COMFOSITiE. 214 ANTEKJJfARIA. 



1. G. polyce'phalum. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, smooth above, downy beneath; stem 

 panicled, downy ; cor^/mts terminal. This species is very common, and is 

 distinguishable by its strong, agreeable odor and its brownish color. Grows 

 in fields, t&c. Stem 1 — 2 feet high, whitish, with a cottony down, much 

 branched. Leaves sessile, cottony beneath. Flowers in crowded clusters at 

 the ends of the branches. Involucre with whitish scales and yellow flowers. 

 Aug. Ann. Fragrant Life- everlasting. 



2. G. PURPU'REUM. L. G. Amcricanum. Jf'iUd. 

 Stem erect, simple or branched from the base, tomentose ; leaves linear- 



spathulate or obovate-spathulate, downy-canescent beneath, green above ; 

 Jiinvers sessile, crowded, terminal and axillary. Grows in sandy fields and 

 pastures. Stem 8—12 inches high, sending out shoots at the base. Heads 

 with purplish scales and yellow corollas. Jn. Ann. Purple Life- everlasting. 



3. G. ULIGINO'SUM. 



Stem much branched, branches woolly, spreading ; haves linear lanceolate ; 

 heads in terminal, leafy, crowded branches; achcnia smooth. A small, diffuse 

 plant, clothed with whitish down, common in pastures, roadsides and culti- 

 vated grounds. Stem 4 — 6 inches high, involucre scales oblong, obtuse, 

 yellowish. Aug. Ann. Mart^h Gnajihalium. 



/3. pilulare (G. pilulare JVakl.) ; achenia minutely hispid, scabrous. 



4. G. DECU'RRENS. Ives. 



Stem eiect, stout, much branched, viscidly pubescent; leaves linear-lanceo- 

 late, very acute ; decurre^it naked above, white and woolly beneath; floicers 

 in dense, roundish, terminal clusters. A stout species, covered with a dense, 

 hoary pubescence. It grows in hilly pastures, 4"C. Stem 2 feet high, with 

 scattered leaves and spreading branches. Leaves on the upper side green, 

 scabrous and viscid. Scales whitish, with yellow corollas. Aug. Per. 



Decurreiit-leaved Life-everlasting. 



43. ANTENNA' RIA. 

 Heads dioecious; involucre of imbricate, colored scales; 

 pistillate corollas filiform; receptacle subconvex, alveolate; 

 pappus simple, bristly. 



Name in allusion to the awns of the pappus which resemble the autennte of 

 some insect. Heads covered with conescent down. Lvs. alternate. 



1. A. MARGARITa'cEA. Br. Graphalium margaritaccum. L. 

 Herbaceous ; leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate, alternate ; ste7n branched 



at top; corymbs i:iist'igiaie; flowers pedicelled. This common plant derives 

 its singular appellation from the imperishable nature of its dry pearl-white 

 flowers. Grows in fields and pastures, 1 or 2 feet high, all parts covered with a 

 white, cottony down. Stem round, erect, with numerous, sessile, scattered 

 leaves, branching at top into a flat-topped, crowded corymb. Involucre 

 scales white, with yellow flowers. The plant is slightly fragrant. Aug. Per. 



Cuvimoa Life-everlasting. 



2. A. plantaginifo'lia. 



Slutons procumbent; 5fe?ft simple ; radical leaves ovtite, mucronate, 3- 

 nervcd, silky-canescent. A small, early-flowering species, common iu dry 

 woods and hilly pastures. The whole plant is tomentose-canescent. Leaves 

 of the radical shoots larger than the rest; those of the stem sessile. Flowers 



