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liant blossoms blazon back the beams of the declining sun. 



Senecio triangnlaris, or Giant Ragwort, is a large coarse 

 species with closely set flower-heads and numerous long 

 triangular leaves, strongly veined, and sharply toothed at 

 the edges. 



Senecio canus, or Silvery Groundsel, is exactly described 

 by its name, for it has white silky stems and leaves and pale 

 yellow flowers. It is a small plant and grows on the dry 

 open meadows. The basal leaves are oblong and have even 

 margins, while the tiny stem-leaves are slightly toothed. 



Senecio lugens, or Black-tipped Groundsel, is so called on 

 account of the conspicuous little black tips distinguishing 

 the bracts of its involucres, or green cups, which hold up the 

 deep amber-coloured flowers. The basal leaves are very 

 long and toothed ; the upper leaves cling closely to the stem, 

 and are small, bract-like, and smooth. 



Senecio pseudanreits, or Canada Ragwort, grows from 

 one to two feet high from a creeping rootstock. The basal 

 leaves are broadly ovate, somewhat cordate and serrate, and 

 have long stalks, while the lower stem leaves are more or 

 less lobed and the upper stem leaves are sessile. The rays 

 are orange-yellow. 



Senecio discoideus, or Northern Squaw-weed, is smooth 

 except for small tufts of wool in the axils of the lower 

 leaves. The stem is stout and the basal leaves are oval 

 obtuse, thin, sharply toothed and abruptly narrowed into 

 stalks longer than the blade ; the stem leaves are few, small 

 and more or less cut into narrow lobes. The flower heads 

 grow in a loose flat-topped cluster and the rays are very 

 short or none. 



Senecio ftavovirens, or Western Balsam Groundsel, is a 

 slender pale yellow-green plant with tufts of wool at the 



