 

 Nat. ord. CompositvE. Trib. Senecionece-ArchetypcB Cassini 



SENECIO.—Suprd, vol. l.foL 41. 



Oy lilacinus ; glaberrimus, caule suffruticoso erecto, foliis semiamplexi- 

 caulibus subdecurrentibus ovato-lanceolatis acutis basi grossfe insequaliter 

 acut^ dentatis, capitulis corymboso-paniculatis, radio maximo (lilacino). 

 Caulis erectus, glaberrimuSy suffruticosus , striatus. Folia sessilia, semi- 

 <^plexicaulia^ ovato-lanceolata, suh-decurrentia, basi incequaliter acuth 

 dentata^ apice acuta integra ; inferioribus magis dentatis. Capituli co- 

 ^y^ooso-paniculatif pedunculis hie illic bracteolatis. Involucrum conicum, 

 stmplici serie poly phy Hum, basi multibracteolatum, foliolis rigidis, costatis, 

 opicc sphacelatiSy margine membranaceis. Receptaculum planum, favosum. 

 riosculi radii ycETwinei, tubo basi clavato, ligulce plancB patentis apice denticu- 

 lata dimidid longitudine. Stylus basi clavatus, tubo inclusus ; stigmata 

 exserta, Unearia, glabra, apice obtusa, epapillosa; ovarium subcylindricum, 

 teres, pubescens ; pappo capillaceo, scabro. Flosculi disci hermaphroditi, 

 tnbulosi, apice 5-dentati, basi clavati. Antherse basi viutica, apice ap- 

 pendiculd ovatd instructce ; filamento brevissimo, ovato. Ovarium teres, 

 pubescens ; pappus iit in Jlosculis radii. Stylus basi incrassatus. Stig- 

 mata hnearia, intus sulcata, apice truncata, papillosa. 



^omniumcated from the Garden of his Grace the Duke 

 of Northumberland at Syon, by Mr. Forrest, in May last. 

 A most lovely shrubby plant, cultivated easily in the Con- 

 servatory, striking freely from cuttings, and well adapted 

 lor the flower-garden in the summer. 



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Probably a native of the Cape of Good Hope ; but 

 upon this we have no certain information. 



It is here published under the name by which it was 



Ik u^^ Senecio of Pliny was so called because its leaves have gray down, 

 old men's hair— from senex, an old man. 



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