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SENECIO 



SEQUOIA 



u. elegans, Linn. {S. purptireus, Hort. JacobTpa eJe- 

 ij<nis, Moeneh). Purple Kagwort. Annual, viscid-jni- 

 be.sceut, erect or diffuse, 1-2 ft.: Ivs. various, inostly 

 oVjlong in outline, pinnate, lobed or toothed, the sinuses 

 niostl}' broad and rounded, clasping at the base: heads 

 in loose corymbs, the rays purple, disk-fls. yellow. S. 

 Afr. B.M. 238. — Var. erectns, Harvev. Stem slender 



2314. Senecio mikanioides, usually called German Ivy. 



but erect, the Ivs. pinnate or 2-pinnatitid. /Senecio ch^- 

 gnns is an old j^arden plant. A common form of it has 

 double Us. Var. ^Ibus, Hort., has white fls. 



G. piilcher, Hook. & Arn. Robust, 2-4 ft., white-cob- 

 webby, the stem simple or nearly so and scarcely leafy: 

 Ivs. long (4-10 in.), oblong-lanceolate, thick, shallow- 

 lobed and creuate-toothed: heads 2-o in. across, with 

 many long, red-purple rays and a yellow disk. Uruguay 

 and Argentina. B.M. .^959. E.H. 1'h77, p. 04; 189G, p. ;:{29. 

 Gn. 49, p. 122. G.M. 40:745. — A very bold species, with 

 striking erect ha})it and large fls. in summer. PerenniEd, 

 although it has been described as annual. In protected 

 places and well-drained soils, it is hardy in southern 

 New England. 



7. mikanioides, Otto( 5. .sca'»f7f?/.s-, DC. ). German Ivy. 

 Fig. 2:il4. Slender and glabrous, tail-twiniug; Ivs. ovate 

 or deltoid-ovate in outline, mostly with a deep basal 

 sinus, sharply 5-7-angled or angle-lobed : head small, 

 discoid, yellow, in close clusters on axillary and termi- 

 nal branches. S. Afr. — Very common conservatory and 

 window-garden plant, easily propagated by cuttings. 



fi. macrogl6ssus, DC. Lvs. mostly hastate, often with 

 acuminate l)asai loites, but various in shape: heads oidy 

 l-:j together, and bearing yellow rays. S. Afr. 



9. Cineraria, DC. (Cinerch-ia ma r if im a, hinn. Sen^- 

 rio acanfhiloliiis, Hort.). Fig. 2315. Perennial, 2 ft. 

 or less tall, branching from the base, very white-woolly 

 throughout: lv.s. pinnatilid, with oblong and obtuse seg- 

 ments: heads small, yellow, in small, compact corj'mbs, 

 r:iyless. Europe. P.M. 1S72 :52. — Var. candidissimus, 

 Hort., has very whiti.- foliage. V;ir. aureo-marginatus, 

 Hort., has Ivs. bordered with orange-yellow. S. Citic- 

 ■yi rift i^ an f>hl - fasliioned garden plant, sometimes 

 known as Dusty Miller; the commoner Dusty Miller is 

 LffrJniis C'<'r('ii(irli/ , and another one \^ Artemisia Sfel- 

 Irridun (Fig. 2312). 



10. P^lmeri, Cr;iy. Densely white-tomeutose all over, 

 brancliing, 1-2 ft.. ]M'rcTiniai : Ivs. olilong- lanceolate, 

 slightly tootlKM], uiirrowed into :i ])('ti(de : heads few, 

 with yellow ritys, iiltnut 1 in. in di;i.m., in a corynd.). 

 Gnailalupe IsL. Lowt-r Calif.— Inlr. by Fraucesrhi, 

 Santa Barbara. 



U. Petasitis, Tk:'. [Ci)H.'rar'Hi Prf(fs)iis, Sims). Fi--, 

 2310. Kobn.st ]H.Trnni;il, H-;; ft. tall, A^n-ay-Hoccose on llir 

 young parts, branrhin;;-: lvs. botli radical and cauline, 

 (i-10 in. across, long-stalked, cordate-ovate-orbicular, 

 strongly several nrrvpd, ,s)i;illowly many-lobed, dull 

 green aliove but gray-toraentose beneath: heads in a 

 long open panicle, tlir r-yUndric;d involucre % in. high. 



the few rays light-yellow. S. Amer. B.M. 1530. -A 

 striking plant for winter decoration, the star-like lis. 

 I or heads) being produced in great abundance; now 

 becoming disseminated in this country. 



12. Doria, Linn. Erect, 3-4 ft.; radical lvs. oval-ob- 

 long, dentate, somewhat glaucous, stalked ; stem-Iys. 

 oblong- lanceolate, sessile and somewhat decuirent : 

 heads j^ellow, with 5 or 6 rays. Eur. Hardy perennial. 



13. liigens, Rich. Perennial : floccose-woolly when 

 young but becoming nearly or quite glabrous, 0-24 in. 

 tall, the stem practically naked above; lvs. spatulate to 

 oval or oblong, repand-denticulate: rays 10 or 12, yel- 

 low, conspicuous. Western U. S. in the mountains and 

 to Alaska. — Var. exalt^itus, Gray, has been offered: 1-3 

 or 4 ft. tall; lvs. thickish, longer-petioled, abrupt or 

 subcordate at base. 



14. aiireus, Linn. Perennial: an exceedingly variable 

 and cosmopolitan group, by some authors split into sev- 

 eral species, some glabrous, 1-2 ft. tall: lvs. mostly 

 rounded and undivided, the cauline ones lanceolate and 

 pinnatilid or hiciniate: heads many, H-^2 in. high, with 

 8-12 conspicuous yellow rays. Moist places, nearly 

 throughout the U. S. 



15. fastigiatus, Nutt. Perennial: mostly pubescent, 

 the stem strict and simple and 1-2 ft. high: lvs. all 

 entire or very nearly so, lanceolate or spatulate-lanceo- 

 late, obtuse: heads %-% in. high, with conspicuous 

 yellow rays. Idaho, Oregon, Washington. 



16. Bol^nderi, Gray. Perennial: glabrous or soon be- 

 coming so, the stems weak and slender and 6-30 in. tall: 

 lvs. thin, piihnately 5-9-lobed or incised, or the stem- 

 Ivs. pinnately divided: heads several, /-R-^a in. high, 

 with 5-8 rather long yellow rays. California, Oregon. 



17. Dotiglasii, DC. Fig. 2317. Woody or even shrubby 

 at base, with many stems, 2-3 ft. tall, with the aspect of 

 an aster: lvs. small and linear, or the lower ones pin- 

 nately parted into filiform divisions: heads numerous, 

 }-?,-% in. high, with 8-18 conspicuous yellow rays. 

 Nebr., W. l H. B. 



SENNA. See Cassia. 



SENNA, BLADDER. Cohdea. 



SENSITIVE BRIER. See Schranlda. 



SENSITIVE FERN. Oiwclea sevsibiJis. 



SENSITIVE PLANT. Mimosa pudica. 





2315. Senecio Cineraria. 



<Jue of the plants Icnown as Dusty Miller. 



SEQUOIA (aft.T Sequoyah, otherwise George Guess, 

 a (.'herokce lialf-breed of Geovtiia, ai)Out 1770-1843, in- 

 ventor of the Cherokee alphabet). Ooinferce. BiG 

 Trees of California. Redwiiod. Tall, massive, often 



