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plant is a weed of cultivated land, and particularly of gardens : 

 its only use is as a food for canaries : Senecio sylvaticus is a very 

 similar plant, growing by roadsides: it may be distinguished 

 by its sticky stem, woolly leaves, and by its disagreeable smell. 

 1 56. Ragwort, Senecio Jacobcea, Daisy family. A tall, coarse 



55. Groundsel. 



56. Ragwort. 



plant which grows on commons and pastures : it is sometimes 



called the Tansy, but is readily distinguished from that plant : 



it has no aroma : its flower-heads have 



a distinct ray, and are gathered into a 



large and conspicuous head : the leaves 



are deeply cut into toothed lobes, but 



have not the feathery appearance of those 



of Tanacetum : a handsome plant, but an 



annoying weed : S. aquations is a similar 



plant which grows in boggy situations. 



57. Nipplewort. Lapsana communis, 

 Daisy family. Tne lower leaves are 

 lyre-shaped, with one large, ovate ter- 

 minal looe and several pairs of smaller 

 lobes : the stem is slender, about 2 ft. 

 high, branched, and stem and leaves are 

 slightly hairy: the flower-heads are 

 small and gathered into a loose terminal g7 lewort . 



inflorescence : the fruit has no pappus 



(see Hypochceris) : the plant is common in shady places, where 

 it flowers in late summer. 



