sYNGENEsiA supERFLUA. Gnaphalium. 



525 



G. obtusifolium. IFilld. sp. pi. 3. p. 18^0. excl. syn. 



Dillenii. 

 In old fields and woods : New England to Carolina. 0. 



July — Sept. V. V. About a foot high, spreading ; 



flowers yellowish-white, not shining. 



3. G. herbaceum ; foliis lineari-spathulatis subtus tomen- purpureum, 



tosis, caule erecto simplicissimo, floribus sessilibus 



glomeratis terminalibus et axillaribus. — IFilld. sp. pi, 3. 



p. 1884. 

 Icon, Dill. elth. t. lOg.f. 132. 

 In sandy barren soil : New York to Carolina. 1/ . July 



— Oct. V. V. Not above a span high ; flowers small, 



calyces purple. 



4. G, sarmentis procurabentibus, caule simplicissimo, foliis plantagine- 



radicalibns ovatis nervosis mucronatis, corymbo co- um. 



arctato, floribus dioicis^ squamis calycinis interioribus 



elongatis acutiusculis coloratis. — tVilld. sp. pi. 3. 



p. 1882. 

 Icon. Pliik. aim. t. 348, /9. 

 In woods and on sunny hills : Canada to Carolina, and 



in the Allegany mountains, 1/. May — July. v. v. 



Not above six inches high ; leaves large, resembling 



plaintain leaves ; flowers white. 



5. G, caule non sarmentoso simplicissimo, foliis radicalibus alpinum, 



lanceolatis, floribus terminalibus aggregatis sessilibus, 



calycinis squamis interioribus elongatis acutis membra- 



naceis. IVilld. sp. pi. 3. p. 1883. 

 Icon. Fl. dan. 332. 

 In Labrador. Colmaster. 11. v. s. in Herb. D'lchson . 



Not above four inches high ; resembling G. dioicum. 



6. G. caule herbaceo simplicissimo erecto, foliis an^^usto- sylvaticum. 



lanceolatis utrinque nttenuatis et lanatis, floribus ter- 

 minalibus axiliaribusque sessilibus spicatis, Willd. sp. 

 pi. 3. p. 1864. 



Icon, Fl. dan. 254. 



In stony woods : New York and Canada, 1/ . July, Aug. 

 V. V. Abont a foot or less high j calyces shining, straw- 

 coloured with brown. 



7. G, caule herbaceo erecto ramoso, foliis obovatO'Spathu- amencanurn, 



latis subtus pubescentibus, floribus axillaribus et ter- 

 minalibus glomeratis spicatis, IFilld. sp. pi. 3, 

 p. 188/. 



