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Senecio calamifolius. Quill-leaved 

 Cape Groundsel. 



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Class and Order. 

 Syngenesia Frustranea. 



( Nat. Ord. — Composite. ) 



Generic Character. 



Capitnlum homogamuin, discoideum aut heterogamum, 

 ft. radii ligulatis fcemineis. Invol. 1-serialis, nunc nudi nunc 

 squamellisaccessoriis calyculati, squamae saepius apice spha- 

 celates margine subscariosae, dorso frequenter binervatae. 

 Recept. epaleaceum nudum alveolatumve. Styli fl. herm. 

 rami truncati apiceque solo penicillati ! Achamium erostre 

 exalatum teretiusculum aut sulcato-angulatum. Pappus 

 pilosus pluriserialis caducus, setis rectis subaequahbus ten- 

 uissimis vix scabris.— Herbae aut Frutices innumeri, poly- 

 morphi. Folia alterna. Capitula solitaria corymbosa y aut 

 paniculata. Cor. disci fere semper lutece, rarissime purpu- 

 rea. Ligulse etiam flavce rarius purpurascentes aut albi. 

 DC. 



Specific Name and Character. 



Senecio calamifolius; fruticosus arachnoideo-pubescens, 

 foliis ad apices ramorum dense fasciculatis elongatis 

 cylindraceis apice hinc planis saepe ddatato-spathulatis, 

 pedunculis axillaribus subcory mboso-pamculatis, pedi- 

 cellis bracteatis, involucri turbinati foliolis subbisena- 

 libus pubescentibus apice sphacelatis basi squamel- 

 latis, radii flosculis subduodecim. 



An old inhabitant of the greenhouse of the Royal Gar- 

 dens at Kew, having been introduced from the Cape by Mr. 

 Bowie: but it seems never to have been described by 

 any author Few species are better marked. The leaves 



