with leaflets along both sides, or altogether naked; lamina cordate, 
ovate, angled, and toothed, palmatedly nerved; upper surface of the 
full-grown leaves nearly devoid of woolly hairs, or invested with the 
remains of the former downy covering, the under-surface clothed with 
a dense white soft w ool. Inflorescence intermediate between a pani¬ 
cle and corymb, the pedicels bearing very few slender bracteoles. In¬ 
volucres devoid of accessory scales, in a single series formed of from 
twelve to fifteen leaves. Florets of the ray ten or twelve, ligulate, 
of a delicate purple or pink colour, three toothed at the apex, pistil- 
liferous. Florets of the disk tubular, limb 5-toothed, hermaphro¬ 
dite. Stamens five, syngenesian, anthers without tails, pollen yellow. 
Style continuous, with a small bush of hairs under the stigma. 
Stigma two-lobed. Achenia black, angular, easily detached from 
the pappus. 
Popular and Geographical Notice. The genus Senecio, 
(Lessing) augmented as it has been by having referred to it many 
species formerly called Cinerarias, is the largest of any among flow¬ 
ering plants, at present known to botanists. The true Cinerarias are 
exclusively Cape plants, while species of the genus Senecio, as now 
defined by Lessing, Decandolle, and Endlicher, are met with in 
every part of the globe; those of the group to which our present 
plant is referred, belong entirely to the Canaries, embracing the Ca¬ 
nary islands, Madeira, and the Azores. If we are correct in regarding 
this as a mere garden variety of Senecio populifolius, the native 
country of that species is in woods and watery places of Tenerilfe, 
Laguna, and the Great Canary. The purple colour of the flowers 
suggests an idea, that it may be an hybrid, of which Senecio Heritieri 
(Decandolle) Cinerarialanata (Heriter) may have furnished the pollen. 
The following is its history and culture, according to Mr. David Cam¬ 
eron, of the Birmingham Botanic Garden, to whom we are indebted 
for it. 
Introduction; Where grown; Culture. It came up acci¬ 
dentally some years ago from self-sown seeds in one of the pots of the 
greenhouse, so that I cannot say anything certain about its parentage. 
I, however, conjecture that it must be a hybrid between Senecio heri¬ 
tieri, and Senecio populifolius, B. leucanthus, (Decandolle.) The 
flowers are fragrant, and I consider it one of the best of these plants 
for bedding out. It makes a fine appearance, and continues in flower 
all the latter part of the summer and autumn.” It requires a rich 
soil, and may be increased from cuttings of young shoots, or by 
dividing the old plants in the autumn. 
Derivation of the Names. 
Senecio from Senex,aii old man; the pappus having some resemblance to the 
hoary bead of an aged person. Populifolius from the leaves resembling 
those of the Populus alba. 
Cineraria POPULiFOLiA. L’Heriter Sertum anglicum. 
Senecio populifolius. Decandolle Prodromus. 
