SENECIO 603 



Selenicereus Britton et Rose (Cereus p.p.)- Cactaceae (ill. i). 12 

 W.I., C.Am., Mexico. 



Selenipedium Keichb. f. Orchidaceae (i. 2). 2 N. trop. S. Am. 

 Ov. 3-loc. 



Selenocera Zipp. ex Span. Rubiaceae (inc. sed.). i Timor. 



Self coloured, of uniform tint ; - fertilisation, from the pollen of the 

 same fl., Cephalanthera, Ophrys, Senecio, many annuals, Cleisto- 

 gamic fls., &c. ; -burying fl., Trifolium, Trigondla^ft., Arachis., 

 Voandzeia, seed, Erodium ; - heal, Prunella ; - sterility, sterility to 

 its own pollen, Abittiloii, Corydalis. 



Selinocarpus A. Gray. Nyctaginaceae. 4 S.W. U.S., Mexico. 



Selinum L. Umbelliferae (in. 5). i6j*. 



Selkirkia Ilemsl. Boraginaceae (iv. i). i Juan Fernandez. 



Selleophytum Urb. Compositae (5). i Haiti. 



SellieraCav. Goodeniaceae. 2 Austr., N.Z., temp. S. Am. Fr. indeh. 



Selliguea Bory = Polypodium L. (Polypod. ). 



Selloa H. B. et K. Compositae (5). i Mexico. 



Sellocharis Taub. Leguminosae (ill. 3). i S.E. Brazil. 



Selwynia F. Muell. (Coccnhis p.p. EP.}. Menispermaceae. i Austr. 



Selysia Cogn. Cucurbitaceae (2). 2 Brazil, Colombia. 



Semaphore plant, Dcsmodium gyrans DC. 



Semecarpus L. f. Anacardiaceae (4). 40 Indomal. The young fr. 

 yields a black resin used as marking ink, &c. 



Semeiandra Hook, et Am. Onagraceae (2). i Mexico. 



Semele Kunth. Liliaceae (vn). i Canaries, S. androgyna Kunth 

 (Ruscus androgytnis L.). A climbing shrub with leaf-like phylloclades 

 in the axils of scale-1. Fls. in little cymes (cf. Asparagus) on edges 

 of phylloclades. The new shoots rise from the soil, and grow long 

 before the lat. branches, bearing the phylloclades, begin to unfold. 



Semenovia Regel et Herder. Umbelliferae (inc. sed.). i C. As. 



Semiaquilegia Makino (fsopyrnm p.p.). Ranunc. (2). i Japan. 



Semibegoniella C. DC. Begoniaceae. 2 Ecuador. 



Seminiferous, seed-bearing. 



Semiramisia Klotzsch (Thibaudia p.p. EP.). Eric. (in. 2). 2 S.Am. 



Semonvillea J. Gay. Phytolaccaceae (Aizo. BH.}. i S. and trop. Afr. 



Sempervirens (Lat.), evergreen. 



Sempervivum Rupp. ex L. Crassulaceae. 50 S. Eur., Himal., Abyss., 

 &c. S. tectorum L. (houseleek, planted on cottages to keep slates 

 in position) is a xero. with fleshy I. and veg. repr. by offsets. 



Senaea Taub. Gentianaceae (i). i Minas Geraes. 



Senapea Aubl. Inc. sed. i Guiana. 



Senebiera DC. (Coronopus Rupp.). Cruciferae (2). 12 subtrop., Eur.; 



one nat. in Brit., S. Jidytna Pers. 



Senecio (Tourn.) L. (incl. Cineraria L. p.p., Kleinia Haw., Ligularia 

 Cass., &c.). Compositae (8). 1450 cosmop., 9 in Brit, (ragwort, 

 groundsel, &c.). Shows chars, well. The gen. includes pi. of 

 most various habit. Some are climbers, e.g. S. macroglossns DC. 

 (S. Afr.), which is remarkably like ivy. Many are xero. some with 

 fleshy L, others with fleshy stems, others with hairy or inrolled 1. 

 (cf. Empetrum). The fls. of 5 1 . vulgaris L. (groundsel) are regularly 

 self-fert. and are very inconspic.; there are no ray-florets. In S. 



