SYNGENESIA POLYGAM. SUPERF. Senecio. 241 



Fetid, hairy, clammy. Stem straight, upright, wand-like, about 

 three f. Upper Is. more finely divided than in Sen. viscosus. 

 Fl. corymbose, numerous, small, pale, with short, small, curved 

 back rays. Ls. segments alternately large, and small. 

 * * * FL with spreading rays. Leaves wing-cleft. 



* S. sqiidlidus. Inelegant Ragwort. Rays spreading, 

 elliptical, entire. Leaves smooth, wing-cleft, with 

 distant, and somewhat linear, segments. E. B. 600. 



Plentiful on almost every wall in and about Oxford. Dillenius sent 

 seeds of this to Linnaeus, from the Oxford garden, perhaps the 

 plant, originally a native of Sicily, and South of Europe. 



An. June, October. 



Stem erect, branched, sometimes slightly hairy. Ls. embracing 

 the stem, flat, rather fleshy, often purplish beneath. Fl. soli- 

 tary at the end of terminal, straggling, bracteated, corymbose 

 stalks. Cal. smooth, almost hemispherical, its outer scales few, 

 small. Smell somewhat resembling tansy. Fl. bright golden 

 colour, large. Florets broad. At first sight, much like a var. of 

 Sen. Jacobaea. 



S. tenuifolius. Hoary R. Rays spreading, oblong. 

 Leaves wing-cleft, somewhat rolled back ; paler, and 

 downy beneath. Stem erect, loosely cottony. E. B. 

 574. S. erucifohus. C. 5. 64. 



Woods, hedges, road sides, chalky, or gravelly soil. Sm. 



Per. August. 



Stem simple, erect, wand-like, one to three f., leafy, furrowed, 

 downy, white. Ls. alternate, the uppermost with linear seg- 

 ments, little toothed. Fl. corymbose, bright yellow. Cal.- 

 scales broad, green, more or less woolly, with a white membra- 

 nous border. Rays soon become turned back. Ls. wings 

 linear-awl-shaped: lower Is. on long leaf-stalks. 3Iid-rib of the 

 Is. underneath protuberating. 

 No plant is more variable in the appearance of its leaves. 



The plant is found with but little hoariness, lower Is. stalkless, 



segments rather broad. 



S. Jacohcea^ Common R. Rays spreading, oblong, 

 toothed. Leaves doubly wing-cleft, somewhat lyre- 

 shaped, with spreading, toothed, smooth segments. 

 Stem erect. Seeds of the disk hairy. E. B. 1130. 

 Jacobcea. G. E. 280. 



Pastures, waste ground, road sides. 

 Per. July. 



Stem erect, two or three f., furrowed, leaiy, corymbose. Ls. 

 alternate, deep, shining green ; lower, on stalks, the I'est em- 



' From Jacobus, Lat. for James ; in reference to the Saint of that name. 



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