1064 GNAPHALIUM. [CLASS XIX. ORDER 1. 
Root small, fibrous. Stem erect, solitary, simple, from two to 
eight inches high, round, clothed with soft woolliness, leafy, mostly 
having at the base several prostrate stolons, by which the plant is in- 
creased. Leaves green, and nearly smooth above, white, with woolli- 
ness beneath, the radical ones numerous, spatulate, the mid-rib 
terminating in a bristly point, those of the stem linear, erect. Heads 
of flowers numerous, white, pale pink, or rose colour, everlasting, ter- 
minating the stem in a crowded corymb. J/orets numerous, tubular, 
five cleft, the florets of one plant bear anthers only, those of another 
only pistils. nvolucre scales imbricated, the outer ones short and 
downy, the inner linear, obtuse, membranous, often coloured, longer 
than the florets, and forming a ray to each head. Suit mostly im- 
perfect. Pappus of long rough often feathery hairs. 
Habitat.—Mountain heaths, abundant; #. Isle of Skye. 
Perennial ; flowering in June and July. 
This is a very elegant little plant, variable in size and luxu- 
riance and in the colour of its flowers. It is easy of cultivation, and 
on rock work or dry borders forms pretty patches, and remains in 
flower a long time. 
2. G. margarita'ceum, Linn. (Fig. 1258.) American Cudweed, Pearly 
Everlasting. Stem erect, herbaceous, branched above; flowers 
corymbose ; leaves linear lanceolate, acuminate, cottony, especially 
beneath. 
English Botany, t. 2018.—English Flora, vol. iii. p. 413.—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 301—Antennaria margari.—Lindley, 
Synopsis, p. 144. 
Root somewhat creeping. Stem erect, about two feet high, leafy, 
and thickly clothed with cottony pubescence. Leaves alternate, 
linear lanceolate, acuminate, green, and slightly cottony aboye, white, 
and thickly clothed with woolliness beneath. Inflorescence corym- 
bose, terminating the stem and branches. lowers numerous. 
Involucre globose, of numerous pearly white lanceolate scales, per- 
sistent, and remaining unchanged after flowering. Zlorets numerous, 
tubular, yellow, the limb five cleft. rwit ovate. Pappus rough 
simple hairs. Receptacle tuberculated. 
Habitat.—Moist meadows, rare. Near Bocking, Essex; banks 
of Rymny river, South Wales, and near Dalgelly, Merionethshire ; 
Wire Forest, Worcestershire ; and Longdon, near Lichfield; Jersey 
and Guernsey. 
Perennial; flowering in August. 
xk Blowers perfect. 
3. @. luteo-album. Linn. (Fig. 1259.) Jersey Cudweed. Stem erect, 
herbaceous, simple ; flowers densely tufted; leaves lanceolate, cottony 
on both sides, semi-amplexicaul, the lower ones obtuse ; fruit slightly 
tuberculated. 
