PLex.cal. 39. COMPOSITE, C. 239. Scnccio. i7l" 



Senecio squalitlHs, Lin. S. P. 1218, 



Walls ; annual ; June to October. 



Sie77i rather bald; leaves deeply lobed; lobes pointed, 

 flat ; beneath glaucous ; calathides few, corymbose ; peripline 

 bald ; hractece we^ik, small, 



b. PericUne cylindrical ; scales upright ; rays spreading ; 



leaves entire. 



5. Senecio repens. Creeping groundsel^ 

 Stem upright, stiff; leaves sessile, lanceolate, acutely ser- 



rij,tcd, rather bald; base wedgeshape; ca/a^/zit/e^corypibose; 

 akenium bald. 



Vilga aurea rag,xitna radice reppnte, Raii Syn. 117, 2. 

 Senecio saracenicus, /yin. S. i', 1221. 

 Senecio repens, Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 212. 



Damp fields and pastures ; perennial ; July and August. 



Root creeping; stem 3 feet high; leaves sometimes slightly 

 downy , pericUne woolly ; bractecB lanceolate. — A powerful 

 astringent. 



c. Seneciones. PericUne cylindrical, scales vpright ; rays 



revoluie, or ; leaves lobed. 



6. Senecio sylvaticns. Wood groundsel. 

 Stem upright, stiff, corymbose ; leaves sessile, pinnatifid, 



lobed, denticulated ; hractece very short, pressed close. 



Senecio minor latiore folio, sive montana, Dillen in Rati Sifii. 118,3. 

 Senecio sj^lvaticus, Lin. S. P. 1217. 

 Senecio viscosiis B, Hudson FC. Angl. 365. 



Sandy and chalky heaths and woods ; annual ; July. 



Stem 3 feet high, hairy ; leaves lyrate, pinnatifid ; cala,- 

 ihides very small, radiated ; pericUne slighdy downy ; cO' 

 rollcB yellowish. 



7. Senecio lividus. Livid groundsel. 

 Stem npright, stiff, corymbose ; leaves ste^i-clasping, 



lanceolate, pinnatifid, toothed; bractece very short, acute f 

 tip pale. 



Senecio lividus, Lin. S. P. 1216. 



Barren heaths ; annual ; September and October. 

 Stem a foot high ; calathides small, radiated, gold-yellow. 



8. Senecio viscosus. Viscous groundsel. 

 Stem much branched, spreading ; leaves sessile, pinnatifid, 



toothed, viscid; bractccc weak, nearly as long as the peri- 

 cline. 



