SENECIO 



SENECIO 



1657 



acanthi folius, 9. 

 albus, 5. 



Anteuphorbium, 1. 

 argenteiis, 2. 

 artieulatus, 1. 

 aureo-maculatus, 2. 

 aureo • marginatus, 



9. 

 aureus, 14. 

 Bolanderi, 16. 

 candidissimus, 9. 

 Cineraria, 9. 

 Doria, 12. 

 cruentus. 4. 



INDEX. 



Douglasii, 17. 

 elegaus, 5. 

 ereftus, 5. 

 Eri/tkrochcete, 3. 

 exaltatus, 13. 

 Farfuitium, 2. 

 fastigiatus, 15. 

 qrande, 2. 

 Jacobaia, 5. 

 Japoiiica, 3. 

 Japonicus, 3. 

 Kfempt'eri, 2. 

 Ligularia, 2, 3. 



lugeus, 13 

 macroglossus, 8 

 maculatum, 2. 

 inaritima, 9. 

 mikanioides, 7. 

 palinatifida, 3. 

 I'aluieri, 10. 

 Petasitis, 11. 

 pulfher, G. 

 purpureus, 5. 

 scandens, 7. 

 spinulosa, 1. 

 suspensa, 1. 



A. Stem fleshy, with jointed and swol- 

 len branches: heads rayless 1. articulatus 



AA. Stem not fleshy. 



B. Scales of involucre somewhat 

 overlapping and appearing as 

 if ^-ranked: stigma rounded, 

 the style-branches hairy: 

 plants grown for foliage. 



{Ligularia, Farfugi^im.) 2. Kaempieri 



3. Japonicus 

 BB. Scales of involucre usually 

 strictly 1-seriate: stigma 

 short, the style-branches hairy 

 only at the tip. 

 C. Flowers purple (there are 

 white garden forms). 

 D. Lvs. large and palmately 

 veined: lobes shallow or 



none 4. cruentus 



DD. Lvs. medium, elongate, 

 pinnate - veined or pin- 

 nate 5. elegans 



G. pulcher 

 CO. Flowers yellow. 



D. Plant climbing 7. mikanioides 



8. macroglossus 

 DD. Plant not climbing , usually 

 less than 2 ft. high. 

 E. Herbage xvhite-tomentose 



throughout 9. Cineraria 



10. Falmeri 

 EE. Herbage green or at most 

 only grayish, not 

 white-tomentose. 

 F. Lvs. large, palmately 



veined 11. Fetasitis 



FF. Lvs. oval-oblong and 

 dentate, the cauline 



ones decurrent 12. Doria 



FFF. Lvs. small or ordi- 

 nary, p innately 

 veined or divided. 

 ( Native American 

 species, as charac- 

 terized by Gray.).. .13. lugens 



14. aureus 



15. fastigiatus 

 1(). Bolanderi 

 17. Douglasii 



1. articulatus, Sch. (Klelnia articulclta. Haw.). 

 Candle Plant. Plant branching, glabrous and fleshy, 

 1-2 ft. high, the branches swollen at intervals: lvs. flat 

 and fleshy, petiolate, laciniate or runcinate, with acu- 

 minate lobes : heads discoid and all the florets perfect, 

 white, in small corymbs on naked peduncles: akenes 

 downy. S. Afr. — Perhaps the commonest Kleinia in 

 cultivation, being grown with coolhouse succulents. 

 S. (Kleinia) Ante%iphorhium, Sch., is sometimes seen 

 in collections, although it is not known to be in the 

 American trade. It is a glabrous shrub 3-4 ft. high, 

 with fleshy stems constricted at the joints, small, erect, 

 fleshy, entire lvs. that are decurrent on the stem, and 

 solitary cylindric yellow-fld. heads (with rose tinge) an 

 inch long. B.M. 6099. According to J. D. Hooker, this 

 plant "is one of the oldest Cape plants in cultivation, 

 having, according to DodonsBus, been brought to Europe 

 in 1570, and cultivated in England in Gerard's garden 

 In 1596. * * * The name .4); ?e!«/)7iO'C&j?<»t was given 



because of its being a reputed antidote against the 

 acrid poison of the Cape Euphorbium." The names 

 Kleinia spinulosa and K. suspensa have appeared in 

 the American trade, but they are unidentifiable. 



2. Kifempferi, DC. (Liguldria Kwmpferi, Sieb. & 

 Zucc. h. Farfiigium, C. Koch. Farfugium Koempferi, 

 Benth.). Khizomatous perennial sending up many lvs. 

 on slender, flocculent-woolly petioles: Iv.s. large (often 

 6-10 in. across), orbicular to nearly reniform, cordate at 

 base, angular-toothed, green: fl. -stems 1-2 ft. tall, floc- 

 culent-woolly, branched, with only small, bract-like lvs. : 

 heads large, with light yellow rays spreading 13^-2 in. 

 across: pappus white and copious. Japan. B.M. 5302. 

 — "Var. aiireo-macul^tus, Hort. (Farfugium grdnde, 

 Lindl. F. macuhltum, Hort.). Leopard Plant. Fig. 

 2313. Differs in having the lvs. blotched with yellow or 

 white and sometimes with light rose. The variety aureo- 

 maculatus is the only form in general cultivation. It 

 was introduced to England in 1856 "from the garden of 

 a mandarin in the north of China " by Fortune. Twenty 

 years ago this was a common plant in conservatories 

 and window-gardens, but of late years it has been ne- 

 glected. It is, however, a most worthy plant, not only 

 for the house but for bedding in the open in shady 

 places. The plant is hardy as far north as Washington 

 when set permanently in the open. One form has yel- 

 low-spotted lvs. (the commoner) and another has white- 

 spotted lvs. Another form (var. argenteus) has lvs. 

 glaucous-green edged with creamy white. Easily propa- 

 gated by division. 



3. Jap6nicus, Sch. (LigulAria Japdnica, Less. Fry- 

 throchciite palmatifida, Sieb. & Zucc). Strong perennial 

 herb, growing 5 ft. high (said to reach 15 ft. in southern 

 Japan), and grown for its massive foliage effect: radical 

 lvs. very large, 1 ft. or more across, deeply palmately 

 cut into 7-11 narrow lobed and notched divisions: fl.- 

 stems branched, bearing heads on rather long, naked 

 stems: rays orange, spreading, 3 in. from tip to tip. 

 Japan. Gn. 22, p. 139. — Intr. into this country about 

 twelve to fifteen years ago. It is a bold plant, hardy in 

 New York, and well adapted to planting where strong 

 foliage effects are desired, provided the place is moist. 



4. cru6ntus, DC. (Cinerctria cruinta, Mass.). Low 

 short -stemmed perennial, floccose -woolly: lvs. large, 



2313. Leopard Plant, or Farfugium— Senecio Kaempferi, 

 var. aureo-maculatus (X 3lj). 



cordate-ovate to cordate-triangular, angled or undulate 

 and sinuate -toothed, rather long -stalked: fls. purple- 

 red. Canary Isl.— The supposed parent of the florists' 

 Cinerarias, for discussion of which see p. 318, Vol. I. 



