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are set in green cups, their snow-white silky tufts gleaming 

 in the sunshine, while the staminate florets have rounder, 

 whiter scales. 



Antennaria parvifolia, or Mountain Everlasting, has 

 leaves that are white and woolly on both sides, and its 

 florets are perfectly round in shape. 



Antennaria lanata, or Arctic Everlasting, is a dwarf 

 species growing close to perpetual snow, and is found at 

 the great altitude of 8000 feet. It has very white and 

 w r oolly stalks and many tiny leaves which are white and 

 woolly also. 



This plant somewhat resembles the Edelweiss of the Alps, 

 and is the nearest approach to that famous flower to be 

 found on this continent. The name Antennaria refers to 

 the long brown anthers, which resemble the antennae of some 

 insect. 



Antennaria pulcherrima, or Tall Everlasting, is white- 

 woolly throughout. The leaves are narrow spatulate 

 pointed and nerved, while the flow r er heads are numerous in 

 a close capitate cluster, the outer bracts of the involucre 

 being straw-coloured rounded and often notched at the apex, 

 and the inner ones white. 



Antennaria alpina, or Alpine Everlasting, has woolly 

 stems, a number of spatulate tufted basal leaves which are 

 silvery-woolly on both sides and a few small stem leaves. 

 The flower heads grow in a terminal cluster and the bracts 

 of the fertile ones are brownish-green, those of the sterile 

 ones being lighter and broader. 



Antennaria media, or Silky Everlasting, is a very silky- 

 woolly plant with stems from one to six inches high. The 

 radical leaves are obovate and the cauline ones narrow. 

 The flower heads are few, the pistillate ones grow in a close 



