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Gnaphalium congestum. Compact- 

 flowering Gnaphalium. 



Class and Order. 



Syngenesia. Polygamia Superfl.ua. 



Generic Character. 



Recept. nudum. Pappus pilosus s. plumosus. Cat. 

 bricatus, squamis marginalibus rotundatis, scariosis, c< 

 ratis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Gnaphalium congestum; fruticosum, foliis lanceolatis sessi- 

 libus trinerviis supra nudis subtus lanuginoso-tomen- 

 tosis, corymbo coarctato-capitato. Willd. Sp. PI. 3. 

 p. 1852. 



Gnaphalium congestum; fruticosum? foliis lineari-lanceo- 

 latis superne rugoso-scabris subtus tomentosis,corymbo 

 glomerato simplici. Lam. Encycl. 2. p. 741. Bot. 

 Reg. 243. 



Gnaphalium tricostatum; foliis oblongo -lanceolatis tomen- 

 tosis trinervibus : margine revoluto, capitulis panicu- 

 latis, caule fruticoso erecto. Thunb. Prodr. 151 ? 



Elichrysum capense Pedis Cati folio et facie. Petiv. Ga- 

 zoph. t. 82. /. 3. et 4 ? 



Descr. Stem shrubby, erect, covered with a white woolly 

 tomentum. Leaves linear-lanceolate, sessile, three -or-five- 

 nerved; on the upper side dark green, rugose; on the 

 under white, woolly ; margins reflected. Flowers for the 

 most part in a compact panicle; calycine scales white, 

 tipped with bright red : florets yellow. 



Though a straggling shrub, yet the brilliant colour of 

 the tips of the leaflets of the calyx has a pleasing effect, 

 especially before these are fully expanded. Has been many 



years 



