SENECIO 



1657 



A. i<fcin /7t'.s/(//. irifh joiu/r,] ami siv^l- 



lrn hntiirlns: h<,,(,/s raijhss 1. articulatUS 



AA. ^feiH not l'/,'.<]i;/. 



B. ^calt's of i II f" flic re soimirlnif 

 Oferl(tpi)uif/ Kiid n ppearimj as 

 if ^2- ra liked: sf/<jiiia roii mJed , 

 the st !i 1 e -h rn 11 r li e s luiifi/: 

 phf ii/s ijroivii f (> r fo I i a </ ( . 



[Liijnluria , FitrftKj'nihi .) 2. Kaempferi 



o. Japonicus 



BB. Scales of (iiro/urre tt .■>■ n o 1 I ij 



sfyicthf 1 - s e r i n f e : sl/i/tiio 



ali'irf, the f<fifle-hr<i iiches hoiri/ 



only at the tip. 



c. Floiver.^ purple {there a re 



ivliite ijii rdeii forms). 



D. Lrs. large ami palnuitellj 



veineil: lohes sJialloiv or 



none i. cruentus 



DD. Lvs. inedinin , r I o n ij n t e , 

 pinnate - ri-'inid or pin- 

 nate 5. elegans 



G. pulcher 



CC. Fh'icers i/rlloir. 



D. Plant rH,nhiiiii 7. mikanioides 



8- macroglossus 

 DD. Plant not rli,i,l,in.i,osnitlUj 

 less than J ft. hiijh. 

 E. Herhage ichitf-tonientose 



fhroaghoid 9. Cineraria 



10. Palmeri 

 EE. Rrrlinge gn-' n or at most 



o n 1 ij ij rii If i s h , n o t 

 ichite-f'>n,rnfose. 

 F. Lr.'i. la rgi , palinalehj 



veined 11. Petasitis 



FF. Li:s. oral -Ohio ng and 

 denfati^, flu-' rmiliiie 



ones drenrrent 12. Doria 



FFF. Lvs. small or ordi- 

 na r y, p i n n n t e 1 ij 

 V e i n e d oy d i.cidid . 

 ( Natire Aineriean 

 species, as eharav- 

 terized hij <?/■(/;/.).. .13. liigens 



11. aureus 



15. fastigiatus 

 lb. Bolanderi 

 IT. Douglasii 



1. articulatUS, Sch. {Kle)nia artieiihVa , Haw.). 

 Candle Plant. Plant branching, glabrous and lle.shy, 

 1-2 ft. high, the branches swollen at intervals: lvs. flat 

 and fleshy, petiolate, laciniate or runcinate, with acu- 

 tainate lobes: heads discoid and all the florets perfect, 

 white, in small corymbs on naked peduncles: akenes 

 downy. S, Afr. — Perhaps the commonest Kleinia in 

 cultivation, being grown M'ith coolhouse succulents. 

 S. [Kleinia] Auteuphorhlum, Sch., is sometimes seen 

 in collections, although it is not known to be in the 

 American trade. It is a glabrous shrub 3-4 ft. high, 

 with fleshy stems constricted at the joints, small, erect, 

 fleshy, entire lvs. that are decurrent on the stem, and 

 solitary cylindric yellow-fld. heads (with rose tinge) an 

 inch long. B.M. 0099. According to J. D. Hooker, this 

 plaut"is one of the oldest Cape plants in cultivation. 

 having, according to DodODceus, been brought to Europe 

 in 1570, and cultivated in England in Gerard's garden 

 in 159G. *- * * The name Aiitenphorbitnn was given 



because <d' its bring a rcyiut.-d antidote ai^ainst the 

 acrid p.iisun uf th.' (Japr hn|.djorbiinii." TIk- names 

 Kleinia spinalnsa and A', snspi ,isa )iave appeared in 

 tht^ American trade, but tbcy are uiiidcntihabb.-. 



2. Ktempieri, i)C. {Ll</ulnria Kninpfm-i. Si'-b. & 

 Zucc. L. Parfiiuinin, 0. K'ucb. Pnriinjntm Kampfi^ri, 

 Bentli.). Rhizoiii;a.Mis iM-ivunial scndini^up many lvs. 

 on sU'mb-r. llurculciil -wuoily ]M_-iiuifs: lvs. bu-^i.- (often 

 b-10 in. a.rross), (.I'lii.-ular (o nuarh rrniforni, (M.nlate at 

 liasr, ati^aihif-bM.tlMMl, grL-cii: 11. -stems 1-2 ft. tall, floc- 

 culent-w.Mdh'. branched, wjlhunly small, liraet-like lvs. : 

 iK-ads large, with light yrlb.w' rays spreading 1,^.2-2 in. 

 across: i-a.ppus white and co|doutt. .Ia])an. P,.M. .5302. 

 — Var. aureo-maculatus, Hurt. { Far fin/ in m grdnde, 

 Lindl. F. inariildtnm, Uort.]. Leoi'AKd Plant. Fig. 

 2313. Diirers in lia\-ing the lvs. blotclird with yellow or 

 white and somn iuies wilh li,L;-bt msc. 'The variety anreo- 

 inaenhihis is the only form in gmirral cultivation. It 

 was introduced to England in 18.'*b " I'l-om the garden of 

 a mandarin in the north of China" by i-^>rtune.' Twenty 

 years ai,^o this was a common plani in ri.mservatorit^s 

 and \vindo\v-gar<lrns, but of late yciirs it lias been ne- 

 glected. It bs, however, a ]iiost worlliy plant, not only 

 for the house but for bedding in the open in shady 

 places. The plant is hardy as far north as Washington 

 when set permanently in the open. One form Inis vel- 

 low-sp(.tted lvs. (the commoner) and another has white- 

 spotted lvs. Another form (var. argmtens] has lvs. 

 glaucous-green edged with creamy white. E;isily propa- 

 gated liy division. 



3. Japbnicus, Sch. {LignWria Japuuiea, Less. Fri/- 

 throchifde palinatifida, Siel). &Zucc.). Strong ]terennial 

 herb, growing o ft. high (said to reach b5 ft. in southern 

 Japan), and grown for its nuissive foliagi' effertr radical 

 lvs. very large, 1 ft. or more across, dee^dy j'almately 

 cut into 7-11 narrow lobed and uotehi-<l divisions: fl.- 

 stems branched, bearing heails on rather hmg, naked 

 stems: rays orange, spreading, 3 in. from tip to tip. 

 Japan. Gn. 22, p. 139. — Intr. into this country about 

 twelve to fifteen years ago. It is a bold plant, hardy in 

 New York, and ^vell adapted to planting where strong 

 foliage effects an- desired, ])rovided the place is moist. 



4. cruentus, DC. {Cinerfiria erai-'nia, Mass.). Low 

 short - stemmed iierenniul, tloccose - woolly: lvs. large, 



2313. Leopard Plant, or Farfugium — Senecio Kaempferi, 

 var. aureo-maculatus ( ■, ' ,; ) . 



cordate-ovate to cordate-triangular, ani;-led or undulate 

 and siiuiate -toothed, ratlier long - stalked : fl^. purple- 

 red. < 'anary Is]. — The supposed p;ireiit of tin- llorists' 

 Cinerarias, "for discussion of which see p. 31s, \'o]. I. 



