IbO 45. COMPOSITE. 



2. G.uliginosum(L.} ; st. diffuse much branched, heads in ter- 

 minal dense clusters shorter than the leaves, 1. linear-lanceolate 

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

 branched, decumbent or ascending. Heads aggregated at the 

 extremity of the st. and branches ; involucre yellowish-brown. 

 Wet sandy places. A. VII. VIII. 



3. G. sylvaticum (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. 



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 Sm., E. B. 913. St. 612 in. high, spike distinctly ter- 

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

 distinct from G. sylvaticum. Highland mountains. P. VIII. S. 



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

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

 radical. Height 2 3 in. Caespitose, very leafy at the root. 

 Flowering st. with few leaves which are downy on both sides. 

 a. G. supinum (Willd.) j heads sessile forming a sort of capitate 

 spike. /3. G.fuscum (Willd.); heads stalked subracemose. E.B. 

 1193. y. G.pusillum (Willd..); heads solitary. Highland moun- 

 tains. P. VII. S. 



21. (14.) ANTENNARIA R. Br. 



1. A. dioica (Gaert.) ; shoots procumbent, flowering st. simple 

 erect, corymb dense terminal, phyll. oblong dilated upwards ob- 

 tuse coloured, root-Z. obovate-spathulate glabrous above cottony 

 beneath, stem-1. nearly equal linear-lanceolate adpressed. E. B. 

 267. Gnaphalium Sm. Root of long simple fibres. St. pro- 

 strate, woody, terminating in a tuft of many 1. and producing 

 prostrate leafy stoles. Flowering st. 4 8 in. high, quite simple, 

 cottony. Heads 4 5, erect, slightly stalked. Phyll. white or 

 rose-colour. /3. A. hyperborea (D.Don); 1. cottony on both 

 sides. E. B. S. 2640. Mountain heaths. P. VI. VII. 



f2. A. margaritacea (R. Br.) ; st. erect branched above corym- 

 bose leafy, /. linear-lanceolate acute cottony below, heads in 

 level-topped corymbs. E. B. 2018. St. 2 3 feet high, cottony. 

 L. alternate, slightly cottony above, densely beneath. Inv. white. 

 Fl. yellowish. Moist meadows, rare. P. VIII. 



