86 The Flora of Glamorgan. 



J.S. (2). Kenfig ! H. and V. Melingriffith Works. V. Ewenny 

 Down ! Ogmore Down ! Ed. Penard Burrows ; Frog Moor ; Ystaly- 

 fera ; Port Talbot ; S. Cornelau ; Aberdare. Ridd. Cefn Bryn ! 



Antennaria, Qaertn. 205. 



795. dioica, R.Br. Mountain Everlasting. Edafeddog fynyddig, 



Edafeddog ysgaredig. 

 Rare. Scarce. Native. Ericetal, pascual, etc. 



On the hills above Pontneddfechan. B.G. Rhondda Valley, 

 near Pentre ; Glyn Ogwr. J.S. Morlais Castle, spec, in U.C.Hb. ; 

 mountains between Merthyr and Aberdare. T.H.T. 



Anaphalis, DC. 20O. 



796. margaritacea, Renth. and Hook. fil. American cudweed. 

 Local. Abundant. Native or Denizen. Rupestral, etc. 



" On the banks of Rymny River for the space of at least twelve 

 miles." Mr. Lhwyd. Ray. Syn. Ed. III. 1724. p. 182. Caer- 

 philly and Quakers Yard ; near Neath Abbey. E. Forster, jtinr. 

 Other places near Neath. Ed. Hawkins, jitnr., B.G. Side of R. 

 Rhymney, li miles from Caerphilly Castle, Glam., 1808. Mr. Middle- 

 ton, A.B. Swansea, 1820. Rev. J Dalton. Spec, in Herb. York Phil. 

 Soc. — a record due to A .B. Near Clydach, on the roadside between 

 Wychtree Bridge and Neath Abbey. Gutch. Phyt. 1842. Kenfig 

 Burrows, about a mile from houses. Marshall <&- Shoolbred, J. of B. 

 1902. p. 248. Rhymney Valley from PwUypant downwards, 

 Llanishen, etc. J.S. Rhondda Valley. Fl. Rhondda. Aberdare ; 

 Hirwaun. W. Neath Valley. G.T. Merthyr district. E. and F. 

 Kenfig. H. Largely increased of late years owing to railway works, 

 and now found in most of the valleys as well as on the sand-dunes. 

 T.H.T. Gowerton ; Pantyffynon ; Llangyfelach ; Ystalyfera, 

 spreading to inaccessible cliffs ; Graig Fawr, Treorky ! at 1,500 feet. 

 Ridd. Near Dinas Rock, Pontneddfechan. Woods. Phyt. 1850. 

 This is possibly a Breconshire locality, but serves to show the N. and 

 W. extension of the area of this species at this date. 



The status of this species is not yet satisfactorily fixed, and 

 cannot be until its history has been thoroughly re-investigated. The 

 position of alien or denizen to which it is generally consigned appears 

 to be due to Clusius, a botanist of the i6th century. It is noteworthy 

 that nearly 200 years ago it was observed to extend along the banks 

 of the Rhymney for 12 miles. The habitat of the species is likewise 

 quite misunderstood. In Bab. Man. Ed. 9, this is given as " Moist 

 meadows, rare. Established by rivers, etc." The plant is found all 

 over Glamorgan, with the exception of the peninsula of Gower, and 

 the heavy clay land of the Vale of Glamorgan ; and ascends from the 

 lowest levels to a height of 1,500 feet. It is most at home on broken 

 stony ground, which is well drained and dry in summer ; and where, 

 owing to the comparative infertility of the soil, it runs little danger of 

 being overgrown and smothered by taller plants. Its original habitat 

 appears to have been the gravels left high and dry by the heavy floods 



