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south of France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Germany, the 

 island of Jersey, the sea-coast of Wales, the west of England, 

 and near Bosnor rocks in Sussex ; in sandy grounds, or on 

 dry banks and walls ; found also in New Caledonia. This 

 will come up better from scattered seeds, than when they are 

 sown by art ; but if the seeds be sown, it must be soon after 

 they are ripe. The plants require only to be kept clean from 

 weeds, and to be thinned where they are too close. 



33. Gnaphalium Albescens ; Whitish Everlasting. Snowy 

 tomentose; leaves linear-lanceolate; stalk upright, undivided 

 ;it bottom; branches terminating, fastigiate ; flowers 'crowded, 

 conical. Shrubby. Native of Jamaica. 



34. Gnaphalium Pedunculare ; Peduncled Everlasting. 

 Leaves spatulate, somewhat stem-claspiug, tomentose under- 

 neath; calicine scales sharpish. Stalk herbaceous, a foot 

 iind a half in height, branched, diffused, with elongated 

 branches. Native of the Cape. 



35. Gnaphalium Odoratissimum ; Sweet-scented Everlast- 

 mrj. Leaves decurrent, mucronate, tomentose on both sides, 

 flat. Stems about three feet high, .dividing into many irre- 

 gular branches, terminated by a compound corymb of flowers, 

 closely joined, of a bright gold colour, but small, and chang- 

 ing to a darker colour as they fade. Native, of the Cape. 



** Herbaceous, with white Flowers. 



36. Gnaphalium Sanguineum; Bloody Gnaphalium. Leaves 

 decurrent, lanceolate, tomentose, flat, with a little naked point 

 at the end. Stems about six .inches high, .with lanceolafcs- 

 acute leaves, woolly, terminated by a large corymb of flowers, 

 sitting very close, and of a fine red colour. Native of E^ypt 

 and Palestine. . 



37. Gnaphalium Foetidum ; Strong-scented Everlasting. 

 Leaves stem-clasping, quite entire, acute, tomentose under- 

 neath ; stalk branched. This is an annual plant, sending 

 out many oblong blunt leaves near the root ; stenyi a foot 

 and half high, terminated by a corymb of flowers, which have 

 large silvery calices, that will retain their beauty several*years. 

 It varies with golden calices. Native of the Cape. 



38. Gnaphalium Undulatum; Waved Everlasting. Leaves 

 subdecurrent, lanceolate, waved, acute, tomentose under- 

 neath ; stalk branched. Annual; stems about a foot high. 

 The flowers are in a terminating corymb; they are white, and 

 appear in July. The whole plant has a disagreeable odour. 

 Native of the Cape. 



39. Gnaphalium Americanum ; West-Indian Everlasting. 

 Root-leaves Ungulate-lanceolate, snow-white beneath ; stalk 

 simple, upright, tomentose ; flowers spiked, and lateral, ses-. 

 sile, crowded. It is annual, and seldom "rises above six or 

 nine inches in height. Flowers yellowish, and dispersed 

 pretty thick about the top of the stalk, which puts on the 

 appearance of a shorter spike. Native of Jamaica, in the 

 coldest mountains of Liguanea. 



4(i. Gnaphalium Crispum; Curled Everlasting. Leaves 

 stem-clasping, spatulate, tomentose ; calices very obtuse, 

 plaited, and waved, tomentose.at the base. Sfalks simple, 

 hardish, tomentose, throwing out small branches from the 

 axils, which, as well as the whole plant, are very white. The 

 corymbs are leafless. Native of the Cape. 



41. Gnaphalium Helianthemifolium; Dtvarf-Cistus-leaved 

 Everlasting. Leaves somewhat stem-clasping, lanceolate; 

 corymbs compound; calicine scales somewhat plaited. Stalks. 

 wand-like, branched, -tomentose. Native-of the Cape. 



?. Gnaphalium Squarrosum; Square Everlasting . Leaves 

 sessile, tongue-shaped, tomentose; the inner oalicine scales 

 subulate, and bowed back. Stalks ascending, simple, scarcely 

 a foot high, very tomentose; flowers terminating, crowded. 

