248 THE COMPOSITE FAMILY. { Senecio. 
late, sinuate and coarsely toothed or nearly entire. Flower-heads in a ~ 
dense terminal corymb, approaching to an umbel. Involucral bracts all 
equal, without any small outer ones. Florets of the ray about 20, yellow. 
Achenes glabrous, strongly ribbed, with a copious, silky pappus more than — 
twice as long as the involucre. 
In wet, muddy places, in northern Europe and Asia, from the Arctic 
regions to Picardy, the Netherlands, and central Germany. Very rare in © 
Britain, and confined to the fens of the eastern counties of England. FF. 
summer. 
11. S. campestris, DC. (fig. 550). Field Senecio.—Rootstock short 
and thick, or slightly creeping. Stem erect,-simple, from a few inches to 1 — 
or 2 feet high. Radical leaves stalked, oblong or ovate, those of the stem 
longer and narrower, upper ones few and distant, all entire or toothed, with 
a loose cottony wool on the under side, as also on the stems, especially in 
open, dry situations. Flower-heads like those of S. palustris, but only few — 
together, in a small terminal corymb or rather umbel, the peduncles starting 
from nearly the same point. Achenes downy, with scarcely prominent ribs, 
and a shorter pappus than in S. palustris. . 
In meadows and pastures, in most of the mountain-ranges of Europe and 
Russian Asia to the Arctic regions. In Britain, limited to a few stations on 
the chalky downs of the central and southern. counties of England. 7. 
summer. (A tall variety, maritima, Syme. (S. spathulefolius, Bab.), with 
broadly toothed leaves, occurs in Micklefell in Yorkshire, “— on maritime 
rocks in Anglesea. | 
XXI. DORONICUM. DORONIC. 
Herbs, with perennial, often creeping stocks, long-stalked, broad radical 
leaves, and erect flower-stems, bearing a few undivided, alternate leaves, 
and one, or but few, rather large, yellow, radiating flower-heads. Involucres 
hemispherical, with linear bracts of equal length. Achenes and florets of © 
Senecio, except that the achenes of the ray have no pappus. 
A small genus, extending over central and southern Europe and western 
Asia, but chiefly restricted to mountain districts. 
Radical leaves deeply cordate. Stems usually with 3 to 5 
flower-heads ‘ ‘ . lL. D. Pardalianches. 
Radical leaves narrowed or rounded at the base. Stems 
usually with 1 flower-head 5 - , . 2. D. plantagineum. 
1. D. Pardalianches, Linn. (fg. 551). Great Doronic, Leopard’s- 
bane.— Rootstock more or less creeping, often woolly at the crown. 
Radical leaves broadly ovate and deeply cordate at the base. Stems about 
2 feet high, with but few leaves, mostly ovate ; the lower ones stalked, but 
embracing the stem by a broadly dilated base ; the upper ones small, sessile 
or embracing the stem. Flower-heads generally 3 to 5, on long, leafless 
peduncles; the yellow rays numerous, and narrow. t 
In woods, and mountain pastures, in central Europe, frequently culti- 
vated in cottage gardens, and readily spreads in their vicinity. In Britain, 
only as an outcast from gardens, but apparently well established in several — 
parts of England and southern Scotland. 7. spring and early summer. — 
2. D. plantagineum, Linn. (fig. 552). Plantain Doronic.—Difters 
from D, Pardalianches chiefly in the radical leaves, which are never 
