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SENECIO 



5. 61egan3, Linn. (S. purpiireus, Hort. Jacohwa ile- 

 jraHS, Moench). Purple Ragwort. Annual, viscid-pu- 

 bescent, erect or diffuse, 1-2 ft.: Its. various, mostly 

 oblong in outline, pinnate, lobed or toothed, the sinuses 

 mostly broad and rounded, clasping at the base: heads 

 in loose corrrabs, the rays purple, disk-fls. yellow. S. 

 At'r. B AI iJ8. — Var er6ctus, Harvey. Stem slender 



%1. 



• 2-pinnatifid. Senacio i-Ie- 

 A common form of it has 

 double fls. Var. dlhus, Hort., has white fls. 



6. ptilcher, Hook. & Arn. Robust, 2-4 ft., white-cob- 

 webby, the stem simple or nearly .so and scarcely leafy: 

 Ivs. long (4-10 in.), oblong-lanceolate, thick, shallow- 

 lobed and crenate-tootlu-d: heads 2-:i in. across, with 

 manyloiii;-, i-r.l-|inrplr ]-;i\s and a vrllciw disk. Uruguay 

 and Ar-rniuia. I ;. M . '.'i.v.i. I;, II. 1,-77,] I. <I4; 1896, p. 329. 

 Gn. lii. |i. I-'L'. i;..M- |n:7l7,. A \.r> l.nld species, with 

 strikiiii,^ t i-rr-i iialtit ami lari4f IN. in siniiiner. Perennial, 

 although It lias been (iescnbeil as annual. In protected 

 places and well-drained soils, it is hardy in southern 

 New England. 



7. mikanioldes,Otto(S. scrf)i(fens,DC.). German Ivy. 

 Fig. ^i:] I. Sli !i(l( r aiul srlahrnus, tall-twining: Ivs. ovate 

 or drill'!. I ..\ all' iti onthtir, nmstly with a deep liasal 

 sinus, -l,aipl> ,'i 7an-I.al . .r an.i;le-lohed : head small, 

 discuiil, \. 111. XV, HI <hi>r .■liistiTs ou axillary and turnii- 

 nal bran. In -. .^. .\ I r. - X'^ry coninion conservatory and 

 window-ijarili n plant, easily propagated by cuttings. 



8. macroglbssus, 1>(', Lvs. mostly hastate, often with 

 acuminat.' hasal l.ili.-s, Init various in shape: beads only 

 1-3 tog.thi T, an. I I., arinir vrllow rays. S. Afr. 



9. Cineraria, In . .,,,( >narlUma,'Lmn. Seni- 



cio ,inii,tlui:>i^ II li-, 2315. Perennial, 2 ft. 



or less tall. In .MM I, ■ ii I n- base, very white-wooUy 



throiiiil I: I |ii! I I. .' nh olilung and obtuse seg- 



leria,,,^ . I .. .'... 



10, Palmen. ' i 



sHgh'tly''t~ :...!,:. I , :'■ 



with V.II..W .■:..-, a. 



GuadAlupc Isl.. L,n 

 Santa Barbara. 



11. Petasitis, DC. 

 2316. Robust perenn 

 young parts, branch 

 6-10 in. across. Ion; 

 strongly several nr 

 green above but gr;i 

 long open panicle, th 



.iiial lianlin plant, sometimes 

 the commoner Dusty Miller is 

 another one is Artemisia Stel- 



tnentose all over, 

 ilong- lanceolate, 

 "le : heads few, 

 1., in a corymb, 

 by Franceschi, 



.-luti 



(Cinerdria Petasitis, Sims). Fig. 

 ,al, 2-3 ft, tall, gray-floccose on the 

 BL'- Iv- b.'tb radical and cauline, 

 r -1 ill . I . a, lat,. -ovate-orbicular, 

 I \ . .1 ' inany-lobed, dull 



y I i! . Ill ath: heads in a 



n .■} liialia' i! in' "lucre % in. high. 



SEQUOIA 



the few rays light-yellow. S. Amer. B.M. 1,^.36. -A 

 striking plant for winter decoration, the star-like fls. 

 (or heads) being produced in great abundance; now 

 becoming disseminated in this country. 



12. DAria, Linn. Erect, 3-4 ft. : radical lvs. oval-ob- 

 long, dentate, somewhat glaucous, stalked ; stem-lvs. 

 oblong - lanceolate, sessile and somewhat decurrent : 

 heads yellow, with 5 or 6 rays. Eur. Hardy perennial. 



13. Itigens, Rich. Perennial : floccose-woolly when 

 young Inn l.'ii iiiiii^ h' ally or quite glabrous, 6-24 in. 

 tall, tin- - I', naked above: Ivs. spatulate to 

 oval or : 'l.nticulate: rays 10 or 12, yel- 

 low, con -I I \\ I i.ru U. S. in the mountains and 



to Alaska. — \ ai. eialtatus. Gray, has been offered: 1-3 

 or 4 ft. tall: lvs. thickish, longer-petioled, abrupt or 

 subcordate at base. 



14. aiireus, Linn. Perennial: an exceedingly variable 

 and cosiii.'i...|itaii •jvnn|i. by some aiitlmrs split into sev- 

 eral s|ii-''i' - ' 'I I, '"IIS. l-_' tt. lall: lvs. mostly 



roundial ill ■ , n.l,. .Mnhi - lan.-colate and 



pinnatili'i ■' ■ ., ■ I ■ "i - man) . ' . ', in. high, with 



throughout the U.S. 



15. fastiglitus, Nutt. Perennial: mostly pubescent, 

 the stem strict and simple and 1-2 ft. high: lvs. all 

 entire or very nearly so, lanceolate or spatulatc-lanceo- 

 late, obtuse: beads M-K in. high, with conspicuous 

 yellow rays. Idaho, Oregon, Washington. 



16. Bolinderi, Gray. Perennial: glabrous or soon be- 

 coming S.I, the stems weak and slender and 6-30 in. tall: 

 lvs. thin, paliiiati-ly fi-ll-lobed or incised, or the stem- 

 lvs. pinnai. I> .Ini.lial: beads several, %-\4 in. high, 

 with 5-S ratin r bni^; yillow rays. California, Oregon. 



17. Dotiglasii. HC. Fi.g. 2317. Woody or even shrubby 

 at base. Willi inan> st.ms. 2-3 ft. tall, with the aspect of 

 an aster: ixs. -ni.all ami linear, or the lower ones pin- 

 nately part. .1 inh. lilif.irm divisions: heads numerous, 

 %-i4 in- liii;li. with ,s-18 conspicuous yellow rays. 

 Nebr., W. l. jj. B. 



SENNA. See Cassia. 



SENNA, BLADDER. Colutea. 



SENSITIVE BKIEK. See Sclirankia. 



SENSITIVE FERN. Onoclea sensibiUs. 



SENSITIVE PLANT. Mimosa p„t}iea. 





SEQUOIA (after Sequoyah, otherwise George Guess, 

 a Cherokee half-breed of Georgia, about 1770-1843, in- 

 ventor of the Cherokee alphabet). Cnnlferct. Big 

 Trees of California. Redwood. Tall, massive, often 



