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base, the iran ivisions elliptic- -oblong, obtuse, entire. Heads numerous, in leafy panicu- 
late racemes ; florets yellowish. mooth 
Garde ar redairasea. Native of Europe. FI. August. Fr. Sept. — October. 
Obs. This 2 maken for its bi EUS generally kept in 
ee and is valuable for its medicinal properties, as a tonie, vermi- 
a and is aang seen growing aentcneie along roads 
we 
atl is another species (A. ABrora’NuM, L.), co srameyes known by 
the name of “ Southern. -wood, ” or “ Old Man,” frequent rdens ; 
and a fourth (A. vouLea’RIs ,L),¢ called “ Mu ug-wo 1s dceadionally et! 
with ; but these are of less importanee, and scarcely entitled to a place 
re. 
20. GNAPH A’LIUM, L. Cupweep. 
[Greek, @naphalon, soft down or wool,—with which the plants are clothed.] 
Heads spre sree florets all i outer ones pistillate, _ 
slender, mostly in several series—the central ones perfect. Involuer 
ovoid ; aalte imbricated, appressed, tier . hyaline. Receptacle actastiads 
subterete. Pa in a single series, capillary and scabrous. 
Herbs mostly woolly or tomen “Leaves sessile or decurrent. “Heads 
corymbose, glomerate, or spicate. 
: G. polyceph'al Mz. Stem herbaceous, erect, Bing seo 
anche Fintan finenbaih , acute, sessile and n t decurren rrent, 
porecrret the tomentose beneath; heads numerous, in vy 
rymbose cluste 
ani cic aren: Life-everlasting. 
Root annual, Stem 1-2 feet high rag epai: and generally much branched. 
Leaves 1~3 inches long, somewhat undulate ‘on the margins, green and nearly smooth on 
ae 7 ype Tr surface, whitish a and densely tomen: ea beneath. Heads oe small, 
id, ochroleucous, aggregated in dense terminal clusters, very fragrant. Flores ~ 
sheet, yellowish. “Akenes oblong, subterete, smooth. Pa appus som gy ot pal — 
Old fields and pastures : Canada to Texas "Fi. Aug.—Sept. Fr. Octo 
Obs. This is often quite abundant in old pasture fields ; and al although | 
not a —- — it is altogether valueless to the farmer, and must 
be regarded as re weed. 
bing eee tee Tee Rafin. uses 
Heads tenaptiowened, discoid ; marginal florets nee very slendie’ 
2— 3-toothed,—the others perfect, 4 — 5-toothed. Involuer 2 cylindrical, 
—the scales in a le series, linear, " é na- 
‘, striate, sane ty attenuated 
