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457. SENECIO. 



partite : lowest divisions entire ; upper piuua- 

 tipartite or multipartite. Corymb compound, 

 many-flowered. Rays 5. Fits, of disc about 

 10. Seeds smooth. Crest persistent, p. 7, 

 8. Dry slopes. Montlheri. Cev. Auv. Pyr. 



28. abrotanifolius. L. smooth, pinnati- 

 partite : lower entire ; upper pinnatifid. Co- 

 rymb about 5 -flowered. Scales 3-6, half as 

 long as phyllaries. Rays about 12. Fits, of 

 Disc 40-50. Seeds smooth. Crest persistent. 

 p. 7, 8. e. Alps. 



ii. Plant hoary. 

 a. Corymb compound. Plant shrubiy. 



29. bicolor. " L. niveo-tomentose beneath, 

 dark green above ; lower lyrate ; the rest pin- 

 natifid. Segm. broadly linear, nearly entire ; 

 terminal oblong. Cal. hoary, -w. 6, 7- -3i«- 

 rit. rocks. Sic. Islands." — Guss. 



30. aiubi^uus. Stem nearly naked at top. 

 L. hoary beneath, greenish grey above, lyrato- 

 pinnatifid. Lateral Segm. somewhat cuneate, 

 toothed on outer side. Cal. covered with yel- 

 lowish meal. w. 7, 8. Volcanic or granitic 

 rocks. Mtos.. — Guss. Monte Gargano. — DC. 



81. candidus. Eveiy where cano-tomen- 

 tose. Stem somewhat shrubby at base. L. 

 stalked : lower ovate, lyrato-sinuate, repando- 

 dentate at top; npper oblong, somewhat re- 

 pand. Accessory Scales of Cal. few, very 

 small. Rays 6-8, small, ovato-oblong. Seeds 

 smooth, somewhat angular, w. 6-8. Opoi 

 calcareous hills. Nebrodes. 



32. gibbosus. Somewhat shrubby at base. 

 L. hardly stalked, pinnatipartite, smooth, some- 

 what hoary beneath. Lobes about 5 on each 

 side, somewhat sinuate, obtuse, generally 3 -lobed 

 at top. Phyll. smooth, generally 3-lobed on 

 margin, without accessory scales. Seeds nearly 

 smooth, w. 6, 7. Sandy hills. Messina. 

 Milazzo. Calabria. 



33. Cineraria. L. stalked, smooth or webby 

 above, pinnatifid. Div. enlarging upwards, 

 obtusely lobed. Accessory Scales very few, 

 wooUy, as are the Phyllaries. Seeds hardly 

 downy, w. 6. Rocky or stony shores. Mdt. 



/S. eeratophyllus. L. nearly white above. 



34. leucopbyllus. Altogether white. 

 Stems tufted. L. stalked, cuneato-spatulate, 

 pinnatifid. Lobes obovate, overlapping ; lower 

 distant and deeper. Corymb nearly simple, 

 crowded. Cal. hardly half as long as disc. 

 Accessoiy scales few and small. Seeds downy. 

 S.S. High open rocks, e. Pyr. Mont Mezin, 

 not far fi'om sources of the Loire. 



b. Corymb simple, somewhat crowded. Seeds 

 smooth. 



35. incanus. Plant altogether white with 

 adpressed hairs. Stems tufted. Lower L. obo- 

 vate. Lobes incise, the upper overlapping. 

 Upper L. oblong, with separate, linear Lts. 

 Rays 2-5, oval. Cal. about half as long as 

 florets. Accessoi-y Scales few. p. 7, 8. High 

 gravelly. Alps. 



/3. glabratus. L. nearly smooth. 



y. italicus. L. bipinnatifid. 



36. parviflorus. Plant altogether hoary. 

 Stems tufted. L. stalked, pinnate. Lts. linear, 

 lobed or dentate. Rays 2-5, very small, ob- 

 long, p. Val Macra and Monte Bego, Pdm. 



37. carniolicus. L. somewhat silky with 

 adpressed hairs : lower oblong, veiy attenuate, 

 dentato-pinnatifid ; upper pinnatifid. Lobes 

 not overlapping. Rays 6-8, oblong, hardly 

 exceeding florets of disc, which are more than 

 twice as long as phyllaries. p. 7, 8. High 

 mountains. Cam. Styr. Carinthia. Gris. 



c. Flowers fett), on long stalks, or solitary. 



38. uniilorus. Cano-tomentose. Lower 

 L. staUted, oblong ; upper sessile, linear, en- 

 tire. Cal. half as long as disc. Seeds pubes- 

 cent, p. 7, 8. Ve7-y high. Sw. Pdm. 



35. L. undivided. Flowers mostly with ex- 

 panding rays. 



a. Flowers numerous, in a compound corymb. 



89. neiuorensis. Root not creeping. L. 

 eUiptico-lanceolate, acuminate. Teeth of Ser- 

 ratm'cs straight. Lower L. attenuate into a 

 winged staUc ; upper sessile. Accessory Scales 

 8, equalling phyllaries. Rays 3-6. Fits, of 

 Disc about 20. Seeds hairless, p. 7, 8. Woody 

 hills. Fr. n. and e. G. — Koch. 



)8. Fuchsii. Fits, of Disc 12-15. Bracts 

 lineari-setaceous. 



7. octoglossus. Rays 7-8. 



40. saracenicus. Root extensively creep- 

 ing. L. oblongo-lanceolate, very acute, attenu- 

 ate. Teeth of Serratures incurved. Lower L. 

 on a winged stalk ; upper sessile, enlarged at 

 base. Scales 5. Rays 7-8. Fits. 25-30. 

 p. 7, 8. Moist thickets. 



j3. Jlosculosus. Rays wanting. 



41. Cacaliaster. L. lanceolate, rmequaUy 

 toothed, nearly equal. Lower L. somewhat 

 decurrent. Accessory Scales as long as phyl- 

 laries. Rays 0. Seeds hairless, p. 7, 8. 

 Woody hills. Auv. s. Tyr*. There are some- 

 times a few pale rays. 



