192 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
L E. hieracifo’lia, Raf. es peopl on — at summit ; 
leaves lance-oblong, narrowed at base, unequally incised-den- 
tate, sessile——the upper ones often Ei ta and somewhat 
claspi ng. 
CIUM-LEAVED Erecutuires. Fire-weed. 
Stem 2-4 or 5 feet high, rather large, sare and tender when young, striate-sulcate, 
more or less Yy, Sometimes nearly s ooth. Leaves 3-6 or 8 inches long. Heads 
middle-sized, — eoustoeh, in aud cymose corymbe terminating the paniculate 
branches ; involucre terete- oblong, ag Bg sain ; florets whitish or ochroleucous, 
a slender and hicecone, Pa; oe gi white, of numerous fine and almost silky 
Receptacle flat, roughish-dotted 
age wean, recent clear: rings, &c.; Sore the United States. Fl. July - August. 
Fr. Septembe 
Obs. This plant (which has much the aspect of a Sonchus, or Sow- 
less weed, an 
often v abundant in new 
grounds ; but it is not apt to 
be troublesome in cultivated 
fields. 
22. SENE’CIO, L. Gnrounp- 
SEL 
{Latin, Senex, an old man ; the pappus 
resembling a white beard. ] 
Heads many-flowered,—either 
discoid with the florets ot 
bular and perf 
with the ray-florets pistillate. 
volucre peta bapa with the 
ingle series, or caly- 
scales in as , 
ate wi few accessory 
= le naked. Akenes 
not beaked nor winged—often 
123 , a aoe = or ribbed. Pappus of 
* Heads mint rays; root annual. 
Fic. 128. ‘The common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris). 129, A flower, ein et 
