348 THE ALPINE FLORA 



slender, rosy-purple, twice as long as the pale yellow 

 disk. Alps and Jura, on dry, rocky pastures, (jooo- 

 2000 m.). 



E. uniflorus differs in its more hairy character, short 

 and seldom branched stem, woolly involucre, and clear 

 lilac ray-flowers. July- August. Alpine pastures. (1900- 

 25oo m.). 



E. glabratus differs from alpinus in a stem glabrous for 

 all the length, leaves simply ciliate, and female disk- 

 flowers very few. 



E. neglectus differs from uniflorus in its rosy ligules, 

 very short radical leaves, longer and slender stem, and 

 reddish capitular bracts. Eastern limestone Alps. 



E. Villarm is a sturdy plant, viscous, with numerous 

 glands and large capitules. The stem is much branched 

 and may reach j6 in.; the branches carry i-3 heads 

 of rosy violet. July-August. The alpine region of 

 the Alps. 



Gnaphalium 



"Eng.: Cud- Weed ; Fr. : Gnaphale, Immortelle, Cotonniere; 

 Ger. : Ruhrkraut. 



This genus is a fine instance of the confusion which 

 has overtaken garden nomenclature. G. arenarium, a 

 poor thing, is now a Helichrysum, G. dioicum and carpa- 

 tbicum are handed over to Antennaria, and G. Leontopo- 

 dium is the Edelweiss, L. alpinum. The French names 

 are happy descriptions of the white, woolly foliage, and 

 everlasting flowers. The leaves are entire, the involucre 

 consists of imbricated, adpressed, semi-transparent bracts, 

 with 2-3-seriate female flowers. 



G. dioicum* (PI. LI II). Forms large tufts of dwarf, 

 silver-grey foliage; flowers many, white, rose or carmine, 

 in compact simple corymbs, persistent because of the 



