Senecio. | COMPOSITE (Harv.) 351 
Shrub, roughly hispid ; lvs.oblong 
or fiddle-shaped, obtuse, his- 
pid, thinly cobwebbed beneath (100) rigidus. 
Suffrutices; lvs. white-woolly beneath : 
Lys. oblong or lance-oblong, 
sharply toothed ... ... (103) ilicifolius. 
Lys. linear or lance-linear, 
entire or sparingly toothed 
(or lobed) ... ... ... (404) jumiperinus. 
Leaves tapering at base, subpetiolate, 
sub-decurrent, lanceolate, sharply 
serrate, white beneath ... ... ... (102) pterophorus. 
Corymbs few-headed, or heads solitary : 
Leaves clasping, ovate-oblong, rigid, 
sharply toothed, at first white-wool- 
led beneath ... ...  .. 1. ... (105) oederieefolius. 
Lys. obovate-oblong, subentire, cob- 
webbed beneath ... ... ... ... (106) arniceeflorus. 
Lys. obovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 
quite entire ste eee eee eee (107) microspermus. 
Lvs. (cauline) decurrent in a long stem wing ; 
netted-veined, denticulate, hispid beneath, 
cobwebbed above ; upper Ivs, ovate, sessile (101) caulopterus. 
Lvs. sessile, closely and rigidly pubescent, obo- x 
vate, tapering at base, 5—7-toothed ... ... (108) hirtifolius. 
Lvs. sessile or subsessile, quite glabrous, or the young parts thinly cob- 
webbed with deciduous web: 
Leaves broad-based more or less stem-clasping : 
Lys. oblong or obovate, obtuse, sharply 
and finely serrate ... ... ... ... (109) vestitus. 
Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, rigid, 
coarsely toothed ... ... ... ... (110) aquifoliaceus. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, 
serrulate or entire... ... ...... (11) lanceus, 
Leaves narrowed to the base, not clasping : 
Lvs. subcuneate at base, ovato-lanceo- 
late, acute, serrulate ... ... ... (112) seoparius, 
Lvs. tapering at base, oblongo-lanceo- 
late, acute, serrulate ... ... ... (113) Serra. 
Lys. cuneate-obovate, tapering at ; 
base, glaucous, coarsely few-toothed 
or subentire ... ... ... ... ... (114) halimifolius. 
(c.) Heads radiate ; ray-fl. purple - 
Leaves oblong-ovate, with revolute margins, toothed, 
WOOlly bones 7.7 °° 3.9.2 ee ee phy] 
Leaves lance-oblong, flat, toothed, glabrous ... ... (116) glastifolius. 
§ 6. Microtost. Erect suffrutices, more or less tomentose with short, soft hairs. 
Branches closely leafy. Leaves sessile, ovate or lanceolate, few-toothed or entire, 
with or without 1-3 pair of minute lobules at base, on one or both sides clothed 
with soft, greyish-white toment (not cobwebby or loosely woolly). Heads sparingly 
calycled, corymbose, radiate or discoid. Rays yellow. (Sp. 117-121.) 
Heads discoid, 7-12-fl. ; Ivs. ovate or oblong ... (117) oliganthus. 
Heads radiate ; rays 5-6: 
Inv. scales tomentose ; lvs. toothed or entire: : : 
Lys. ovate or oblong, 3-5 nerved, entire (118) quinquenervius, 
Lys. lanceolate, 3 nerved wiieier (Je f119) Hinoatus. 
Inv. scales glabrous : 
Lys. 2-3 lobed at base, term. lobe few- 
Wooten ee (000) Seiphinerviw. 
Lys. 3-4-lobed at base. term. lobe serrate : : 
throughout be eee: wey) cus C121) PORpRDOTVIUE. 
