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THE COMPOSITE FAMILY. 



In waste places, over a great part ot 

 Europe, but not common, and does not 

 extend so far eastward or northward as 

 the Groundsel S. Scattered over vari- 

 ous parts of England, southern Scotland, 

 and Ireland, but very local, and seldom 

 abundant. Fl. summer and autumn. 



Fig. 532. 



3. Wood Senecio. Senecio sylvaticus, Linn. (Fig. 533.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 748.) 



An annual, with the foliage much like 

 that of the Groundsel S., but a taller and 

 weaker plant, sometimes 2 feet high or 

 more, slightly downy, or nearly glabrous, 

 not so viscid nor so strong-smelling as 

 the viscous S. Flower-heads rather nu- 

 merous, in a loose corymb, the invo- 

 lucres cylindrical, of from 12 to 15 equal 

 bracts, with the outer ones very minute 

 or wanting. Outer florets usually ligu- 

 late, but small and rolled back as in the 

 viscous S., and sometimes altogether 

 wanting, as in the Groundsel S. Achenes 

 covered with minute, appressed hairs. 



On banks, waste places, and borders 

 of woods, in temperate and southern 

 Europe, from Scandinavia to the Medi- 

 terranean. Found occasionally in most 

 parts of Britain, but not generally com- 

 summer and autumn. 



Fig. 533. 



mon. Fl. 



