160 COMPOSITE. 



SENECIO, Linn. 



368. S. vulgaris, L. Groundsel. 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 113. Sjme E. B. v. t. 749. 



Gardens and cultivated ground, waste places, &c. ; very common. A. 



Nearly all the year. 

 A common weed in all the districts, including London and its suburbs. 



By ditch-sides about London, plentifully ; Brit. Fhi/s. 136. 

 First record: Eobert Turner, 1664. Not included in Blackst. Fasc.; 



doubtless passed over from its frequency. 



[S. viscosus, L. Cyb. Br. ii. 114. Syme E. B. v. t. 752. VII. Copenhagen 

 Fields, near the Caledonian Hospital ; Lond. Flora, 152. An accidental 

 waif.] 



369. S. sylvaticus, L. 



Cotton Groundsel (Pet.). S. minor latiore folio sen montana, C. B. P. 



(R. Syn. iii.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 113 ; iii. 460. Syme E. B. v. tt. 750, 751. 



Heaths, dry roadsides, and waste places ; common. A. July — Septem- 

 ber. 

 I. Harefield Common; sparingly. Harrow "Weald Common, abundant. 

 Stanmore Heath. Near Uxbridge, towards Harefield ; Phyt. N. S. 

 i. 62. Ruislip ; Melv. 48. 

 II. Roadsides about Staines, Charlton, &c., to Hampton, abundant. 



III. Hounslow Heath, the Drilling Ground, and roads adjacent, abundant. 



IV. Hampstead ! ; Pet. H. B. Cat. North Heath and Child's Hill Lane. 

 V. Near Hanwell ! ; Newb. 



VI. Near Hornsey ; Bill, in R. Syn. iii. 178. 

 VII. [Marylebone Fields, 1818; Herb. G. ^ R.'\ [Primrose Hill, 1830; 

 Varenne.'] Waste ground behind Adelaide Road. 



First record: Petiver, 1713. 



S. squalidus, L. Cyb. Br. ii. 115. Syme E. B. v. t. 753. IL In a newly 

 laid out road bet. Twickenham and Teddington, near Strawberry 

 Hill, 1867. A solitary plant. 



370. S. erucifolius, L. 



Groundsel Ragwort (Pet.). Jacohcea Senecionis folio incano, perennis, R. 



Syn. (Blackst.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 115. Curt. F. L. f. 5 (an admirable figure). 



Roadsides, dry fields, &c. ; rather common. P. July — September. 

 I. Harefield ! ; Blackst. Fasc. 45. Pinner. Stanmore Heath. South Minis. 

 II. Near Staines on road to Hampton. 

 III. Near Harrow. 



