Plate 30.- 
SENECIO CANDICANS. 
Family, Composite : — Petals united. Corolla bearing the stamens. 
Florets in heads. Anthers united in a ring round the style. Ovary 
1-celled. Fruit 1-seeded, 
Genus, Senecio : — A very large genus of herbs and undershrubs. Leaves 
scattered, rarely entire. Heads radiate, in clusters or solitary, 
usually yellow. InvolucraL bracts in series, often tipped with 
brown. Style branches spreading, usually tufted at the apex. 
Pappus consisting of several rows of soft, fine hairs. 
Senecio candicans, BC. Plant up to 3 ft. high, herbaceous, 
erect, woolly. Leaves with broad, sheathing stalks, ovate, 
margins scalloped, silvery, upper leaves with no stalks, narrower 
and entire. Inflorescences or flower heads in umbels, each 
head on a long, woolly stalk. Involucral bracts narrow, pointed. 
Pappus hairs barbed. 
Sandy beaches. Common. 
Flowers in January. 
East and West Falklands. 
Description of plate : — 1, whole plant ; 2, flower bud ; 3, flower ; 
4, section of flower ; 5, stamens laid open ; 6, stigma ; 7, fruit. All except 
1 enlarged. 
