Tas. 7422. 
SENECIO Huvattata. 
Native of Chili and Argentaria. 
Nat. Ord. Composirm—Tribe SENECIONIDES. 
Genus Senecio, Linn. ; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 466.) 
Seyzc1o Hualtata; herba elata, robusta, junior araneosa, caule simplici 
erecto tereti striato, foliis radicalibus 14-2 pedalibus oblongo-ovatis 
obtusis basi inewqualiter cordatis marginibus undulatis dentatisque 
supra laete viridibus subtus saepe cerulescentibus v. purpurascentibus, 
costa crassa, nervis utrinque 8-10 patentibus, petiolo semipedali crasso 
fistuloso, foliis canlinis paucis sessilibus lanceolatis serratis, capitulis ad 
apices ramorum panicule ample congestis breviter v. longius pedicellatis 
diam. pollicaribus, involucri brevis pauci-bracteati foliolis lineari-oblongis 
obtusis apicibus barbellatis, radiis 12-16 late oblongis apice crenatis 
pallide stramineis, disci corollis aureis, acheniis glabris. 
8. Hualtata, Bertero, ex DC. Prodr, vol. vi. p. 417. CO. Gay Fl. Chili, vol. iv. 
p- 194. Hook. & Arn. in Hook, Journ. Bot, vol. iii. (1841), p. 340. Griseb. 
Symb. Fl. Argent. p. 206, e¢ Pl. Lorentz. p. 145. S. fistulosus, Poepp. 
Lessing in Iinnea, vol. vi. (1831), p. 246. Cineraria gualtata, Gillies 
mss. 
Senecio Hualtata belongs to a group of gigantic herba- 
ceous Ragworts, which includes 8. sagittifolius, Baker 
(Tab. 7322), all natives of extra-tropical South America. 
Five or six species at least have been described; but it is 
impossible to say from Herbarium specimens how far 
they are all distinct. S. Hualtata is the best known of 
them, having a very wide distribution, and having been 
collected by many botanists. CC. Gay describes it as in- 
habiting the whole Republic of Chili, meaning, no doubt, 
the more temperate parts, for I find no evidence of its 
occurring further south than Valdivia, in lat. 40°. It 
crosses the Andes to the western slopes, where it fre- 
quents water-courses, and where it has been found as far 
north as Tucuman, in lat. 25°S. by Lorentz and Hierony- 
mus; thus giving it a range of 15° lat. Its native name 
in Chili generally is Hualtata or Gualtata; but at Valdivia, 
according to Mr. Reed, it is called “ Lengua de Vaca.” 
‘The Royal Gardens, Kew, are indebted for seeds of this fine 
plant to Mrs. J. S. F loyer of Basingstoke, whose daughter, : 
JULY Ist, 1895, 
