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Sene'cio reclindtus. 

 S. purpureus. 

 S. erubescens. 

 S. divaricdtus. 

 S. cinerdscens. 

 S. hastdtus. 

 S. veniistus, 

 S. elegans. 



S. ^dre plenOj B. M. 



238. 



S. specidsus, B. R. 41. 



S. rosmarinifolius. 



S. dsper. 



S. rigescens. 



S. Idnceus. 



S. lonigifolius. 



S. halimifoUus. 



S. ilicifdlius . 



S. rigidus. 



These are low spongy shrubs, perennials or annuals, 

 mostly from the Cape, and generally flowering late in the 

 season. None of them deserve a place in the green -house, 

 excepting S. purpureus j cinerdscens, elegans, and specidsus, 

 which have brilliant-petalled red, blue or purple flowers, 

 and S. elegans pleno Howers all the year. They grow in 

 loam and peat, and cuttings root with the greatest ease in 

 sandy soil uncovered. 



A^STER reflexus, B. M. 884. 

 A. tomentdsus, A. R. 61. 

 A. sericeus. 

 A. Cymhaldri(B. 

 A. lyrdtus, B. M. 1509. 

 A. argophy'Uus, B. M. 1563. 

 A. angustifdlius. 



These are plants with similar habits to Senecio ; few of 

 them are of any beauty, and all of them are easily grown 

 in loam and peat, and rooted in sandy soil uncovered. 

 They are mostly from the Cape, and flower late in the 

 season. 



Cinera'ria geifdlia. 



A. mlldsus. 



A. obtusdtus. 



A . fruticuldsus. 



A. filifolius. 



A. tenellus, B. M. 33. 



C. canescens. 



C. aurita, B. M. 1786. 



C. Idctea, 



C. cruenta, B. M. 406. 

 C. hy^brida. 

 C. populifblia. 



