322 SYNGENE8IA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. [CL. XIX. 



Stems two feet high, erect, cottony : flowers numerous, with white 



calyxes. Perennial : flowers in August : grows in moist meadows, in 

 the south of England and Wales, but is not indigenous. En*. Bot. 

 vol. xxix.pl. 2018. Eng. Fl. vol.iii. p.412. 1176. 



3. G. diaicum. Mountain Cudweed. Shoots procumbent ; stem sim- 

 ple ; corymb simple ; flowers dioecious. Stems solitary, from four to 



six inches high, cottony: leaves scattered, greenish above, white beneath, 

 lance-shaped : flowers white or rose-coloured. Perennial : flowers in 

 June and July : grows on dry heaths and in rocky places : common in 

 mountainous districts. Eng. Bot. vol. iv. pi. 267. Eng. Ft. vol. iii. 

 p. 413. 1177. 



*** Calyx brown. 



4. G. tylvdticum. Highland Cudweed. Stem simple, erect; spike 

 leafv, nearly erect; leaves lance-shaped, tapering at the base, cottony on 

 both sides. Stem from three to twelve inches high, cottony, termi- 

 nating in a dense leafy spike with yellowish flowers. Perennial : flowers 

 in August : grows in dry pastures in the Highlands of Scotland. Eng. 

 Bot. vol.xiii. pi. 913. Eng. FL. vol. iii. p. 414. A variety, named G. 

 rfctum, Upright Wood Cudweed, has a longer spike, and leaves bare on 

 the upper side. Eng. Bot. vol. ii. pi. 124. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 415. 



1178. 



5. G. supinum. Dwarf Alpine Cudweed. Stem simple, recumbent, 

 terminating in a simple few-flowered cluster; leaves lance-shaped, in- 

 clining to linear, downy on both sides. Stems from two to four inches 



iong, slender, cottony, with a cluster of from three to six yellowish flow- 

 ers. Perennial : flowers in July : grows abundantly towards the sum- 

 mits of the higher mountains of the Highlands of Scotland, chiefly along 

 rivulets. Eng. Bot. vol.xvii. pi. 1193. Eng. Fl. vol.iii. p. 415. 1179. 



6. G. uliginosum. Marsh Cudweed. Stem much branched, spread- 

 ing ; leaves between lance-shaped and linear, cottony on both sides ; 



flowers in dense terminal clusters, which are shorter than the leaves. 



Stems from five to eight inches high, densely cottony : flowers yellow. 

 Annual : flowers in August : grows in watery places, especially where 

 water has stood during the winter : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xvii. pi. 

 1194. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 416. 1180. 



7. G. Gdllicum. Narrow-leaved Cudweed. Stem erect, forked ; leaves 

 linear, revolute, acute, downy; flowers oblong, crowded in very short 

 axillar clusters. Stems about eight inches high, leafy, cottony : flow- 

 ers yellow, with few florets. Annual: flowers in July and August: 

 grows in corn-fields: rare. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxiii. pi. 2369. Eng. Fl. 

 vol.iii. p. 417. 1181. 



8. G. minimum. Least Cudweed. Stem erect, much branched ; leaves 

 lance-shaped, acute ; flowers conical, in dense, lateral, and terminal tufts. 

 Stems from three to six inches high, cottony : flowers yellow. An- 

 nual : flowers in Julv : grows in sandy meadows and pastures : common. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xvii. pi. 1157. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 418. 1 182. 



9. G. Germdnicum. Common Cudweed. Stem erect, forked ; leaves, 

 lance-shaped ; heads of flowers globular, lateral and terminal ; scales of 



the calyx bristle-pointed. Stem about a foot high, terminated by a 



head of flowers, from beneath which two or three branches come off, ter- 

 minated each by a head of flowers, and subdividing in the same manner. 



