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BRITISH WILD FLOWERS. 
3.— THE MARSH RAGWORT. (Senecio aquaticus, Hudson .) 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 1131 ; 2nd ed., t. 1158 ; and our jig. 1, lyrate, serrated; the lowermost obovate and undivided. Fruit all 
in PI. 42. smooth. (Lindley.) 
Specific Character. —Rays spreading, elliptic-oblong. Leaves ' 
Description, &c. —This plant is found in marshes and wet meadows ; and it is so closely allied to 
S. Jacobcea that it has been supposed to be only a variety of that plant, growing in moist situations instead of 
dry ones. It is found in every part of Great Britain. It is a perennial, and flowers from July to October. 
4.— THE BIRD’S-TONGUE. (Senecio palubosus, Lin.) 
Engravings— Eng. Bot., t. 650 ; 2nd ed., t. 1159. I Leaves lanceolate, tapering, sharply serrated, somewhat cottony beneath. 
Specific Character. —Rays spreading, toothed. Heads corymbose. [ Stem perfectly straight, hollow. ( Lindley .) 
Description, &c.—This very handsome species is found in the ditches and fens of Lincolnshire, Cambridge¬ 
shire, and Suffolk, where it is called the Great Fen Ragwort, and where it forms a truly magnificent plant, 
frequently growing to the height of six feet and upwards, with flowers two inches or more in diameter. It is a 
perennial, and produces its golden-yellow flowers in June and July. 
There are numerous other species of Senecio, some of which are known by the name of Ragwort, and some 
of which are called different kinds of Groundsel; but generally speaking there is nothing particularly remarkable 
in them, with the exception, perhaps, of what is called the Stinking Groundsel ( S. viscosus), which is covered 
with glutinous hairs that catch various kinds of insects and light substances that blow against them, and which 
have a most intolerable smell. 
GENUS XII. 
THE LEOPAHD’S-BANE. (Doronicum, Lin.) 
Lin. Syst. SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. 
Generic Character. —Involucrum equal, with the scales in a | the flosculous florets simple, of the radiant florets none. Receptacle 
double row. Flowers radiant; those of the ray female. Pappus of ] naked. (Dec.) 
Description, &c. —The only British species of this genus (J). Pardalianckes ) is a magnificent plant, with 
large yellow flowers, which appear from June till September. Some botanists suppose that there are two British 
species of this genus; but others think the two kinds that have been found are merely variations produced by 
soil or climate. The plant is a perennial, and it is generally found in moist woods. The name of Doronicum 
is by some said to be derived from an Arabic word signifying poison; but others trace its origin from two Greek 
words signifying a gift and a victory; in allusion to the fondness which wild beasts, particularly leopards, have 
for the leaves and fleshy roots, the juice of which has a stupifying effect upon them. The English name of 
Leopard’s-bane alludes to the same circumstance. This genus is in the same Linnacan class and order as 
the preceding one. 
