354 COMPOSITZ (Harv.) | Senecio. 
Half-erect, or scrambling ; lvs. ovate, tapering 
at base, angle-lobed or subentire : 
Petioles 1-24 inches long; inv. sc. 10-12; 
dise-fl. 20, rays 4-6; achenes hispidulous (165) angulatus. 
Petioles short; inv. sc. 8; disc-fl. 6-8; rays 
3-4; achenes glabrous ... ... ... ... (166) brachypodus. 
§ 11. KiErnoret. Shrubby or suffruticose, with thick or succulent stems. Leaves 
succulent, cylindrical, semi-cylindrical or flattish, mostly quite entire, rarely some- 
what toothed or lobed. Heads radiate, yellow. (Sp. 167-176.) 
Leaves flat, subsinuate or imperfectly pinnate-lobed : 
Lvs. lance-oblong or linear, entire or bluntly toothed; 
$0908 fx sees asis aas  ve one, «.. (167) subsinuatus. 
Lys. various, sparingly and sharply toothed or lobed, 
rays 8-10 s ... ++. (168) crassiusculus, 
Leaves quite entire, broadly linear, or semi-terete : 
Heads many, in a long-peduncled, thyrsoid raceme (169) pyramidatus. 
Heads one or few, on simple or branched peduncles : 
Stemless or short-stemmed ; ped. many times 
longer than the leaves ... ... ... ... ... (170) seaposus. 
Branching shrubs : pedunc. 2~3 times longer than the leaves : 
Inv. calycled ; ach. hispidulous on the striae (171) aloides. 
Invol. scarcely calycled ; achenes densely 
pubescent: es ye Se ee ... (172) bulbinefolius. 
Heads in simple or branched corymbs : 
Leaves linear-elongate, tapering at base, acute (173) corymbiferus, 
Leaves linear-oblong, obtuse ... ... ... +.» (175) sueculentus. 
Heads on pedicels shorter than the mucronate leaves (175) cotyledonis. 
Heads sessile, ending leafy branches; rays very short (176) acutifolius. 
§ 12. Apnytut. Stem branching, glabrous, succulent, leajless, herbaceous. Heads 
corymbose, radiate; rays yellow : 
Branches long and virgate, bearing terminal corymbs (177) junceus. 
§ 1, Annur. (Sp. 1-27.) 
1. §. vulgaris (Linn. Sp. 1216); annual, somewhat cobwebby or 
glabrous; stem erect, mostly branching; leaves stem-clasping, bluntly 
pinnatifid and toothed; heads corymbose, crowded or scattered, cernuous, 
discoid; inv. ovoid, calycled, of many slender, tapering scales; achenes 
striate, hispidulous on the strie. ng. Bot. t.747. Fl. Dan. t. 513 
DC. le. 341. 
Has. A weed in cultivated ground, F. & Z.! (Herb. Sond.) 
The common “ Grounsel” of Europe, now dispersed over the globe. 
y¥ _ 2. 8. maritimus (Linn.); annual, procumbent or prostrate, much 
branched, glabrous; leaves clasping at base, oblong-obovate, obtuse, 
fleshy, veinless, calloso-denticulate; corymbs few-headed, at the ends 
of the branches ; heads radiate; inv. calyculate, the scales glabrous, 
oblong, acuminate, brown-tipped, membrane-edged; achenes setulose. 
Th.! Cap. p. 680. DC. p. 434. 8. telephiifolius, Jacq.? fragm. t. 1, f- 3- 
DC. 1. c. 380, S. ustulatus, Eckl. (ex pte.) 
Var. 8. minor; half the size of var. a, less succulent; stem ascending, paniculate; 
ne repand ; heads smaller than in a, with shorter rays. - 
Sea shores round © wn, G i imon’s , Th » Papper 
E.&Z., W.H.H., Wallich. B. Kalk Deo be Poppe! (Heh. Th., D. Hk, Sd.) 
Stems 1-14 foot long ; in 8. 5-6 inches, usually prostrate, alternately much branch- 
