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19. TANAC^TUM. Tansy. 



T. VULGARE, L. Stem erect, 2 3 ft. high. Le. large, bi- 

 pinnatifid ; leaflets inciso-serrate. Fl. -heads in terminal corymbs. 

 Florets golden yellow. Plant bitter. 



Frequent. Waste places and roadsides. (B) P. 8. Banks of Clyde below 

 Carmyle ; Cambuslang ; Gourock ; Kilmun ; Cumbrae ; Arran, &c. 



20. ARTEMfsiA. Mugwort. 



A. VULGARIS, L. Common- Mugwort. Stem erect, leafy, fur- 

 rowed, 2 4 ft. high. Le. deeply pinnatifid, segments coarsely 

 toothed or lobed, white and woolly beneath. Fl. -heads in clus- 

 tered panicles, leafy. Involucres cottony. Florets brownish 

 yellow. 



Frequent. Hedges and waste ground. (B) P. 79. Banks of Clyde near 

 Eastfield; Cambuslang; Cathcart; Kilmun; Gourock; Dunoon; Cumbrae; 

 Bute and Arran. 



21. EUPATORIUM. Hemp- Agrimony. 



E. CANNABTNUM, L. Stem erect, 3 4 ft. high. Le. opposite, 

 downy, cut into 3 5 deep segments, coarsely toothed, middle 

 one longest. Fl. -heads numerous, in compact corymbs. Florets 

 5 to 6 in a head, reddish purple. Scales of the involucre about 

 10; outer 5 short and blunt. Plant slightly aromatic. 



Frequent. Banks of streams and moist bushy places. (B) P. 7 9. Kenmuir 

 wood; Gourock; Wemyssbay; Cumbrae; Bute and Arran. 



22. ANTENNARIA. Everlasting. 



A. DiofCA, Gaertn. Mountain- Everlasting, Cat's-foot. Stems 

 tufted, with procumbent shoots, and simple flowering stems, 4 6 

 in. high. Lower le. spathuldte, woolly beneath, upper ones linear- 

 lanceolate, adpressed, both sides woolly. Fl. -heads dioecious, in 

 a dense corymb. Inner scales of the barren head broad, blunt, 

 and spreading; of the fertile linear, erect; pappus long protruding. 



Common. Mountain pastures and heaths. (S) P. 6 7. Possil marsh ; Cathkin 

 hills; banks of the Paisley Canal; Gourock to Arran. 



23. GNAPHALIUM, Cudweed. 



1. G. SYLVATICUM, L. Highland - Cudweed. Stem nearly 

 erect, simple, cottony, 3 8 in. high. Le. linear-lanceolate, cot- 

 tony on the under side. Fl. -heads small, in axillary clusters, 

 forming a leafy interrupted spike. Scales of the involucre with a 

 brown border. 



Frequent. Woods and heathy pastures. (B) P. 7 9. Possil marsh ; Cathcart; 

 Carmunnock ; Gourock to Arran. 



2. G-. ULIGINOSUM, L. Marsh-Oudweed. Stem much branched, 

 cottony, 3 8 in. high. Le. linear-lanceolate, broader above, 



