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COMPOSITE. 



ANTENNARIA DiofcA (Mountain Everlasting). 



29. GNAPHALIUM (Cud-weed). 



1. G. uliginosum (Marsh Cud- weed). Stems much 

 branched, woolly ; leaves very narrow, downy, over- 

 topping the clustered, terminal heads. Wet sandy 

 places, especially where water has stood during winter ; 

 common. A small plant, 3 6 inches high, rendered 

 conspicuous by its tufted white stems and leaves, and by 

 the glossy, yellowish-brown scales of its small clustered 

 flowers. Fl. August, September. Annual. 



* Two other species of Cud- weed are found in Scot- 

 land : G. sylvdticum (Highland Cud-weed), a cottony 

 plant, with a simple stem, bearing its heads of flowers 

 in a leafy spike ; this species is also found in gravelly 

 pastures in England : and G. supinum (Dwarf Cud- 



