193 Class XIX. Order H. 



ate, alternate ; stem branched at top ; corymbs 

 fastigiate. L. 



No object in the fields is better known than the. dry, pearly, 

 and almost incorruptible heads of the Life everlasting. The 

 whole plant has a white appearance derived from its downy 

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

 ly. Leaves numerous, sessile, growing without order round 

 the stem, green above, white with very thick down, or wool, un- 

 derneath. 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 peculiar and rather 

 pleasant odour. August. Perennial. 



GNAPHALIUM FLANTAGINEUM. L. Jlfouse ear. 



Shoots procumbent ; stem simple ; radical 

 leaves oval, obtuse, mucronated, three nerved; 

 flowers dioecious. 



This species flowers early, and is pretty common in pastures 

 und 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, ses- 

 sile. Stem undivided, terminating in a simple corymb of white, 

 woolly flowers. April, May. Perennial. 



GNAPHALIUM ULIGINOSUM. L. Cudweed. 



Stem herbaceous, branching, diffuse, woolly ; 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, narrowed at both ends, 

 downy ; flowers terminal, crowded. Willd. 



A small, branching, whitish plant. Stems spreading, sub- 

 divided, covered with white, woplly down. Leaves alternate, 



