OLASS XIX. ORDER II. ] SENECIO. 1085 
English Botany, t. 1131.—English Flora, vol. ii. p. 435.— Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 305.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 146. 
Root fleshy, with long fibres. Stem erect, three to four feet high, 
round, smooth, striated, branched, often purplish. eaves distant, 
smooth, rarely slightly cottony, the lower ones mostly with long 
petioles, oblong, toothed, or lobed towards the base, the upper sessile, 
or with short footstalks, mostly lobed in a lyrate manner, the lateral 
segments linear, obtuse, toothed, the terminal lobe large, ovate, 
toothed. Panicle terminal, of few rather large golden yellow flowers. 
Involucre of lanceolate obtuse scales, the outer ones very short, 
smooth, or cottony. Florets numerous, golden yellow, those of the 
ray with an oblong spreading lip, three toothed at the end, those of 
the disk tubular, five toothed. Fruit oblong, angular, smooth, 
pappus short, soon falling away. 
Habitat—Marshy places, banks of rivers, &c.; frequent. 
Perennial; flowering in July and August. 
“kx Hlowers rayed, leaves undivided. 
8. S. paludo'sus, Linn. (Fig. 1291.) Great Fen Ragwort. Leaves 
sessile, lanceolate, taper pointed, acutely serrated, somewhat woolly 
ES ~ beneath ; stem erect, hollow; corymb terminal, spreading; bracteas 
awl-shaped ; fruit downy. » 
English Botany, t.. 650.—English Flora, vol. iii. p. 485.—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol i. p. 305.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 146. 
foot of numerous long stout fibres. Stem erect, straight, round, 
ee hollow, simple below, branched above, from four to six feet 
high, smooth, or loosely cottony. Leaves numerous, sessile, smooth, 
bright green above, pale and more or less cottony beneath, all lanceo- 
late, sessile, more or less taper pointed, and sharply serrated, the 
upper ones contracted at the base, the lower dilated, and embracing 
‘the stem. Inflorescence terminal loose panicle of few large golden 
_ yellow flowers. Jnvolucre hemispherical, nearly smooth, its scales 
linear, obtuse, the outer ones about half as long. lorets numerous, 
linear, oblong, finely toothed at the end, those of the ray small, 
linear, the limb five toothed. #ruit oblong, somewhat angular, 
clothed with fine downy pubescence. Pappus short, rough, fragile. 
Habitat.— Ditches and marshes; rare. Suffolk, Lincolnshire, and 
Cambridgeshire. 
Perennial; flowering in June and July. 
9. S. Saracen'icus,, Linn. (Fig. 1292.) Broad-leuved Groundsel. 
Leaves smooth, oblong lanceolate, acute, sessile, unequally serrated ; 
stem erect, solid, smooth; corymb terminal, of few flowers ; bracteas 
linear lanceolate; fruit smooth. 
English Botany, t. 2211.—English Flora, vol. iii. p. 486.—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 305.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 46. 
Root creeping. Stem erect, from three to five feet high, round, 
