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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Senecio—continued. * 
Stem lft. to 2ft. high, loosely branched above. South Africa, 
A pretty, half-hardy perennial. (B. M. 6713.) 
S. diversifolius tifidus pOr aeared pinnatifid). 
Jl.-heads purple, discoid ; peduncles elongated, simple or branched, 
scaly. June. Z, lanceolate-oblong, acute or acuminate, deeply 
pinnatifid ; lobes in many pairs, toothed or incised, the upper- 
most two or three pairs confluent in a pinnatifid, terminal lobe. 
7 Stem erect, leafy below. kh. 2ft. South Africa. Half-hardy 
perennial. Syn. Brachyrhynchos albicaulis. 
S. Doria (Doria).* fl.-heads yellow ; accessory involucral scales 
linear-subulate ; ray florets five or six ; corymbs compound, loosely 
sub-paniculate. August. Z} toothed, rather thick, sub-glaucescent ; 
radical ones petiolate, oval-oblong ; cauline ones slightly amplexi- 
caul, sub-decurrent, oblong-lanceolate. Stems erect, striated, gla- 
brous. A. 4ft. South Europe, 1570. Hardy perennial. (J. F. A. 185.) 
. Doronicum (Leopard’s Bane).* fi.-heads yellow, 2in. in 
diameter, solitary or few; involucre bracteate, campanulate, the 
scales lanceolate, acuminate; ray florets twelve to twenty-five, 
flat; achenes glabrous, striated. Summer. J. rather thick, 
toothed; radical ones lanceolate, elliptic, or ovate-cordate, on 
. short or long petioles, sub-elliptic or obtuse. h. lft. South 
Europe, 1705. Hardy perennial. (J. F. A. v. 45.) 
S. D. hosmariensis (Beni-Hosmar). f/l.-heads rich yellow, on a 
* scape Sin. to Sin. high, 1., radical ones lin. to lin. long, ovate, 
elliptic-ovate, or ovate-cordate, acute or obtuse, irregularly 
toothed, dark green, rugose, and glabrous above, greenish-white 
beneath ; cauline ones few, narrow. Beni-Hosmar, Morocco, 
1874. <A pretty rockwork plant. (B. M. 6101.) 
olius (Eleagnus-leaved), .-heads yellow, $in. long, 
campanulate, rayless; panicle terminal, stout, branched, buff- 
woolly, in. to lin. long, on stout petioles, obovate or 
lanceolate-oblong, obtuse, entire; branches buff-tomentose. h. 
` 6ft. to 8ft. New Zealand, Greenhouse shrub. 
à S. elegans (elegant).* /.-heads radiate, showy, on long, scaly 
icels ; involucre calycled with many ciliated, black-tipped 
racteoles ; "7 florets purple; disk yellow. zl. 14in. to 3in. long. 
‘ear-clasping at base, petioled, extremely varied in shape and 
degree of incision. Stems erect, lft. to 2ft. high, or diffuse. 
South Africa, A viscous-pubescent, half-hardy annual or 
biennial. A variety with double flowers is the well-known 
“ American Groundsel” of our gardens. 
* 5. e. erectus (erect). fl.-heads, involucral scales glabrous, 1. fre- 
3 uently pinnate or pene te. Stem erect, slender. (B. M. 
de. under name of S. elegans.) 
S. fulgens (brilliant). f/l.-heads bright orange-vermilion, erect or 
inclined, l}in. long; involucre terete, the leaflets eight to ten, 
acute ; florets slender, tubular, with linear-oblong lobes; pe- 
duncles 4in. to 8in. long, erect, loosely clothed with succulent 
bracts. May. l. succulent, 4in. to 6in. long, on short, broad 
tioles, obovate-oblong, sub-acute, remotely serrated, smooth. 
Stems branched, terete. A. 2ft. to 3ft. Natal, 1866, A green- 
. house, succulent sub-shrub, covered with pale green, glaucous 
bloom, (B. M. 5590, under name of Kleinia fulgens.) 
S. Ghiesbreghtii (Ghiesbreght’s). A synonym of S. grandifolius: 
S. cages (wood-leaved). .heads purple, radiate; in- 
= volucre amply calycled with subulate bracteoles; panicle many- 
headed, loosely corymbose. June. J. oblong or oblong-lanceo- 
late, lin. to 3in, long, acute, coarsely and unequally toothed, half- 
amplexicaul, the lower ones more or less decurrent. Stems 
erect, branching. A. 4ft. South Africa, 1826. Greenhouse sub- 
shrub. (B. R. 1542, under name of S. lilacinus.) 
S. grandifiorus (large-flowered). _l.-heads in a loosely corymbose 
pis ; involucre amply calycled with many subulate, spreading 
racteoles ; ray flo purple ; disk yellow. August. l., cauline 
ones sessile, half-amplexicaul, 3in. to 6in. long, pinnatipartite ; 
lobes several on each side, linear, acuminate. pet 4ft. to 5ft. 
high, naked at top. South Africa, 1774. Greenhouse perennial. 
