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3. A. rosea Greene. Larger than no. 2, the flowering stems 

 4 to 12 in. high, the leaves y 2 to \y 2 in. long, less than l /$ in. 

 wide. Bracts white, or more commonly bright rose. — Forms 

 white mats at many places up to about 9000 ft. alt. Var. 

 angustifolia Nels., described from "Yosemite Valley," is a low 

 plant with small leaves and close heads. Var. imbricata Nels., 

 is a meadow form with broad, obtuse leaves and more imbri- 

 cated bracts. 



16. ANAPHALIS. Everlasting. 

 1. A. margaritacea B. & H. Perennial, 1 or 2 ft. high, upper 

 surface of leaves becoming green, otherwise permanently, 

 woolly. Leaves alternate, numerous, lanceolate, 2 to 2 l / 2 in. 

 long. Heads in rounded terminal clusters, the bracts pearly 

 white. Pappus of bristles. — Common in pine forests. Leaves 

 broader and firmer than in our Gnaphaliums and the bracts 

 whiter; technically distinguished from that genus only by the 

 sterility of the few central flowers in the female plant. 



17. GNAPHALIUM. Cudweed. Everlasting. 

 Woolly herbs with alternate sessile entire leaves. Heads 

 small, pale, without rays, their bracts papery and imbricated. 

 Outer flowers pistillate, central flowers perfect. Pappus of 

 bristles. 



1. G. palustre Nutt. Lowland Cudweed. Annual, 1 to 6 in. 

 high, loosely woolly. Leaves mostly spatulate, / 2 to 1 in. 

 long. Heads in small dense terminal clusters, nearly hidden 

 by the wool, the thin bracts greenish at base. — On low 

 ground. 



2. G. decurrens var. californicum Gray. California Ever- 

 lasting. Biennial, stout, 1 to 2 ft. high, soon becoming green 

 and glandular and then balsamic-scented. Leaves lanceolate, 

 2 to 4 in. long. Heads in close terminal clusters, woolly only 

 at base, the bracts white. — Moist places at moderate altitudes. 



3. G. microcephalum Nutt Small-headed Everlasting. 

 Annual or biennial, slender, 9 to 18 in. high, permanently 

 white-woolly. Leaves linear, 1 or 2 in. long. Heads very 

 small, in small clusters of an open panicle, not woolly, the 

 bracts pure white. — Common in dry soil; foothills to Yo- 

 semite Valley, etc. 



4. G. chilense var. confertifdlium Greene. Annual or bien- 

 nial, stout, erect, mostly unbranched, 1 or 2 ft. high, perma- 

 nently white-woolly. Leaves linear, 1 or 2 in. long, numerous 

 up to the compact rounded terminal cluster of heads. Bracts 



