300 Class XIX. Order II. 



whole plant has a white appearance derived from its downy 

 covering. Stem erect, round, from one to two feet high, woolly. 

 Leaves numerous, sessile, growing without order round the 

 stem, green above with a slight down, whitish, with very thick 

 down, or wool, underneath. Branches forming a flat topped 

 corymb of crowded flowers. Calyx hemispherical, its scales of 

 a clear white. Florets five cleft, yellow. The plant has a slight, 

 pleasant odour. August. Perennial. 



GNAPHALIUM POLYCEPHALUM. Fragrant Life Everlasting. 

 Herbaceous, erect ; leaves lanceolate, woolly be- 

 neath ; stem woolly, panicled ; corymbs terminal, 

 crowded. 



A branching, downy, strong scented species. Root perpen- 

 dicular, tapering. Stem covered with whitish woolly down and 

 much branched. Leaves lanceolate, sessile, woolly underneath, 

 green and somewhat downy above. Flowers ovate, in thick ter- 

 minal clusters. Calyx scales imbricate, ovate and whitish. 

 Florels funnel form, yellow at top. The scent is much stronger 

 than in the last species. Fields, salt marshes. August, Septem- 

 ber. Annual. 



GNAPHALIUM PLANTAGINEUM. L. Mouse Ear. 



Shoots procumbent ; stem simple ; radical leaves 

 oval, obtuse, mucronated, three nerved ; flowers dioe- 

 cious. 



This species flowers early, and is pretty common in pastures 

 and dry hills. The whole plant is at first covered with white, 

 cotton-like down. The root sends out a number of runners 

 furnished with oval leaves, exceeding the rest considerably in 

 size, rounded at the end, and tapering into a footstalk. Their 

 upper surface is at first downy, but becomes nearly glabrous, and 

 of a dark brown colour. Stem leaves oblong, woolly, sessile. 

 Stem undivided, terminating in a simple corymb of white, 

 woolly flowers ; barren florets white with revolute segments, 

 anthers brownish. Fertile flowers on separate plants, cylin- 

 drical. April, May. Perennial. 