(B. R. 901, un Jer name of S. venustus.) 
S. grandifolius (large-leaved). .-heads yellow, in a terminal 
corymb, l. deep n, about 1ft. long, coarsely toothed or lobed. 
Stems deep purple, curiously spot 
Mexico. A half-hardy shrub, useful for massing or isolati 
on the lawn asa foliage plant. Syn. S. Ghiesbreghtii. (R. G. 296. 
(hoary). fl.-heads yellow, disposed in a simple, some- 
what crowded corymb; involucre about half as ler as the 
florets; calyces few. August. Z. bright silvery; lower ones 
obovate, with incised lobes, the upper ones overlap; upper 
x rest longi — sperie EFE ananin S Stems tufted. 
® n, and compact, hard. i 
altogether white with aipee hairs. e S 
Kempferi aureo-maculata (Kæmpfer's 1d-spotted 
_ A synonym of Ligularia Kempferi @ureo-maculatas T 
S. laciniatus (torn). “Z. slender, pale green, finely cut into long, 
narrow lobes, drooping gracefully from the upper part of the 
or warted. h. 3ft. to 4ft.. 
Senecio—continued. 
slender, half-woody stems. This half-hardy’sub-shrub is one of 
the most elegant of all foliage plants. It should not be allowed 
to flower” (‘‘Thompson’s Gardeners’ Assistant” ). 
S. Lagopus (hare’s-foot). fl.-heads bright yellow, radiate, }in. to 
lin. in diameter, on slender pedicels ; pappus hairs white ; scape 
Gin, to din. high, branched above, two to eight-headed. Summer. 
l. lin. to 4in. long, on short, stout, villous petioles, broadly 
cordate-oblong, rounded at the tip, white- woolly beneath, 
wrinkled and covered with bristles above. Crown of the 
loaded with matted hairs. New Zealand, 1882. Hardy, perenniz 
rockwork plant. > 
S. macroglossus (large-tongued).* Cape Ivy. fl.-heads on long, 
axillary peduncles ; ray florets eight to twelve, pale yellow, form- 
ing a limb, about Sin. across, multiseriate. Summer. J. petio- 
late, hastate, with acuminate basal lobes, or cordate, acute 
or acuminate, entire, or with one or two broad teeth or lobules 
on each side. Stems smooth and glossy. South Africa, 1875, 
A greenhouse, evergreen, soft-wooded climber, with Ivy-like 
leaves ; it is well suited for training to a rafter. (B. M. 6149; 
F. d. 8. 2188; G. C. n: s., iii. p. 749.) 
S. mikanioides (Mikania-like).* German Ivy. /l.-heads yellow, 
discoid ; involucre sparingly calycled, of eight or nine narrow 
scales ; corymb generally much-branched. December. l. some- 
what fleshy, petiolate, sharply five to seven-angled or lobed, 
hastate or cordate at base, the lobes deltoid or obsolete, with 
broad, shallow interspaces ; petioles lin. to 1żin. long. A. several 
feet. South Africa, 1855. A much-branched, climbing, green- 
house. sub-shrub, forming an admirable window creeper. SYN. 
Mikania seneciotdes (of gardens). : 
S. multibracteatus (many-bracted). fl.-heads sub-corymbose, 
on very long, copiously scaly pedicels ; involucre of many dark- 
tipped, glabrous scales, amply calycled with many imbricating 
bracts ; ray florets purple; disk yellow. Summer. J. 2in. to yd 
long; cauline ones sessile, not auricled, lanceolate, coarsely 
‘one, tapering at base; rameal one: ping 
toothed at 
es stem-clasping, € 
. Stems lft. to 14ft. high, branched above. Sout 
Sh ie 1872. A sparsely pubescent, greenhouse annual. (Ref. B. 
S. preecox (early). /.-heads yellow, appearing before the leaves, 
on elongated icels ; involucre cylindrical, eight to ton B, i 
almost ebracteate ; ray florets five, spreading ; corymbs branched,. 
seven or eight-headed. June. 1 petiolate, cordate, acute, five 
to seven-angled or lobed, membranous. Stem fleshy-shrubby, 
branched, terete. A. 2ft. Mexico. A glabrous, greenhouse sub- 
shrub. (B. M. 4803.) 
S. pteroneura (wing-nerved). /.-heads pale straw-colour, soli- 
tary, or two or three at the tips of the branches, erect, cylindric, 
scarcely jin. long; involucral scales brownish-red about the 
middle; florets narrow, slender; peduncles very stout, longer 
than the involucre. November, J. only developed on very young 
shoots, elliptic or lanceolate, jin. to fin. long. Stems 4ft. bi 8ft. 
high, loose, nearly erect; branches ‘fin. in diameter, nearly 
straight, obtuse. Morocco, 1872. A highly glabrous, glaucous, 
fleshy-shrubby, greenhouse plant. (B. M. B04.) : 
Fig, 475, SENECIO PULCHER. 
S. pulcher (pretty).* /l.-heads large, co heen: ki it re vers = 
broadly phe sion! a ealycled with pd nme Kae it pe 
