104 39. COMPOSITE. 



woolly on both sides, especially beneath. Fl. -heads in terminal 

 clusters at the ends of the branches, shorter than the le. Scales 

 of the involucre yellowish brown. 



Frequent. Wet sandy places, especially where water has stood during winter 

 (B) A. 7 9. Near Thornliebank ; Kelvindock; banks of the Clyde below Car- 

 myle; Gourock; Cumbrae and Arran. 



3. Gr. SUPINUM, L. Dwarf -Cudweed. Stems decumbent, 

 tufted, about 2 in. high. Le. linear, downy. Fl. -heads 1 5 in 

 a terminal cluster. Achenes compressed, white. 



Highland mountains. Ben Lomond. (H) P. 78. 



24. FILAGO. Filago. 



1. F, MiNTMA, Pers. Least-Filago. Stem erect, simple or 

 dichotomously branched, leafy. Le. linear-lanceolate, acute, ad- 

 pressed to the stem, cottony. Fl. -heads small, in axillary and 

 terminal clusters, longer than the le. Scales of the involucre 

 cottony, shining at the tips, obtuse. Florets yellowish. 



Frequent. In sandy and gravelly fields. (B) A. 69. Tollcross; beyond 

 Uddingston; nearLargs; and Arran. 



2. F. GERMANICA, L. Common-Filago, Impious-weed. Stem 

 slightly decumbent at the base, then erect, 612 in. high. Le. 

 erect, lanceolate, acute, cottony. Fl. -heads small, globular, one 

 terminal, from which spring others in a proliferous manner, rearing 

 their heads above the parent cluster, hence the name, Impious- 

 weed. Scales of the involucre pale yellow brown, acute. 



Frequent. In sandy and gravelly pastures. (B) A. 79. " In gravel pits at 

 Bothwell," Hopk. Gourock; Bute; Cumbrae and Arran. 



25. PETAsfTES. Butter-Bur. 



P. VTJLGARIS, Desf. Le. very large, upwards of 2 ft. broad, 

 roundish-cordate, with distant unequal teeth, cottony beneath. 

 Fl. appearing before the le. on short stalks : in a long lax panicle 

 in the fertile plant, more compact in the barren, with long scales 

 on the ped. Fl. pink or flesh-coloured. 



Common. Moist banks, roadsides, and sandy places. (B) P. 35. Banks of 

 Clyde, Kelvin, and Cart. 



26. TUSSILAGO. Coifs-foot. 



T. FARFARA, L. Scape 68 in. high, terminating in a single 

 yellow head of fl. appearing before the le. Scales of the stem 

 entire, downy and glandular. Le. roundish-cordate, angular, 

 toothed, cottony beneath. Fl. -heads drooping before expansion, 

 and again when the seed is ripe. Florets of the ray numerous, 

 narrow. 



Very common, and troublesome, in cultivated stiff soils ; roadsides, &c. (B) P. 

 3-4. 



