

ibbi) 



SENECIO* Tussilaginis. 



Coltsfoot-leaved Groundsel. 





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! SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA JEQUALIS. 



Nat. ord. Composite. § Senecioneae Lessing. (Introduction to the 

 natural system of Botany, p. 197.) 



SENECIO L. — Capitulum homogamum, v. pi. heterogamum. Pappus 

 pluriserialis, setaceus, cadacus, rectus, subaequalis, conformis. Stylus / 

 ramis truncatis, apiceque solo penicillatis. Achcenium erostre, exalatum, 



teretiusculum, glaberrimum aut hirsutiusculum. Herbae v. Frutices, per 



totum orbem 'terrarum divulgati, polymorphic foliis alternis, integris v. pin- 

 natifidis; capitulis solitariis v. varie aggregatis, radio luteo purpureov. albo; 

 foliolis involucri uniserialibus, basi scepe aliis magis minusve numerosis, acces- 

 soriis auctis, linearibus, alternis angustioribus, alternis latioribus, scepd 

 sphacelatis ; rachide pland nudd, v. paleaceo-fimbrilliferd. — Lessing synops. 

 compos. 391. 



S. Tussilaginis; capitulis lax& paniculatis, foliis radicalibus reniformi-cor- 

 datis duplicato-dentatis : caulinorum petiolis basi auriculatis, summis 

 ovato-oblongis serratis subtds arachnoideo-tomentosis. 



Cineraria Tussilaginis. UHzrit. sert. angl. 26. Willd. sp. pi. 3. 2078. 



Senecio Tussilaginis. Lessing L c. 



Caulis erectus, striatus, levissime arachnoideus. Folia omnia prcesertim 



subtHs arachnoidea ; radicalia petiolo hngo, angusto, alato ; caulina subtri- 



angularia, petiolo late alato, basi auriculato; surnma oblonga, amplexicaulia, 



simpliciter serrata. Pedunculi capitulorum bracteis quibusdam subulatis 



muniti. Radius purpureus. 





A native of Teneriffe, where it was originally found by 

 Mr. Francis Masson, and recently by Philip Barker Webb, 

 Esq., from whose Garden at Milford this specimen was 

 forwarded in May last. 



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It is a handsome greenhouse plant, flowering very 

 abundantly, and readily increased by cuttings. 





See fol . 1 342 . 



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