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SENECIO'' lilaciims. 

 lAlac Senecio. 



SVNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 



Nat. ord. Composite. Trib. Senecionece-ArchetypcB Cassiiii. 

 SENECIO.—Suprii, vol. l.fol. 41. 



S. lilacinus ; glaberrimus, caule sufFruticoso erecto, foliis semiamplexi- 

 caulibus subdecurrentibus ovato-lanceolatis acutis basi grosse ineequaliter 

 acut^ dentatis, capitulis corymboso-paniculatis, radio maximo (lilacino). 

 Caulis erectus, glaberrimus, suffruticosus, striatus. Folia sessilia, semi- 

 amplexicaulia, ovato-lanceolata, sub-decurrentia, basi incBqualiter acute 

 dentata, apice acuta integra ; inferioribus magis dentatis. Capituli co- 

 rymboso-paniculati, pedunculis hie illic bracteolatis. Involucrum conicum, 

 simplici serie polyphyllum, basi multibracteolatum, foliolis rigidis, costatiSy 

 apice sphacelatis, margine membranaceis. Receptaculum planum, favosum. 

 Flosculi radii y^mnzei, tubo basi clavato, ligulce plance patentis apice denticu- 

 latcB dimidid longitudine . Stylus basi clavatus, tubo inchisus ; stigmata 

 exserta, linearia, glabra, apice obtiisa, epapillosa ; ovarium subcylindricum, 

 teres, pubescens ; pappo capillaceo, scabro. Flosculi disci hermaphroditi, 

 tubulosi, apice 5-dentati, basi clavati. Antherse basi muticce, apice ap- 

 pendiculd ovatd instructcB ; filamento brevissimo, ovato. Ovarium teres, 

 pubescens ; pappus ut in jlosculis radii. Stylus basi incrassatus. Stig- 

 mata linearia, intus sulcata, apice truncata, papillosa. 



Communicated from the Garden of his Grace the Duke 

 of Northumberland at Syon, by Mr. Forrest, in May last. 

 A most lovely shrubby plant, cultivated easily in the Con- 

 servatory, striking freely from cuttings, and vvell adapted 

 for the flovi^er-garden in the summer. 



Probably a native of the Cape of Good Hope ; but 

 upon this we have no certain information. 



It is here published under the name by which it was 



* The Senecio of Pliny was so called because its leaves have gray down, 

 like old men's hair — from senex, an old man. 

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