TAB. 6149. 
SENECIO macroauossvs. 
Native of South Africa. 
Nat. Ord. Composirm.—Tribe SENECIONIDEA. 
Genus Senecio, Linn. ; (Benth. 5 Hook. f. Gen. Plant., vol. ii. p. 446). 
SENECIO macroglossus ; alte scandens, glaberrimus, lucidus, caule volubili 
cylindraceo tereti, foliis petiolatis triangulari-hastatis acutis, lobis late- 
ralibus simplicibus dentatis v. pauci-lobulatis acuminatis, pedunculis 
axillaribus et terminalibus 1-flores gracilibus elongatis pauci-bracteatis, 
involueri squamis lineari-oblongis acuminatis, exterioribus patentibus 
apicibus non sphacelatis, quam interioribus erectis conniventibus 
equilongis angustioribus, floribus radii 8-12, ligulis pollicaribus late 
elliptico-oblongis apice minute 3-dentatis, disci ad 40, pappi setis gra- 
cilibus albis, achenio cylindrico glabro multistriato. 
S. macroglossus, DC. Prodr., vol, vii. p. 404; Harv. § Sond. Fl. Cap., | 
vol. li. p. 408. ; 
A remarkably handsome plant, and one fitted for dwelling- 
room culture, its Ivy-like glossy leaves being evergreen, its 
large flowers produced in mid-winter, and its habit well 
adapted for a trelliswork. I have indeed heard of either this 
or an allied species being cultivated in drawing-rooms abroad, 
and trained round the walls beneath the ceiling. Like most 
Cape plants, it wants very careful watering and plenty of 
fresh air. It is the largest flowered species of the enormous 
genus to which it belongs, and which contains nearly one 
thousand species, and the flowers remain for a considerable 
period in_ perfection. According to the Flora Capensis, 
S. macroglossus extends from the Keiskamma river (west of 
Algoa Bay) to Natal, but the only specimen we have that 
precisely agrees with the cultivated plant was collected by 
Mr. Sanderson on the Palmiet river, immediately to the 
east of Table Bay in the Western Cape district. 
The specimen figured is from a plant cultivated in the 
Succulent House at Kew, where it is trained upon one of the 
rafters, and forms a very ornamental feature, blossoming at 
FEBRUARY 1st, 1875. 
