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COMPOSITES. 



cultivated ground ; a favourite food of many small 

 birds. Fl. all the year round. Annual. 



SEN^CIO vuLGAms (Common Groundsel}. 



2. S. sylvdticus (Mountain Groundsel). Flowers with 

 a few rays, which are rolled back and inconspicuous, or 

 often wanting ; leaves pinnatifid, with narrow lobes, 

 toothed. Gravelly places, common. Distinguished from 

 the last by its larger size, its more copiously cut, often 

 hoary leaves, and its conical rather than cylindrical 

 heads of dull yellow flowers. The stem is branched, 

 1 2 feet high. Fl. July September. Annual. 



