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xlyi. composite: corymb ifeRvE. \_Senecio. 
bristles at the base. Florets of the raj few, in one row, anil, 
as well as those of the disk, yellow. — Name : solidare, to unite ; 
from the vulnerary properties that have been attributed to some 
species. 
1 . S. Virgaurea L. (common G.) ; cauline leaves lanceolate, 
racemes panicled erect crowded, involucral scales lanceolate 
acute, achenes slightly downy. — a. tall, lower leaves elliptical. 
E. B. t. 301. — 15. small, with broader radical leaves and larger 
heads. S. Cambrica Huds. — y. leaves all lanceolate. 
Woods and thickets. — j3. and 7 . in mountainous countries. ~!L. 
7 — 9. — Lower leaves broad, stalked. Very variable in its size, and 
in its more or less compact inflorescence. Used as a vulnerary and 
diuretic. 
[X lanceolata L. has been sometimes found naturalized: it is a 
North American species.] 
38. Senecio Linn. Groundsel. Ragwort. Fleawort. 
Achenes terete, all of them with a pilose pappus. Receptacle 
naked. Involucre cylindrical, its scales linear, equal, with or 
without several smaller ones at the base, their tips often brown. 
Anthers without bristles at the base. Style scarcely longer 
than the corolla, truncate and ciliate at the extremities of its 
branches. ( Flowers , in the British species, yellow, their ray 
sometimes wanting.) — Named from senex, an old man. (See 
Erigeron.) 
* Florets of the ray ligulate and rolled back, or wanting. 
1 . S. vulgaris L. (common G.); ray revolute or usually 
■wanting, leaves semiamplexicaul pinnatifid toothed, heads in 
clustered corymbs, involucre conical glabrous, outer scales very 
short, achenes silky. E. B'. t. 747. 
Waste ground, fields, and hedges, abundant. Q. 1 — 12 . — A 
span to a foot high. Heads of flowers small, yellow. Birds are fond 
of the buds and young leaves. 
2. S. viscdsus L. (stinking G.) ; ray revolute, leaves pinnatifid 
glandular-hairy viscid, scales of the involucre lax hairy, stem 
branching diffuse, involucre viscid, outer scales half the length 
of the inner, achenes glabrous. E. B. t. 32. 
Waste ground, especially on chalky or gravelly soil, in many places. 
0. 7, 8 . — Stems 1 — 2 feet high, much branched and spreading. 
Remarkable for its viscid hairs and fetid smell. 
3. S. sylvuticus L. (Mountain G.) ; ray revolute sometimes 
wanting, leaves sessile pinnatifid lobed and toothed, involucre 
downy, outer scales very short glabrous, stem erect straight, 
heads corymbose, achenes silky. — a. leaves more or less dilated 
