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tipped with black. Stem 6-18 inches high, weak, juicy, irregularly branched. Leaves deeply 
lobed from the midrib (pinnatifid), half clasping the stem (semi-amplexicaul), the margins toothed. 
Very common. Cultivated and waste ground. Flowers all the year. Annual. [ Plate 66. 
Mountain Groundsel. (Senecio sylvaticus, Linn.)— Very similar to the last, but with 
the outer (ray) florets present, few, very shortly strap-shaped (ligulate), curled back and pale yellow ; 
with a taller stem, 1-2 feet high, slightly sticky, and the leaves more cut. The whole plant is 
slightly sticky, yellowish-green, and with an unpleasant odour. 
Common. Dry, gravelly places. July — September. Annual. 
Stinking- Groundsel. (Senecio viscosus, Linn.)— Similar to the last species, but 
differing in having fewer heads of florets, longer outer flower-bracts, and in being foetid. 
Local, but widely spread. Dry waste places. July — September. Annual. 
Hoary Rag-wort. (Senecio erucifolius, Linn.)— Flower-heads in a dense terminal 
mass (corymb). The outer (ray) florets numerous, strap-shaped (ligulate), bright yellow. [As 
described in the genus Senecio.] Stem 18 inches to 4 feet high, growing in tufts, stiff and cottony; 
leaves regularly lobed from the midrib (pinnatifid), cottony underneath. 
Not uncommon near the sea. Waysides, especially on limestone or chalk. July — August. 
Perennial. 
*Ineleg-ant Rag-wort. (Senecio squalidus, Linn.)— Not a native. A very similar 
species to the following, the Common Ragwort (Senecio Jacobsea), but with fewer and broader 
(ray) florets, and the stem only 1 foot high, and much branched. 
Naturalised on old walls and waste ground in Devon, Oxford, Cork, and a few other places in 
England and Ireland. May — October. Annual or Biennial. 
Common Rag-wort. (Senecio Jacobaea, Linn.)— Flower-heads |-i inch across, in 
large, terminal, flat masses (corymbs). The outer (ray) florets rather narrow, numerous, strap- 
shaped (ligulate), rarely absent, all bright yellow. [As described in the genus Senecio.] Stem 18 
inches to 4 feet high, stiff, straight, branched. The upper leaves clasping the stem (amplexicaul), 
and deeply lobed from the midrib (pinnatifid) ; the root (radical) leaves stalked, also deeply lobed 
from the midrib, with the segments similarly lobed (bi-pinnatifid), the terminal lobe much larger 
than the others (lyrate). 
Very common. Waste places. June — September. Perennial. 
Marsh Rag-wort. (Senecio aquaticus, Huds.) — Similar to the last. Differing in the 
flower-heads being fewer, 1-1J inches across, the root (radical) leaves being oval, undivided, and 
toothed. [ Plate 66. 
Very common. Wet places. July — August. Perennial. 
Great Fen Rag-wort. (Senecio paludosus, Linn.)— Flower-heads \\ inches across, few, 
bright yellow. [As described in the genus Senecio.] Stem 5-6 feet high, hollow, cottony ; leaves 
lance-shaped, the margins toothed like a saw (serrate), cottony beneath. 
Very rare. Fen ditches in the eastern counties. May — July. Perennial. 
*Broad-leaved Rag-wort. (Senecio saracenieus, Linn.)— Not a native. A similar 
species to the Great Fen Ragwort (Senecio paludosus), differing in its more numerous but smaller 
flower-heads, f inch across ; in its shorter stem ; and its more regularly toothed, often broader, 
smooth leaves. 
Naturalised in many counties, in moist meadows and beside streams. July — August. Perennial. 
Marsh Fleawort. (Senecio palustris, DC.)— Flower-heads about I inch across, 
numerous, in a dense terminal mass (corymb) ; florets lemon-yellow. [As described in the genus 