 Native of the Cape. 



43. Gnaphalium Stellatum ; Starry Everlasting. Leaves 

 sessile, lanceolate, villose; calices acute, flesh-coloured on 

 the outside. Stalks several, half a foot high ; flowers glo- 

 merate. Native of the Cape. 



44. Gnaphalium Obtusifolium, or Polycephalum ; Blunt- 

 leaved Everlasting. Leaves lanceolate ; stalk tomentose, 

 panicled ; flowers glomerate, conical, terminating. Stems 

 single, about nine inches high ; flowers in spikes from the 

 side of the stalks, of a dirty white colour. Annual. Native 

 of Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New England. 



45. Gnaphalium Margaritaceum ; American Everlasting, 

 or Cudweed. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate, alternate; 

 stalk branched at top; corymbs fastigiate. Root perennial, 

 creeping, and spreading far, so as to become a troublesome 

 weed ; stalks extremely downy, white. The flowering 

 branches form a broad flat bunch ; each branch contains 

 numerous crowded heads, on short, branched, downy pe- 

 duncles, but the middle ones sessile; scales of the calix 

 bluntly ovate, white, not downy. A decoction of the flowers 

 and stalks is used in America, to foment the limbs for pains 

 and bruises. It flowers from July to September. Native of 

 North America, where it grows in vast quantities in unculti- 

 vated fields, glades, and hills, and is called life everlasting, 

 because the silvery heads, properly dried, will keep their 

 beauty long without changing. It is found also in Kamts- 

 chatka ; and has been long known in the English gardens, 

 though none of our old herbalists mention its being found 

 wild in this island. It has been observed near Bocking in 

 Essex, and in various parts of Wales. Both it and the next 

 species will thrive almost any where, and are easily propa- 

 gated by their creeping roots. 



46. Gnaphalium Plantagineum ; Plantain-leaved Everlast- 

 ing. Runners procumbent; stalk very simple; root-leaves 

 ovate, very large. Perennial. From the main stalk come 

 out runners, which take root in the ground; stem-leaves nar- 

 row, woolly, alternate ; flowers in a terminating corymb, 

 white, and small, appearing in June and July. Native of 

 North America. See the preceding species. 



47. Gnaphalium Dioicum ; Mountain Everlasting, Cud- 

 weed, or Cat's-foot. Runners procumbent; stalk quite sim- 

 ple ; corymb simple ; flowers divided. Root woody, brown, 

 strikes deep, throwing out a few fibres ; stems erect, simple, 

 from two or three to six or seven inches high, white, downy. 

 The root-leaves form a thick tuft, and are oval at the extre- 

 mity, tapering into a long footstalk; they are green, and 

 slightly hairy above, beneath white, with a thick down ; 

 flowering-heads three to eight crown the stem in a close 

 bunch, on short peduncles. It rarely happens that any ripe 

 seed is produced, indeed plants that creep by the root are 

 often sttrile. It flowers in May and June. Native of open 

 downs in most parts of Europe. In England it is found on 

 Newmarket heath, and Gogmagog hills; on Canham heath, 

 near Bury ; Swaffham and Stratton heaths in Norfolk ; in 

 Cornwall, and Wales ; on Bernack and Wittering heaths, in 

 the northern counties; and'in Scotland. 



48. Gnaphalium Alpirfum ; Alpine Everlasting. Runners 

 procumbent; stalk quite simple; heads leafless; flowers ob- 

 long. Root perennial ; stalks simple, hardly a finger's length ; 

 root -leaves lanceolate, wedge-shaped, the upper surface green, 

 smooth, and even, the under white, with a streaked nap, so 

 that the edge, even of the upper surface, appears white. 

 Native of the Lapland Alps, and of Switzerland. 



49. Gnaphalium Iridicum; Indian Everlasting. Leaves 

 lanceolate ; stalk very much branched, diffused ; corymbs 

 unequal; calices coloured within. Perennial: flowers small; 

 calicine scales ovate, brown, those surrounding the disk 



