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duced immediately below the terminal cluster of antliodes ; these 

 branches often again proliferously branched. Leaves strapshaped- 

 lanceolate, tapering to the apex. Antliodes in the primary cluster 

 20 to 40, half sunk in cottony wool, not overtopped by the 

 leaves immediately beneath it. Pericline pyramido-conical, with 

 5 angles, the five sides not furrowed ; phyllaries cuspidate, with 

 yellow scarious glabrous points. Whole plant with grey or hoary 

 cottony wool. 



In dry iields and banks. Very common in England, less so in 

 Scotland, and not found North of K-oss-shire. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Annual. Autumn. 



Stem single or several from the crown of the root, 3 inches to 

 1 foot high, generally simple, but sometimes racemosely-branched 

 in very luxuriant specimens. Leaves narrow, often slightly un- 

 dulated. Clusters of anthodes sessile, spherical, about ^ inch in 

 diameter, almost always with 2 branches springing from beneath 

 it on opposite sides, these terminated by a smaller cluster, which 

 also has frequently dichotomous proliferous branches from beneath 

 it. Anthodes ^ inch long. Phyllaries folded. Eemale flowers 

 generally without pappus, perfect ones with a pappus of denticulated 

 hairs as long as the phyllaries. Achenes very minute, olive, 

 slightly shining. Whole plant hoary white or grey. 



Common Cudweed. 



French, Gotonnier Commun. Gei'man, Deutsches Schimmelkraut. 



This abundant little annual is found very constantly on waste places and meadows. 

 It has an erect stem of six or eight inches high, on the top of which is a downy 

 globular head of flowers of pale yellow : from immediately beneath this head spring 

 several branches, each terminated by a similar head of flowers. This singular mode of 

 growth caused the old botanists to call this plant Herba impia, as if the oflPspring 

 were undutifully exalting themselves above the parent. 



SPECIES II.— FI LA GO APICULATA. G. E. Sm. 



Plate DCCXXXVII. 



Rdch. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XVI. Tab. CMXLV. 



Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 37 ter. G. E. Smith, Phyt. 1846, p. 575. 



F. lutescens, Jorcl. Obs. PI. Nouv. etc.. Frag. iii. p. 201. 



F. Germanica, var. /3, Hook. & Am. Brit. Fl. ed. viii. p. 249. 



F. Germanica, var. a, lutescens, Gr. & Godr. Fl. de Fr. Vol. II. p. 192, 



Stems erect or ascending, usually simple below, proliferously 

 branched at the apex, where a pair of ascending-erect branches or 

 a single one is produced immediately below the terminal cluster 

 of anthodes : these branches often again proliferously branched. 



