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THE COMPOSITE FAMILY. 



9. 



Broad-leaved Senecio. Senecio saracenicus, Linn. 

 (Fig. 539.) 



(Eng. Bot. t. 2211.) 



An erect perennial, nearly allied to the 

 fen S., but glabrous or nearly so, and 

 not usually so tall. Leaves broadly or 

 narrowly lanceolate, and more regularly 

 toothed. Flower-heads much more nu- 

 merous, and smaller than in the fen S., 

 in a compact corymb. Involucres cy- 

 lindrical or ovoid, with seldom more than 

 6 or 7 florets to the ray. 



In woods and shady places, almost all 

 over the continent of Europe, extending 

 in Russian Asia to the Arctic regions, al- 

 though not found in Scandinavia. Yery 

 local in Britain, and chiefly in moist 

 meadows and pastures in various parts 

 of England, possibly escaped from gar- 

 dens where it has been sometimes culti- 

 vated. In Ireland, in woods near Ban- 

 try. Fl. summer. 



Fig. 539. 



10. 



Marsh. Senecio. Senecio palustris, DC. (Fig. 540.) 

 {Cineraria. Eng. Bot. t. 151.) 

 wQ^PIiSfeo^ An erect and nearly simple annual or 



biennial, often covered with a loose, grey 

 down, not cottony as in the field S, 

 Stem hollow, 1 to 2 feet high. Leaves 

 lanceolate, 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 re- 

 gions to Picardy, the Netherlands, and 

 central Germany. Rare in Britain, and 

 Fie 540 apparently confined to the eastern coun- 



ties of England. Fl. summer. 



