206 45. COMPOSITE. 



5. F. gaVlica (L.) ; st. forked, /. linear acute, heads conical in 

 axillary and terminal clusters shorter than the leaves, outer phyll. 

 cottony with bluntish glabrous points gibbous at the base and 

 enclosing the marginal fr. E. B. 2369. St. 68 in. high 

 slender. L. narrowing upwards from the base, upright, after- 

 wards revolute. Dry gravelly places, very rare. Berechurch, 

 Essex. Bayford, Herts. A. VII. IX. E. 



12. (12.) GNAPHA'LIUM Linn. 



Jl. G. luteo-dlbum (L.) ; st. simple branched at the base 

 slightly corymbose above, heads densely clustered leafless, 1. 

 linear-oblong wavy woolly on both sides half clasping, lower 

 1. broader at the end and blunt, upper 1. narrowing and acute. 

 E. B. 1002. Woolly. St. 312 in. high, decumbent below, 

 then erect or ascending. Heads collected at the extremity 

 of the stem ; inv. straiu- coloured ; fl. tinged with red. Sandy 

 fields. [Eastern Counties, doubtfully native.] Jersey and Guernsey. 

 A. VI. VIII. E. 



2. G. uligindsum (L.) ; st. diffuse much branched, heads in 

 terminal dense clusters shorter than the leaves, 1. linear-lanceo- 

 late cottony on both sides. E. B. 1194. St. 3 5 in. high, 

 much branched, decumbent or ascending. Heads collected at 

 the extremity of the st. and branches ; inv. yellowish brown. 

 Fr. glabrous or hairy. /3. G. pilulare (Wahl.); fr. papillose. 

 Wet sandy places. A. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



3. G. sylvat'icum (L.) ; st. simple nearly erect, heads in axillary 

 clusters forming an interrupted leafy spike, 1. acute linear-lanceo- 

 late, st.-l. narrower. R. xvi. 58. G. rectum Sm. E. B. 124. 

 St. 3 24 in. high, upper half constituting the spike. Upper 

 1. very narrow. Woods and heaths. P. VII. IX. E. S. I. 



4. G. norvegicum (Gunn.) ; st. simple nearly erect, heads in a 

 close terminal leafy spike, 1. silky or cottony on both sides lanceo- 

 late, st.-l. acuminate mucronate broad. R. xvi. 58. G. sylvati- 

 cum Sni. E. B. 913. St. 6 12 in. high, spike distinctly ter- 

 minal. St.-l. broad. Fl. longer in proportion to the inv. Phyll. 

 dark brown. Highland mountains. P. VIII. S. 



5. G. supinum (L.) ; ccexpitose, st. decumbent, flowering st. 

 erect, heads 1- 5 distant, 1. linear downy on both sides mostly 

 radical. E. B. 1193. Height 2 3 in. Caespitose, very leafy 

 at the root. Flowering st. with few leaves, which are downy 

 on both sides. Heads sessile forming a sort of capitate spike, 

 or stalked subracemose, or solitary. Highland mountains. P. 

 V 1JL, {5. 



