CAT'S-FOOT 



Essential SrEcirir Charactkrs: — 



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Galiiun saxali/c, L. — Stem prostrate, twisted, smootli, without re- 

 flexed bristles, leaves obovate, 6 in a whorl, flowers white, in a dense 

 panicle, fruit ^nunilar. 



Cat's-foot (Antennaria dioica, Gaertii.) 



The Cat's Foot is found at the present day in tlie North Temperate 

 and Arctic Zones in Arctic Europe, N. and W. Asia, East and West 

 North America, and so far this is all our knowledge of its age and 

 dispersal. In Great Bri- 

 tain it is absent in North 

 Devon and Somerset in 

 the Peninsular province, 

 but is found in N. Hants, 

 Surrey, Herts, Berks, Ox- 

 ford; throLighoLit Aiiglia, 

 except in E. Suffolk and 

 Bedford; only in E. Gloucs, 

 Stafford, Salop in the 

 Severn province; while 

 in N. Wales it does not 

 occur in East Radnor, and 

 in S. Wales not in Mont- 

 gomery; and in the Trent 

 province it is not found in 

 Rutland, but in the Mersey 

 province generally (though 

 not in S.E. Yorks) ; in 

 the Humber, Tyne, and 

 Lakes provinces. In Scot- 

 land it is found in the Lowlands, but not in Selkirk or Linlithgow 

 in East Lowlands; elsewhere it is found in every part of Scodand, 

 ascending to 2000 ft. 



The Cat's-foot is a local plant, found, however, on most sandy 

 heaths In the counties north of the Thames, and throughout Scotland. 

 It is also found on dry sandy pastures, as well as true heaths and 

 moors. With it one may find Furze, Ling, Penny Royal, Creeping 

 Willow, .Small Bent Grass, &c. 



The aerial stems are flowering stems, and erect and simple, the 

 sh()f)ts are prostrate or procumbent, with inversely egg-shaped, spoon- 



Photo. Dr. boiiiervillc Hastings 



Cat's-foot {Antennaria dioicoy Gaertn.) 



