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toothed. Root perennial, thick. Stem numerous, erect, 
a foot high, striated. Leaves alternate, lyrate, obtuse, thick- 
ish; the lower ones on long stalks; all beautifully veined. 
Flowers terminal, corymbose, purple, rather small.—Native 
also of the Cape. 
3. Senecio cernuus, or drooping groundsel.—Stem herba¬ 
ceous, a foot high, erect. Leaves alternate, stalked, veined, 
rough, with two little angulafed stipulas at the base of e«ch 
footstalk. Flowers solitary, terminal, violet-coloured, on 
long, generally drooping stalks. 
4. Senecio pseudo-China, or Chinese groundsel.—Root 
perennial, tuberous, fleshy, fibrous. Stem none. Leaves 
radical, large, shaped like those of a turnip, smooth. Flower- 
stalk slender, more than a foot high, sustaining a few yellow 
flowers at the top.—Native of the East Indies. 
5. Senecio vulgaris. Common groundsel or simson.— 
Root annual, fibrous. Stem erect, branched, leafy, angular, 
either smooth or clothed with a cottony down like the back 
of the foliage. Leaves alternate, bright green ; radical ones 
stalked ; those of the stem sessile, auriculate. Flowers ter¬ 
minal, scattered or panicled, yellow. Seeds furrowed, pu¬ 
bescent : a common weed. 
The remaining species of this section, are, Senecio angus- 
tifolius, mucronatus, niveus, hieracifolius, erubescens, per- 
sicifolius, biflorus, paniculatus, bidentatus, scaber, vestitus, 
virgatus, divaricatus, croaticus, Japonicus, peucedanifolius, 
Arabicus and verbenifolius. 
II.—Flowers with a revolute radius. 
6 . Senecio viscosus, or stinking groundsel.—The whole 
herb is hairy and viscid, with a very fetid smell. Root 
annual. Stem a foot high, much branched, spreading, fur¬ 
rowed, leafy, Leaves alternate. Flower-stalks solitary, ter¬ 
minal, each bearing a flower of a bright gold-colour.—Com¬ 
mon in Great Britain. 
7. Senecio lividus, or green-scaled groundsel.—This spe¬ 
cies varies much in the depth of the segments of its leaves. 
The florets of the radius are not at first revolute, but gra¬ 
dually become so.—Native of Spain and England. 
8 . Senecio sylvaticus, or mountain groundsel.—Root an¬ 
nual. Stem three feet high, leafy, furrowed, rather hairy, 
many-flowered. Leaves numerous, with an unpleasant smell, 
and slightly v.scid. Flowers yellow.—Found plentifully in 
England. 
The remaining species of this section are Senecio triflorus, 
iEgyptius, Australis, lautus, crassifolius, humilis, leucanthe- 
mifolius, auritus, giganteus, telephifolius, trilobus, cineras- 
cens, Javanicus, coronopifolius, multifidus, nebrodensis, 
glaucus and vari'cosus. 
III.—Flowers with a spreading radius and pinnatifid leaves. 
9. Senecio hastatus, or spleen-wort-leaved groundsel.— 
Stem herbaceous, perennial, about two feet high, branched at 
the bottom. Leaves stalked, narrow, seven or eight inches 
long, very glutinous. Flowers terminal, yellow, two or 
three on each stalk.—Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
10. Senecio elegans. Elegant groundsel, or purple jaco- 
beeu.—Stem is about eighteen inches high, erect, branched, 
furrowed. Leaves at the stem-joints, bright green. It occa¬ 
sionally produces while flowers. 
11 . Senecio squalidus, or inelegant rag-wort.—Root annual 
or biennial. Stem erect, branched, much spreading, some¬ 
times a little hairy. Leaves sessile, deeply pinnatifid, narrow, 
smooth, rather fleshy, often purplish beneath. Flowers so¬ 
litary, of a bright golden yellow, on terminal, solitary, 
bracteated, corymbose stalks. The whole herb has a peculiar 
smell, somewhat likeTanso or Mug-wort.—Native of England. 
12. Senecio abrotanifolius, or southern - wood - leaved 
groundsel—Stem from one to two feet high, striated upwards. 
Lower leaves bipinnatifid, stalked : upper pinnatifid, sessile ; 
all dark green above, glaucous beneath. Flowers large and 
handsome, lemon-coloured, in terminal bunches.—Native of 
Austria. 
13. Senecio tenuifolius, or hoary-rag-wort.—Root peren- 
l C 1 0. 
nial, rather creeping. Stem erect, wand-like, leafy, coryni^ 
bose at the top. Leaves numerous, alternate, embracing the 
stem, cottony beneath, and often white with down. Flow¬ 
ers corymbose, bright yellow.—Native of England. 
