COMPOSITE. 69 



Leaves strapsluiped-oblanceolate or oblong-oblaneeolate, apiculate. 

 Anthodes ia the primary cluster 10 to 20, half sunk in cottony 

 wool, overtopped by 1 or 2 leaves immediately beneath it. 

 Periclinc sharply-angled pyramidal, with the five sides grooved ; 

 phyllaries boat - shaped, acuminate, with red scarious glabrous 

 points. Whole plant with yellowish cottony wool. 



In sandy fields and by roadsides. Rather rare. It has occurred 

 in the counties of Hants, Surrey, Herts, Essex, Sufiblk, Norfolk, 

 Cambridge, and York, and is no doubt often passed over as E. Ger- 

 mauica. 



England. Annual. Autumn. 



Very like F. Germanica, but generally with the stems taller, 

 more slender and flexuous. Whole plant much yellower. Leaves 

 much broader, and slightly narrowed towards the base on the main 

 stem. Clusters of anthodes with fewer flowers. Anthodes larger, 

 more sharply 5-angled ; the phyllaries more gradually pointed, 

 with the midrib purplish-red and the margins at the apex pale-red. 



Med-tipped Cudweed. 



SPECIES IlI.-PIL AGO SPATHULATA. Presl. 

 Plate DCCXXXVIII. 



Jtelch. lo. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XVI. Tab. CMXLV. Fig. 3. 



lilllot, Fl. Gall, et Genu. Exsicc. No. 37 (bis) and 390. 



Jord. Obs. PI. Nouv. etc., Frag. iii. p. 199. 



F. Jussiiei, Coss &, Germ. Ann. Sc. Xat. ser. ii. Vol. XX. p. 284. 



F. Germanica, var. spathulata, D. C. Prod. Vol. VI. p. 247. Jlook &, Am. Biit. Fl. 



ed. viii. p. 249. 



Central stem short, ascending ; lateral stems spreading, pro- 

 cumbent, all prolifcrously branched at the apex, where there are 

 2 to 5 ascending-spreading branches produced immediately below 

 the terminal clusters of anthodes ; these branches often again 

 proliferously branched. Leaves oblanceolate, apiculate. Anthodes 

 in the primary cluster 8 to 15, overtopped by 2 to 5 leaves, which 

 spread and resemble an involucre. Pericline sharply-angled pyra- 

 midal, with the five sides deeply grooved ; phyllaries boat-shaped, 

 lougly-acuminate, with straw-coloured scarious glabrous points. 

 Whole plant with hoary silky wool. 



in sandy fields and waste places and by roadsides. Kot un- 

 common in the South-east of England, where it has occurred in 

 Dorset, Hants, Sussex, Kent, Surrey, Herts, Essex, and Cambridge. 



England. Annual. Autumn. 



