232 COMPOSITAE 



SENECIO. Evergreen shrubs with thick alternate Is. which are usually felted 

 on one or both sides. Fls. yellow or white, with one row of sepal-like bracts. 



(a) Fl.-heads without ray florets 



S. elaeagnifolius (S. Buchananii). lo. June. Branchlets buff-felted. Ls. ov., 

 5, entire, leathery, blunt-ended, glossy green above, buff- felted below, 

 stalk grooved. Fls. \, in terminal panicles. New Zealand. (Fig. 121 B.) 



S. rotundifolius. 6. June-July. Branchlets grooved, white-felted. Ls. circular, 

 5, glossy green above, white-felted below, stalk grooved. Fls. ^, white, 

 in close erect clusters. New Zealand. 



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{h) Fl.-heads with ray florets 



* S. compactus. 3. September. Branchlets white-felted. Ls. ov., 2, entire, 



blunt-ended, margins wavy. Fls. f , yellow, in terminal racemes. New 

 Zealand. (Fig. 121 c.) I 



* S. Greyii. 8. June. Branchlets stout, white-felted. Ls. ov., 4, entire, blunt- 



ended, white-felted below and also on margins above. Fls. i, yellow, in 

 terminal panicles. New Zealand. (Fig. 121 d.) 



* S. Haastii. |. Low-spreading plant, white all over. Ls. nearly circular, 5, 



vaguely round-toothed, woolly. Fls. i, yellow, in terminal racemes up to 



15 high. New Zealand. i 



* S. Hectori. 14. July. Branchlets stout, woolly. Ls. lane, ov., 10, pinnately 



lobed at base, conspicuously toothed, warted above, grey down below. 

 Fls. 2, white, in terminal flattish branched clusters. New Zealand. 

 (Fig. 100 A.) * 



* S. Huntii. 20. June-July. Branchlets stout, clammy and downy. Ls. lane. 



4, entire, blunt-ended, rusty-felted below. Fls. h, yellow, in dense ter- 

 minal panicles, fifteen to twenty ray florets. Chatham Islands. (Fig. 121 E.) 



* S. laxif alius. 4. Summer. Branchlets grey, downy. Ls. ov., lane, entire, 



blunt-ended, grey down above, white felt below. Fls. i, yellow, in loose 

 terminal panicles. New Zealand. (Fig. 121 F.) 



* S. Monroi. 6. Branchlets white-felted. Ls. ov., i, wrinkled or wavy at 



margin, blunt-ended, dull green above, white-felted below. Fls. |, 

 yellow, on long, slender, glandular-downy stalks. New Zealand, (Fig. 

 121 G.) 



(II) Fl.-heads without Ray Florets (Groundsel Section). See also Senecio. 



ARTEMISIA. Ls. alternate, greyish, strongly aromatic. Fls. small, yellow, 

 without pappus, in terminal leafy spikes or panicles. 



A. Abrotanum. Southernwood, Lad's Love, Old Man. 3. September. E. 



Ls. 3, pinnately or 2-pinnately dissected into fine linear lobes. South 



Europe. (Fig. 36 c.) 

 A. Ahsinthum. Wormwood. 3. July-October. E. Ls. 4, coarsely divided into 



lane, or oblong lobes. South Europe. (Fig. 36 b.) 

 A. tridentata. Sage Brush. 8. August-September. E. Ls. linear, lane, i|, 



grey-felted, 3-toothed at apex. West United States. (Fig. 51 l.) 



BACCHARIS. Groundsel Tree. Ls. alternate, obov., oblanc, coarsely toothed, 

 clammy with resin, stalkless or nearly so. Fls. small, white or yellowish white, in 

 panicles, pappus silky. 



