COMPOSIT.E 9 



The following species are alpine : — 



G. siipinum^ L. ; casspitose, stem very slender, i-6 in., 

 capitules one or very few, outer involucral bracts more 

 than half as long as the capitule ; very high ; Switzer- 

 land, Jura, Carpathians, Dauphiny, Pyrenees. G. nor- 

 vegicum, Gunn. ; stem 6-12 in., capitules in simple spikes, 

 dark brown, outer involucral bracts one-third as long 

 as capitule; very high. G, Hoppeanuni^ Koch; stem 1-6 

 in., with 1-5 heads, plant very tomentcse ; very high ; 

 Switzerland, Tirol, Carinthia, Salzburg. 



16. FiLAGO, L. 



Resembling Gnaphalmm ; but the outer flowers of the 

 capitule concealed by the involucral bracts. Small tom- 

 entose herbs ; not alpine. 



The English species, F. germanica, L. (including api- 

 ailata, Sm., canescens, Jord., and spathulatUy Presl.) ; 

 minima^ Fr. ; and gallica, L., in sandy fields ; also, in 

 similar situations, F. arvensisy L., a more branched plant, 

 with capitules forming a panicle. 



17. Antennaria, Gaertn. 



Resembling Gnapkalzmn, but usually dioecious. Alpine 

 or sub-alpine. 



A. dzoicuy Gaertn. (Gnaphalium dioicum, L.), Cat's- 

 Foot ; heads in simple corymbs, usually pink, stem 2-8 

 in., stoloniferous ; pastures, common. A, carpathicay 

 Bl. ; flowers white, involucral bracts brown, stem not 

 stoloniferous ; high ; Alps, Carpathians, Dauphiny, Pyre- 

 nees. 