14. Senecio Jacobae, or common-rag-wort.—Root peren¬ 
nial, fibrous. Stern erect, branched, leafy, corymbose, 
many-flowered. Leaves mostly smooth, dark green, cut into 
various, spreading, toothed segments. Flowers very numer¬ 
ous, of a bright, golden yellow, terminal, corymbose. 
15. Senecio aquaticus, or marsh-rag-wort.—Stem erect, 
branched, purplish at the base, like the last species. Leaves 
variable in shape- The flowers are larger, fewer in number, 
and of a brighter colour.—Native of England. 
The remaining species in this section are, Senecio squa- 
mosus, incisus, carnosus, abruptus, lyratus, spirseifolius, pu- 
bigerus, vernalis, montanus, rupestris, dentatus, venustus, 
erucifolius, speciosus, erosus, uniflorus, incanus, carniolicus, 
parviflorus, muricatus, laevigatus, grandiflorus, myrrhifolius, 
diffusus. Canadensis, delphinifolius, auriculatus, aureus, 
Balsamitee, obovatus and umbellatus. 
IV.—Flowers with a radius. Leaves undivided. 
16. Senecio paludosus, or great fen rag-wort.—Root pe¬ 
rennial, of many long, simple fibres. Stems erect, from three, 
to six feet in height, leafy, striated, hollow, clothed with a 
loose down. Leaves sessile, scattered, narrow at the base, 
smooth above, paler and downy beneath. Flowers above an 
inch in diameter, bright yellow; in a kind of terminal co¬ 
rymb, the lowermost stalks arising from the bosom of the 
upper leaves.—Native of Europe. 
17. Senecio nemorensis, or branching groundsel.—Root 
perennial, fibrous, not creeping. Stems generally single, two 
or three feet high, erect, slightly angular or grooved towards 
the top, pale green, purplish here and there. Leaves alter¬ 
nate or scattered, five or six inches long, pointed, smooth 
above, hairy beneath. Flowers very numerous, yellow, in 
terminal compound corymbs.—Native of Austria, &c. 
18. Senecio Saracenicus, or broad-leaved groundsel.— 
Root perennial, creeping. Stems erect, from three to five 
feet high, angular, leafy, smooth, corymbose at the top. 
Leaves alternate, sessile, lanceolate, slightly downy. Flow¬ 
ers bright yellow, in a large, terminal corymb, with narrow, 
lanceolate, pointed bracteas, and rather downy stalks.—This 
is one of our rarest British plants. 
19. Senecio doria, or broad-leaved groundsel.—Root pe¬ 
rennial, brownish, bitter, with long white fibres. Stem from 
two to five feet in height, much branched upwards, striated. 
Leaves alternate, lower ones stalked; upper sessile; all of 
them extremely glaucous and ribbed. Flowers rather small, 
numerous,palish yellow, in terminal, compound corymbs.— 
Native of Austria. 
20. Senecio doronicutn, or Alpine groundsel.—Root pe¬ 
rennial, fibrous. Stem perfectly simple, hairy. Radical 
leaves stalked, thickish, plain or striated on either side of the 
mid-rib; stem-leaves small, lanceolate, nearly awl-shaped. 
Flowers large, terminal, mostly solitary, of a deep yellow or 
orange-colour, on longish, thick, hairy stalks.—Native of 
the South of Europe. 
21. Senecio lanceus, or spear-leaved groundsel.—Root 
perennial, fibrous. Stems numerous, annual, round, smooth ; 
from four to six feet high, streaked with purple. Leaves 
alternate, somewhat leathery, smooth, glaucous, pointed, 
veined with purple. Flowers in terminal, thick, compound 
corymbs, bright yellow; the disk turning brown. 
The remaining species of this last and fourth section are, 
Senecio linifolius, juniperinus, rosmarinifolius, asper, stria- 
tus, cruciatus, rigescens, pinnulatus, hadiensis, ovatus, coria- 
ceus, orientalis, barrelieri, arenarius, glastifol ius, oporinus, 
longifolius, undulatus, byzantinus, heterophyllus, halimifo- 
lius, marginatus, maritimus, lanatus, mollis, quercifolius, 
ilicifolius, crispus, crenatus, angulatus, cordifolius, repandus, 
rigid us et sol idagino ides. 
Propagation and Culture .—Senecio contains plants of 
the herbaceous, annual, and perennial kinds, of which the 
species 
