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SENECIO* Tussilaginis. 



Coltsfoot-leaved Groundsel. 



SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA AIQUALIS. 



Nat. ord. Composite. § Senecioneee Lessing. (Introduction to the 

 natural system of Botany, p. 197.) 



SENECIO L. — Capitulum homogamum, v. pi. heterogamum. Pappus 

 pluriserialis, setaceus, caducus, rectus, subeequalis, conformis. Stylus & 

 ramis truncatis, apiceque solo penicillatis. Acheenium erostre, exalatum, 



teretiusculum, glaberrimum aut hirsutiusculum. Herbae v. Frutices, per 



totum orbem terrarum divulgati, polymorphi, foliis altemis, integris v. pin- 

 natifidis; capitulis solitariis v. varit aggregatis, radio luteo purpureov. albo; 

 foliolis involucri uniserialibus, basi scepc aliis magis minusve numerosis, acces- 

 soriis auctis, linearibus, altemis angustioribus, altemis latioribus, scepe 

 sphacelatis ; rachide plana 1 nudd, v. paleaceo-Jimbrilliferd. — Lessing synops. 

 compos. 391. 



S. Tussilaginis ; capitulis laxe paniculatis, foliis radicalibus reniformi-cor- 

 datis duplicato-dentatis : caulinorum petiolis basi auriculatis, summis 

 ovato-oblongis serratis subtus arachnoideo-tomentosis. 



Cineraria Tussilaginis. L'Herit. sert. angl. 26. Willd. sp. pi. 3. 2078. 



Senecio Tussilaginis. Lessing I. c. 



Caulis erectus, striatus, levissime arachnoideus. Folia omnia prcesertim 



subtus arachnoidea ; radicalia petiolo longo, angusto, alato ; caulina subtri- 



angularia, petiolo late alato, basi auriculato; surnma oblong a, amplexicaulia, 



simpliciter serrata. Pedunculi capitulorum bracteis quibusdam subulatis 



muniti. Radius purpureus. 



A native of Tenerifie, where it was originally found by- 

 Mr. Francis Masson, and recently by Philip Barker Webb, 

 Esq., from whose Garden at Milford this specimen was 

 forwarded in May last. 



It is a handsome greenhouse plant, flowering very 

 abundantly, and readily increased by cuttings. 



* Seefol. 1342. 

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