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COMPOSITE 



i. S. vulgaris (Common Groundsel). — Leaves half-am plexicaul, 

 deeply pinnatifid, toothed, not sticky ; heads few, drooping ; 

 outer bracts very short, with black points ; ray absent. — A common 

 weed in cultivated ground ; a favourite food of many small birds. 

 — Fl. all the year round. Annual. 



2. S. sylvdticus (Mountain Groundsel.) — Distinguished from 

 the last by its larger size, it being 1 — 2 feet high and branched ; 

 by being foetid and slightly sticky ; by its more copiously cut, 



sek£cio vulgaris {Common Grounasel). 



pinnatifid, often hoary leaves, with narrow, toothed lobes ; and 

 by its many conical rather than cylindrical heads of dull yellow 

 flowers, which are in a corymb and sometimes have a few small 

 rolled back ray-florets. — Dry, gravelly places ; common. — FL 

 July — September. Annual. 



3. S. viscosus (Viscid Groundsel). — Differing from the pre- 

 ceding in being more viscid, with glandular hairs, and in having 

 fewer heads with outer bracts half as long as the inner ones. — Dry 

 waste places ; local. — Fl. July — September. Annual. 



