^46 SYiVGEXESIA. SUPEKFLLA. 



herons, as larg-e ns a Potatoe. Leaves lanceolate, siibden" 

 liculate, decurrent on the stem, beneath tomentose; flow- 

 ers in a siibsessile, cylindric, dense spike; florets all fertile, 

 feminine few; seed pubescent; tube of anthers exserted. 

 Flowers wliitish, all the others are pale purple; none of 

 them appear to be cong-eners with C. sqiiarrosa. 



This extensive genus of near 80 species is principally 

 indigenous to India and its islands, with a few species in 

 Africa, America, and Europe. 



656. GNAPHALIUM. L, (Cudweed. Ever^ 

 lasting.) 



Calix imbricated, marginal scales rounded, 

 scariose, shining and coloured. Radii none; 

 feminine florets marginal, entire, mostly nu- 

 merous. Receptacle naked. Fappus pilose, or 

 scabrous. 



Shrubby 07 herbaceous; leaves alternate, mostly to- 

 TTientose and canescent; flowers commonly terminal, glo- 

 Tnerale or corymbose; calix persistent, scales yellow, red- 

 dish, or white. Flowers in many species all herm.aphro- 

 dite; in 2 dioicous. A genus scarcely distinguishable from 

 •he preceding, except by habit. 



Species. 1. G. mar^aritacenm. 2. polycephalnm. o.piir- 

 puveum. A: plmitagincum. Hermaphrodite flowers conglo- 

 merated by 6's. 5. alpimim. 6. sylvaticum. 7. americanum. 

 8. idi^inosum. 9. germanicum. 



A genus of 120 species, most of which are indigenous 

 to the Cape of Good Hope, there are also a few species in 

 Europe, in India, and in South as well as North America. 



: i Floxvcrs radiate, or with the florets of the mar- 

 gin lignlate, 



557. ERIGEROX. L. (Flea-bane.) 



Calix imbricated, subliemispbericaJ, in fruit 

 often reflected. Rays of the corolla linear, Ye- 

 ry narrow, and numerous. Receptacle naked. 

 Pappus double, exterior minute, interior pilose, 

 of few rays, (12 to 25?) 



Herbaceous; stems simple or branched, flowers soll- 

 tarv, axillary and terminal, subcorymbose or fastigiately 

 paniculate; radii white, or purplish, rarely destitute of 



