228 COMPOSITiE. 



The differences between the genera are minute and difficult 

 of determination. 



ANAPHALis : — 30 species in Asia, in mountain climates of 

 the warmer zones ; a few in Europe and North America. 



HELiCHRYSUM : — 300 spccies half of them in South Africa, 

 others in Australia, tropical Africa, south Europe and the 

 Mediterranean region : in India only a few. 



In England four species of gnaphalium and of filago constitute the 

 •'Cudweeds"; Ger. Ruhrkraut; two species of antennaria are "Ever- 

 lasting." 



{Stem woody below and much branched : plants in dense 

 rounded masses b 

 Stem not woody nor much branched ...... e 



V r I-.eaves J^ inch broad by 2 to 3 inches long . . . . c 



(Leaves /^ to J^ inch broad by ^ to i inch long . . . d 



r Flower-heads i/^ inch. *' Cudweed." /. 228. A. beddomei. 



c < Flower-heads J4 i"^^* "Everlasting" . . . . /. 229. 



( A. travancorica. 



r Leaves ^^2 if^ch close set: heads J4 inch. . . /. 233. 

 d < A. neelgerriana. 



(Leaves % inch : heads 2/5 inch . . p. 232. A. bournei. 

 f Leaves more or less white on both sides ..... f 



\ Leaves glabrous or nearly so above, white below . . . g 

 Leaves % by J^ inch : heads 14 ^"c^- ' Everlasting.' . . 

 r f /. 231. A. leptophylla. 



Leaves oblong or obovate : heads small condensed 



/. 230. A. oblonga. 



{Leaves one-nerved h 

 Leaves five to seven-nerved . . /. 233. H. buddleoides. 

 , ("Leaves iJ4 inches sticky, with auricled base and tapering 

 \ to the tip : heads pink J^ inch . . /). 231. A. aristata. 

 Leaves bluntly pointed ^ inch '' Everlasting." . . . . 



/. 232. A. wightiana. 



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Anaphalis hzddomzi Hook. f. ; F.B.L iii 282, XXXIX 

 12. Grows in loose masses, 2 to 2^ feet high, the stems 

 ending in irregular cymose corymbs of small fiower- 

 heads. 



Main stem decumbent I inch thick, with brown scaly 

 bark ; stems or branches numerous curving upwards, 

 clothed below with dead leaves, above with green more 

 or less erect leaves, l inch apart. Leaves oblanceolate, 



