1658 SENECIO 



o Regans linn ( S' y , Hoit J uoJ ui (le- 



gayis ^\ I I t \ I m 1 1-pu- 



besc 1 iistly 



mostl I heads 



m loo 1 ll 1 I II Mil \s. S. 



Afr B "M -oH -\ 1 erectus, II irve\ Stem slende 



2314 Senecio mikanioides usually called German Ivy. 



but erect, the Irs. pinnate or 2-pinnatifld. Senecio ele- 

 gans is an old garden plant. A common form of it has 

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



6. piilcher, Hook. & Am. 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-toothed: heads 2-3 in. across, with 

 many long, red-purple rav.s and a yellow disk. Uruguay 

 and Argentina. B.M. 5959. R.H. 1877, p. 94; 1896, p. 329. 

 Gn. 49, p. 122. G.M. 40:745. -A very bold species, with 

 striking erect habit and large fls. in summer. Perennial, 

 although it has been described as annual. In protected 

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

 New England. 



7. mikamoldes,Otto(S. s(;a«(7e«s,DC.). German Ivy. 

 Fig. 2314. Slender and glabrous, tall-twinini;- Its ovate 

 or deltoid-ovate in outline, mostly with a deep basal 

 sinus, sharply 5-7-angled or angle-lobed: he-id small 

 discoid, yellow, in close clusters on axillarj and termi 

 nal branches. S. Afr. — Very common conservatoij and 

 window-garden plant, easily propagated by cuttings 



8. macrogl6sBUS, DC. Lvs. mostly hastate often with 

 acuminate basal lobes, but various in shape heads only 

 1-3 together, and bearing yellow rays. S. Afi 



9. Cineraria, l)f. (Ciner&ria marltima, hinji SenS 

 cio aeaiitlninhiis. IIo,t.). Fig. 2315. Perennial 2 ft 

 or less t:ill. lii ruhliiii;,- from the base, very white woolly 

 througlinul : h ^. pimi;itifid, with oblong and obtuse seg 

 ments : heads small, yellow, in small, compact corymbs, 

 rayless. Europe. F.M. 1872:52.— Var. candidiSBimus, 

 Hort., has very white foliage. Var. aureo-marginatus, 

 Hort., has lvs. bordered with orange-yellow *S Cine 

 raria is an old-fashioned garden plant, sometimes 

 known as Dusty Miller: the commoner Dusty Miller is 

 Lychnis Coronaria, and another one is Artemtsia ktel 

 leriana (Pig. 2312). 



10. Pilmeri, Gray. Densely white-tomentose all over, 

 branching, 1-2 ft., perennial : lvs. oblong lanceolate, 

 slightly toothed, narrowed into a petiole : heads few, 

 with yellow rays, about 1 in. in diam., in a cor\'mb 

 Guadalupe Isl., Lower Calif. — Intr. by Franceschi 

 Santa Barbara. 



11. Petasitis, DC. (Cinerctria Petaslfis, Sim-^) Fig 

 2316. Robust perennial, 2-3 ft. tall, gray-floccose on the 

 young parts, branching: U*. '"'tli i-n'lii'iil and cauline, 

 6-10 in. across, lang-st:.li,r,i r,,, ,i;,i, -,,v:,te-orbicular, 

 strongly several nervr.l. iii: i iiny-Iobed, dull 



green above but gray-l"i '■ ili: heads in a 



long open panicle, the cylinli !■ nl \u\ Miu.ro % in. high, 



vs. oval-ob- 



SEQUOIA 



the few rays light yelk 

 striking phint Un- wint. i- .IciMn-iitii.n, flu- 

 becoming clis-cniinatr.! in tlji^ (-uuntry. 



12. Ddria, Linn. En-(-t, ;;-4 ft.: r;i(lio:il 

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

 oblong - lanceolate, sessile and somewhat decurrent : 

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



13. Idgens, Rich. Perennial : floecose-woolly when 

 young but becoming nearly or quite glabrous, '6-24 in. 

 tall, the stem practically naked above: lvs. spatulate to 

 oval or oblong, repand-denticulate: rays 10 or 12, yel- 

 low, conspicuous. Western U. S. in the mountains and 

 to Alaska. — Var. exalt^tus, Gray, has been offered: 1-3 

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

 subcordate at base. 



14. aiireus, Linn. Perennial: an exceedingly variable 

 and cosmopolitan group, by some authors split into sev- 

 eral species, some glabrous, 1-2 ft. tall: lvs. mostly 

 rounded and undivided, the cauline ones lanceolate and 

 pinnatitid or laciniate: heads many, H-% in. high, with 

 8-12 conspicuous yellow rays. Moist places, nearly 

 throughout the U. S. 



15. fastigijltus, Nutt. Perennial: mostly pubescent, 

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

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

 late, obtuse: heads %-l-i in. high, with conspicuous 

 yellow rays. Idaho, Oregon, Washington. 



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

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

 lvs. thin, palmately 5-9-lobed or incised, or the stem- 

 lvs. pinnately divided: heads several, %-}., in. high, 

 with 5-8 rather long yellow rays. California,' Oregon. 



17. Dotlglasii, DC. Fig. 2317. Woody or even shrubby 

 at base, with many stem.s, 2-3 ft. tall, with the aspect of 

 an aster: lvs. small and linear, or the lower ones pin- 

 nately parted into filiform divisions: heads numerous, 

 yi-% in. high, with 8-18 conspicuous yellow rays. 

 Nebr., W. L. H. B. 



SENNA. See Cassia. 



SENNA, BLADDER. Cohdea. 



SENSITIVE BRIEK. See Schrankia. 



SENSITIVE FERN. Onoclea sensibilis. 



SENSITIVE PLANT Mimosa i iirhca 



-aim 



2315 Senecio Cineraria 



One of the plants knoTvn as Dusty Jliller. 



SEQUOIA (after Sequoyah, otherwise George Guess, 

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

 ventor of the Cherokee alphabet). Coniferw. Big 

 Trees of California. Redwood. Tall, massive, often 



