372 COMPOSITE. 



or chalky soil, not common. Of about the same size as 

 the last, but distinguished by its sending up numerous 

 cottony stems from the same root, and by its regularly 

 divided leaves, the segments of which are slightly rolled 

 back at the edges. Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



6. S. palustris (Marsh Flea-wort). Shaggy ; stem 

 much branched, hollow. Fens of Norfolk and Cam- 

 bridge, rare. A stout plant, 2 3 feet high, with 

 numerous toothed leaves, which are wavy at the edges ; 

 flowers bright yellow. Fl. June, July. Perennial. 



7. S. campestris (Field Flea- wort). Shaggy ; stem 

 simple ; root-leaves oblong, nearly entire, stem-leaves 

 narrow, tapering. Chalky downs in the east of Eng- 

 land, not common. A small plant, 6 8 inches high, 

 with a few small stem leaves, and umbels of yellow 

 flowers. Fl. May, June. 



Less common species of Senecio are S. viscosus (Viscid 

 Groundsel), which approaches S. sylvdticus in habit, 

 and is distinguished by its being clothed with viscid 

 hairs : S. squdlidus (Inelegant Ragwort), growing about 

 a foot high, with large bright yellow flowers, abundant 

 on old walls about Oxford, and Bideford, Devon. (Whence 

 it derives its name is not clear, inasmuch as it is by 

 far the prettiest British species.) S. paludosus (Great 

 Fen Eagwort), a large aquatic plant, 5 6 feet high, 

 with undivided leaves, grows very sparingly in the 

 -east of England : and S'. Saracenicus (Broad-leaved Rag- 

 wort), also with undivided leaves, but much smaller 

 than the last, is not considered to be indigenous. 



37. DORONICUM (Leopard" s-bane). 



1. D. Pardalianches (Great Leopard' s-bane). Lower 

 leaves heart-shaped, toothed, on long stalks, upper with 

 two ears at the base, embracing the stem. Damp hilly 

 woods, rare, a doubtful native. Stem 2 3 feet high, 

 erect, 'solitary, hollow, hairy ; leaves soft ; heads of 

 flowers yellow, the earlier ones overtopped by the later. 

 Fl. May July. Perennial. 



