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Section II.— VERNALES. Beich.fil. 



Annual or sub-perennial. Stem weak or flexuous, lax-corym- 

 boscly branched at the apex. Leaves flaccid, pinnatifid or rcpand. 

 Outer phyllaries much shorter than the strapshapcd inner ones, or 

 absent. Ligulatc florets of the ray numerous, elongate, j&at and 

 spreading, at length reflexed. 



SPECIES IV.— S ENECIO SQUALIDUS. Linn. 



Plate DCCLIIL 



Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XVI. Tab. CMLXI. Fig. 1. 

 S. chrysantbemifolius, Pair. D. C. Prod. Vol. VI. p. 3i5. 



Annual. Stem stiif, tough, flexuous, almost woody at the 

 base, slightly branched, with the branches ascending. Lower 

 leaves narrowed at the base ; upper ones semi-amplexicaul, auri- 

 cled ; all flaccid, very deeply, evenly, and rather remotely pinnati- 

 partite, with the lobes oblong-strapshaped, entire or toothed on 

 the outer side. Corymbs simple, solitary or more rarely two or 

 three combined into a compound corymb. Anthodes erect. Peri- 

 clinc oblong-ovoid, glabrous ; outer phyllaries few, one-third the 

 length of the inner. Elorcts of the ray elongate, broad-spreading. 

 Achenes hispid-pubescent on the ribs. Plant glabrous or sub- 

 glabrous, not glandular. 



Naturalized on old walls and in waste ground at Bidcford, 

 Devon ; Oxford ; AUesley church, Warwickshire. 



[England.] Annual or Biennial. Summer and Autumn. 



Stem 8 to 12 inches high, decumbent and very hard at the base, 

 rather slender, erect. Lower leaves less divided than the upper ones, 

 and narrowed into a winged petiole dilated at the base. Anthodes 

 f inch across the ray, few, in a lax terminal corymb, with small 

 bracts on the peduncles beneath them. Plorets bright-yellow ; those 

 of the ray 8 to 14, 2- or 3-nerved, entire. Achenes cylindrical, 

 greyish-brown, wdth white hairs. Plant glabrous, or with articulate 

 hairs, not gland-tipped on the stem and young leaves ; scent resem- 

 bling that of mugwort. 



Inelegant Ragwort. 



French, Senegon a Feuilles de Leucanlhcmc 



