204 
The vegetable SYSTEM. 
importance ; and there is reafon to expedl the event will be worth 
the notice of the public. 
9. DOUBLY JAGG’D GROUNDSEL. 
Plate 84. Fig. 6. Ragwort Groundsel. 
Character of the Species. Senecio fylvaticus. 
The Leaves are fmooth ; they are deeply cut in the pinna- 
tihd manner, and the Segments are fliarply cut again. 
Fig. 6 . a 
Tins is a Biennial, native of our thickets, and common by- 
road fides, where the hedges run in upon the wade : it is a lobuft 
Plant, a yard high. The Stalk is red at the Bafe : the Leaves are 
dark green, but hoary underneath : the Flowers bright yellow. 
7. BLUE LEAV’D GROUNDSEL. 
Plate 84. Fig. 7. 
Character of the Species. Senecio glaucus. 
The Leaves are cut into long, fimple, narrow Segments, 
in the pinnatifid manner. 
Fig. 7 . a b. 
This is an Annual, native of Egypt, a lingular, and not unhand- 
fome Plant : it is a foot or more in height : the Leaves are of a fine 
blue green ; and the Stalk has the fame tinge, but paler : the Flowers 
arc of a fine yellow. 
8. LONG FOOTSTALKED GROUNDSEL. 
Plate 84. Fig. 8. 
Chara<5ter of the Species. Senecio haflatus. 
The Leaves are pinnatihd, and have very long Footftalks, 
which embrace the Stalk. 
Fig. 8 . a b. 
This Is a Perennial, native of Africa, a fingular and very beautiful 
Plant : the Stalk is hard and brown : the Leaves arc of a dull green, 
with 
