322 STNGENESIA POLYGAMIA STJPERFLUA. [cL. XIX. 



bose. Stems two feet high, erect, cottony : flowers numerous, 



with white calyxes. Perennial : flowers in August : grows in moist 

 meadows in the south of England and Wales, but is not indigenous. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xxix. pi. 2018. Eng. FL vol. iii. p. 412. 1176. 



3. G. dioicum. Mountain Cudweed. Shoots procumbent ; stem 



simple ; corymb simple ; flowers dioecious Stems solitary, from 



four to six inches high, cottony : leaves scattered, greenish above, 

 white beneath, lance-shaped : flowers white or rose-coloured. Pe- 

 rennial : flowers in June and July : grows on dry heaths and in 

 rocky places: common in mountainous districts. Eng. Bot. vol. 

 iv. pi. 267. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 413. 1177. 



*** Calyx brown. 



4. G. sylvdticum. Highland Cudweed. Stem simple, erect ; spike 

 leafy, nearly erect ; leaves lance-shaped, tapering at the base, cot- 

 tony on both sides. Stem from three to twelve inches high, 



cottony, terminating in a dense leafy spike with yellowish flowers. 

 Perennial : flowers in August : grows in dry pastures in the High- 

 lands of Scotland. Eng. Bot. vol. xiii. pi. 913. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. 



E. 414. A variety, named G. rectum, Upright Wood Cudweed, has a 

 anger spike, and leaves bare on the upper side. Eng. Bot. vol. ii. 

 pi. 124. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 415. 1178. 



5. G. supinum. Dwarf Alpine Cudweed. Stem simple, recumbent, 

 terminating in a simple few-flowered cluster ; leaves lance-shaped, 



inclining to linear, downy on both sides. Stems from two to four 



inches long, slender, cottony, with a cluster of from three to six 

 yellowish flowers. Perennial: flowers in July : grows abundantly 

 towards the summits of the higher mountains of the Highlands of 

 Scotland, chiefly along rivulets. Eng. Bot. vol. xvii. pi. 1193. Eng. 

 Fl. vol. iii. p. 415. 1179. 



6. G. uliginosum. Marsh Cudweed. Stem much branched, spread- 

 ing ; leaves between lance-shaped and linear, cottony on both sides ; 

 flowers in dense terminal clusters, which are shorter than the leaves. 



Stems from five to eight inches high, densely cottony : flowers 



yellow. Annual : flowers in August : grows in watery places, es- 

 pecially where water has stood during the winter : common. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. xvii. pi. 1194. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 416. 1180. 



7. G. Gdllicum. Narrow-leaved Cudweed. Stem erect, forked; 

 leaves linear, revolute, acute, downy ; flowers oblong, crowded in 



very short axillar clusters. Stems about eight inches high, leafy, 



cottony; flowers yellow, with few florets. Annual : flowers in July 

 and August : grows in corn-fields : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxiii. pi. 

 2369. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 417. 1181. 



8. G. minimum. Least Cudweed. Stem erect, much branched ; 

 leaves lance-shaped, acute ; flowers conical, in dense, lateral, and 



terminal tufts. Stems from three to six inches high, cottony : 



flowers yellow. Annual : flowers in July : grows in sandy meadows 

 and pastures : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xvii. pi. 1 157. Eng. Fl. vol. 

 iii. p. 418. 1182. 



9. G. Germdnicum. Common Cudweed. Stem erect, forked ; leaves 

 lance- shaped ; heads of flowers globular, lateral and terminal ; scales 



of the calyx bristle-pointed. Stem about a foot high, terminated 



by a head of flowers, from beneath which two or three branches 

 come off, terminated each by a head of flowers, and subdividing in 



