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4."'^ S. squdlidus (Inelegant Ragwort). — Inappropriately named, 

 as it is by far the prettiest British species. About a foot high, 

 much branched ; leaves irregularly lyrately pinnatifid with narrow 

 segments, glabrous ; heads few, in a very loose corymb ; outer bracts 

 few and very short ; ray spreading. — On old walls at Oxford, Bide- 

 ford, Cork, &c. ; but not indigenous. — Fl. June — October. Annual. 



5. S. erucif alius {YLodiry K2ig\\0Yi). — About 2 feet high, erect; 

 stems angular, cottony, with curled hairs ; leaves regularly pinnati- 

 fid, with slightly rolled back narrow lobes, cottony beneath ; heads 

 in a dense corymb ; outer 

 bracts half as long as the 

 inner ; ray spreading. — Dry 

 banks on a limestone or 

 chalky soil ; not uncommon. 

 — Fl. July, August. Peren- 

 nial. 



6. S. Jacobcea (Common 

 Ragwort). — Almost gla- 

 brous ; stem erect, 2 — 3 feet 

 high ; leaves pinnatifid, gla- 

 brous, generally lyrate, the 

 upper ones auricled ; heads 

 large, bright yellow, in a 

 dense corymb ; ray spreading, 

 or rarely absent. — Waste 

 places ; abundant. — Fl. June 

 — September. Perennial. 



7. S. aqudticus (Marsh 

 Ragwort). — Resembling the 

 last, but of more slender, 

 looser habit ; radical leaves 

 stalked, undivided, toothed ; 

 cauline leaves irregularly lyrately pinnatifid ; heads in a loose 

 corymb. — Wet places ; abundant. — Fl. July, August. Biennial. 



8.^ S. sarracenicus (Broad-leaved Ragwort). — Stem erect, 3 — 5 

 feet high, smooth, solid ; leaves lanceolate, irregularly serrate, 

 sessile, or nearly so, glabrous ; heads many, in loose downy 

 corymbs ; ray-florets few. — Moist meadows ; locally naturalised. 

 — Fl. July, x\ugust. Perennial. 



9. S. paludosus (Great Fen Ragwort). — A large aquatic plant, 

 5 — 6 feet high ; stem slightly cottony, hollow ; leaves lanceolate, 

 sharply serrate, cottony beneath ; heads in loose corymbs ; ray- 

 florets many. — Fens in the eastern counties; rare. — Fl. May — 

 July. Perennial. 



SENECIO JACOB.EA {CommoH Ragivort). 



