SYNGENESIA : POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 473 



iiliginofum^ GNAPHALIUM caule herbaceo ramofo diffufo, 

 floribus confertis terminalibus. Lin, fyjl. nat. 

 p. 545, Sp. pi I2CG. (Pet. herb. t. I'd.f. 7. Ger, 

 em. 6^g.f. 2. Moris, hift.f.y.t. 11. /. 14. or di- 

 ms fuperioris ad dexiram.) 



Black-headed Cudweed. Anglis. 



In damp foils, and where water has fcood in the 

 winter, frequent. O, VIII. IX. 



The flalk is widely branched, the branches pro- 

 cumbent, white, and hoary : the leaves are li- 

 near, wideft towards the extremity, and covered 

 with a cotton down, efpecially on the under fide : 

 the flowers are very fmall, feflile, and grow in 

 clullers at the fummits of the branches, imbed- 

 ded in down amongil the leaves : the fcales of 

 the calyx are of a dark fhining fufcous color, in 

 the younger ones yellowifh : the central florets 

 are hermaphrodite, and ftreak'd with yellow 

 lines j the female ones are extremely fine and 

 llender. 



CONYZA. Gen. pi. 950. 

 Recept. nudum. Pappus fimplex. Calyx imbricatus, 



fubrotundus. Cor. radii trifldi. 

 CONYZA foliis lanceolatis acutis, caule herbaceo 



Jquarrofai. ^ ,. i-ur r r- rn 



■^^ •' corvmbofo, calycibus Iquarrolis. Lm.Jyp. riat. />. 



547- Sp^P^- '-05- (^^^- ^'''''" 792- ^^'' {^^''^-i- i^"« 

 /. I. Moris, hiji.f. 7. /. 19./. 2 3. J 



Plowman's Spikenard. Anglis. 



In 



