Class XIX. Order II. 197 



SENECIO AUREUS. ,L. Golden Senecio, 



Flowers radiate ; leaves crenate, the lower ones 

 heart- shaped, petioled ; the upper ones pinnatifid, 

 lyrate. L. 



This is a handsome species, and makes a fine appearance in 

 meadows, in May and June. Stem upright, simple, smooth, 

 from one to three feet high. Leaves of the root on slender foot- 

 stalks, heart-shaped, rounded, crenate, smooth ; middle leaves 

 of the stem lyrate and crenate ; upper ones pinnatifid. Co- 

 rymb terminal, somewhat umbelled, the flower stalks thicken- 

 ing upward. Calyx smooth, dark, often striped. Flowers yel- 

 low. Ligules oblong, spreading. Perennial. 



235. ASTER. 

 ASTER SOLIDAGINEUS. Mich. Jfliite topped Jlster. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, obtuse, entire, obso- 

 letely three nerved, rough on the margin ; corymb 

 iastigiate ; flowers sessile, aggregate, five rayed. 



Syn. CoNrzA LINIFOLIA. L. 



An early species, with white flowers. Stem simple, smooth. 

 Leaves oblong, narrow, obtuse at the end, tapering at base, 

 glabrous, with the margin rough. Flowers in a flat topped co- 

 rymb, collected in sessile tufts. Calyx oblong, imbricated, thi; 

 scales obtuse, whitish, with green tips. Ligules of the ray ob- 

 iong, white, five in number, by which circumstance the planl 

 varies from its genus. Woods.' July. -Perennial. 



ASTER LINARIIFOLIUS. L. Savoury leaved Jlster. 



Leaves linear, entire, inucronated, rough, cari- 

 nated ; peduncles leafy. L. 



A rough, woody plant, growing in bunches, about a foot 

 high. Stems decumbent, rigid, purplish, covered with white 



