Befugium Botanicu7n.] 
[March, 1871. 
TAB. 251. 
Natural Order Composit^e. 
Sub-order SENECiONiDEiE. 
Genus Senecio, L. 
Section Eadiati. 
S. MULTiBRACTEATUs (Hcifv. Fl. CajJ. m. p. 361). Biennis vel perennis, 
erecta, robusta, subglabra, foliis inferioribus profunde pinnatifidis, 
lobis 2 — 3-jugis erecto-patentibus linearibus acutis margine revo- 
liitis, supremis siraplicibus subintegris, capitulis 6 — 10 heterogamis 
radiantibus in corjmbum laxum dispositis, ramis arcuatis bracteis 
multis minimis linearibus instructis, involucre late campanulato 
squamis firmis linearibus glabris acutis, interioribus 20 — 30 aequa- 
libus, exterioribus multo brevioribus nigro apiculatis, ligulis 10 — 12 
saturate rubro-purpureis, acliaenio pubescente, pappo albo fragili 
flora tubuloso aequante. 
A native of Cape Colony, gathered by Mr. MacOwan and 
others. 
Biennial or perhaps perennial. The whole plant nearly gla- 
brous, more or less viscid upwards. Stem strong, erect, a foot 
rnd a half to two feet high, branched in the lower part, mode- 
rately densely leafy throughout. Loiver leaves auricled at the 
base, two to three inches long, pinnatifid to a narrow wing to the 
midrib, with on each side two to three erecto-patent linear acute 
lobes with reyolute edges, texture firm-herbaceous, both surfaces 
green. Upper leaves linear, simple or slightly toothed. Floivers 
six to ten in a lax corymb, with arcuate branches furnished with 
numerous minute linear bracts. Involucre campanulate, glabrous, 
composed of an inner row of twenty to thirty firm equal linear 
scales, and numerous smaller black-tipped similar ones at their 
base. Expanded floiver more than an inch across. Bay-flowers 
ten to twelve, female, the ligule bright mauve -purple, like that of 
S. elegans. Tuhidar florets of the disk equalling the involucre, 
with a pubescent ovary and pure white fragile pappus. 
Tab. 251. — 1, flower of the ray ; 2, flower of the disk ; 3, ray of the 
pappus : all magnified. — J. G. B. 
