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central flowers %; receptacle flat, naked; pappus simple, scabrous, 
eapillary.— Lvs. alternate, entire. 
1. G. potycepHaAtum. Michx. Fragrant Life-everlasting. 
Lws. linear-lanceolate, acute, scabrous above, whitish tomentose beneath, 
as well as the paniculate stem; ids. capitate, corymbose; scales of the involucre 
ovate-lanceolate, acute—@) Common in fields, &c., Can. and U.S. It is dis- 
tinguishable by its strong, agreeable odor, and its brownish color. Stem 1—2f 
high, whitish, with a cottony down, much branched. Leaves sessile, cottony 
beneath. Flowers in crowded clusters at the ends of the branches. Involucre 
with whitish scales and yellow flowers. Aug. 
2. G. pecuRRENS. Ives. Decurrent-leaved Life-everlasting. 
St. erect, stout, much branched, viscidly pubescent ; vs. linear-lanceolate, 
very acute, decurrent, naked above, white and woolly beneath; fils. in dense, - 
roundish, terminal clusters.—2| A stout species, covered with a dense, hoary 
pubescence. It grows in hilly pastures, &c., N. H., Vt. to N. J. Stem 2f high, 
with scattered leaves and spreading branches. Leaves on the upper side green, 
scabrous and viscid. Scales whitish, with yellow corollas. Aug. 
3. G. purPpuREUM. (G. Americanum. Willd.) Purple Life-everlasting. 
St. erect, simple or branched from the base, tomentose ; Jvs. linear-spatu- 
late or obovate-spatulate, downy-canescent beneath, green above; hds. sessile, 
crowded, terminal and axillary.—Grows in sandy fields and pastures, N. H. to 
Ia. and La. Stem 8—12’ high, sending out shoots at the base. Heads with 
purplish scales and yellow corollas. June. 
4. G. uLicinésum. Mud Life-everlasting. 
_ St. diffusely branched, woolly; lvs. linear-lanceolate; hds. in terminal, 
crowded, leafy clusters; involucre scales one-colored, inner acute; ach. smooth. 
—@ A small, spreading plant clothed with whitish down, common in sandy 
places where water occasionally stands, N. Mid. and W. States. Stem 4—6/ 
high. Leaves numerous, acute, narrowed at the base. Scales of the involucre 
oblong, obtuse, yellowish. Aug. 
5b. ANTENNARIA. Br. 
Name in allusion to the bristles of the pappus, which resemble antenne. 
Heads dicecious ; involucre of imbricate, colored scales ; pistillate 
corollas filiform; receptacle subconvex, alveolate; pappus simple, 
bristly —% Tomentose. Lvs. alternate. entire. Hds. corymbose, with 
white scales. 
+}. A. mMarGariTaces. Br. (Gnaphalium. Linn.) Common Life-everlasting. 
St. erect, simple, corymbosely branched above; Zvs. linear-lanceolate, 
acute, 3-veined, sessile, and beneath the stem woolly ; corymbs fastigiate ; invol. 
scales elliptic, obtuse, opaque, white——2| Named for its dry, imperishable, pearl- 
white flower-scales. In fields and pastures, U.S. and Brit. Am. Stem 1—2f 
high, and with its numerous, scattered leaves, clothed with white and cotton- 
like down. Heads of flowers numerous, hemispherical, much adorned by the 
fadeless, imbricated scales of which the outer are downy at the base. Flowers 
yellow. July.—The plant is slightly fragrant. 
2. A. PLANTAGINIFOLIs. Br. (Gnaphalium. Linn.) Mouse-car Life-ever- 
lasting.—WStolons procumbent; st. simple ; radical lvs. ovate, mucronate, 3- 
veined, silky-canescent ; stem lvs. small, lanceolate; invol. scales ovate, obtuse. 
—1, Borders of woods, &c., U. S. and Brit. Am.,common. Whole plant whit- 
ish with down. Stem 5—8’ high, often branched at base into several from the 
same root. Root-leaves much larger than those of the stem, rounded at apex, 
tapering to a petiole. Stem-leaves few, bract-like. Heads clustered, terminal, 
purplish-white. May—Aug. : 
B. dioica. (A. dioica. Br.) Radical vs. much smaller, spatulate; stem lvs. 
linear-lanceolate ; inner scales linear, acute—Abundant in old pastures. Apr.— 
July. A variety (too ?) strongly marked. 
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