GnaphaKum.] COMPOSITE. 145 



Leaves below tapering- into a footstalk. Florets of the disk 

 of the ray ligulate, purplish. Pappus very long and tawny. 



7. SOLIDAGO. Linn. Golden-rod. 



Involucre closely imbricated. Receptacle naked, pitted, down 

 simple. Florets of the ray few. Name ; solidari, to unite, 

 from the vulnerary qualities of the plant. 



Syngencsia. Superflua. 



1. S. Virgaurea^ Linn. Common Golden-rod. Caulinc 

 leaves lanceolate, the lower ones elliptical ; racemes panicled, 

 erect, crowded. Br. Fl. 1. p. 362. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 4138. E. 

 Bot. .301. 



ft. small, with broader radical leaves. S. cambrica, ffuds. 



Woods and heaths, frequent. . on Mangerton and other moun- 

 tains in Kerry, &c. Fl. July Sept. 1. Lower leaves broad, 

 stalked ; very variable in regard to size, and the more or less compact 

 inflorescence. 



8. GNAPHALIUM. Linn. Cudweed. 



Involucre imbricated, with (often) coloured, membranous scales. 

 Receptacle naked. Florets of the circumference subulate ; 

 some of the centre occasionally abortive. Pappus rough or 

 feathery. Name ; ^vaffraKov, soft down, or ivool, with which 

 the leaves are clothed. Syngenesia. Superflua. 



* Flowers dioecious. (Antennaria. Gcertn.) 



1. G. dioicum, Linn. Mountain Oudweed. Shoots procum- 

 bent; stems simple ; corymbs crowded ; root-leaves spathulate ; 

 flowers dio2cious ; inner scales of the involucre elongated, ob- 

 tuse, coloured. Br. Fl. \. p. 356. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 413. E. 

 Bot. t. 267. 



Mountain heaths, and sandy commons, frequent. Plentiful at Port- 

 marnock, and on mountainous heaths all over the country. Fl. June, 

 July. 1. Flowering stems three or four inches high. Leaves 

 greenish above, white beneath. Inner scales of the involucre often 

 rose-coloured, especially in the fertile flower. 



2. G. margaritaceuniy Linn. American Cudweed, Pearly 

 Everlasting. Herbaceous ; stem branched above ; leaves li- 

 near-lanceolate, acute, alternate, cottony especially beneath ; 

 flowers corymbose, level-topped. Br. Fl. I. p. 356. E. Fl. 

 v. iii. p. 412. E. Bot. t. 2018. 



On old ditch banks near Miltown, County of Kerry. Near Bur.dou ; 

 Mr. J. Drummond. Fl. Aug. 1. 



s|c sjc Flowers perfect. 



3. G. sylvaticum, Linn. Highland Cudweed. Stem simple, 



