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3. F. sp<fthhidta (Presl) ; silky, st. proliferous, L oblong-ob- 

 Qvate, heads prominently 5-angled not deeply sunk in woo/ fornmig 

 axillary and terminal dusters overtopped by 2 — 3 acute I., phyllJ 

 cuspidate boatshaped with glabrous points. — K S. S. 2997. F. 

 J.ussisei Atl. FL, Par. t. 26. — ^Wiitish. St. usually branched 

 from near its base ; branches mostly horizontal. Heads larger 

 than those of 8p. 1, 8 — 15 in each cluster ; reenterii^ angles 

 very deep. TipsofphyU. yellow.^Dry fields. A. VILVIII. 



E. 



i. F. min'ima (Tr.) ; st. forked, 1. linear-lanceolate acute_^a< 

 adpressed, heads^pyramidal in lateral and terminal clusters longer 

 than the leaves, phyU. bluntish cottony with glabrous points. — 

 GnapJudium ai'eeme Willd. — St. sfender, erect, 2 — 6 in. hi^, 

 branched, the branches forked ; or prostrate and spreading, rl. 

 yellowish in very, small heads. Wjiole plant cottony, greyish. 

 — ^Dry sandy and gravelly places. A. VI. — ^IX. E. S. I. 



5. F. gcd^lica (L.) ; st. forked, I. linear acute, heads conical in 

 axiUaiy and terminal clusters slwrter than the leaves, outer phyll. 

 cottony with bluntish -glabrous points gibbous at the base and 

 enclosm* the marginal fr. — Gnaphalium 8m. .^St. 6 — 8 in. high, 

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

 wards revolute. — Dry gravelly places, very rare. Bere Church, 

 Essex. A, VII.— IX. E. 



21. (12.) Gnapha'iium Linn. 



XI. G. luteo-al'hum (L.) ; st. simple branched at the base slightly 

 corymbose above, hea4s densely clustered leafless, L linear-oblong 

 wavy wooUy, pn both sides half clasping,lower 1. broader at the 

 end and blvmt;, upper 1. narrowing and acute. — WooUy. St. 

 3 — 12 in. high, decumbent below, then erect or ascending. 

 Heads collected at the , extremity of the stem ; in v. straw- 

 coloured; fl. tinged with red. — Sandy fields, now lost. A. 



VII. vni. ., E. 



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

 minal dense clusters shorter than the leaves, L linear-lanceolate 

 cottony on both sides. — St. 3 — 6 in. high, much branched, 

 decumbent or ascending. Heads collected at the extremity of 

 the St. and branches; inv. yellowish brown. Pr. glabrous or 

 hairy.— Wet sandy places. A.Vn.VHI. E.S.I. 



3. G. sylvaticum (L.) ; st. simple nearly erect, headsin axillary 

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

 late, st."-l. narrower. — R. xvi. 58. G. rectum Sm. — St. 3 — 24 

 in high, upper half constituting the spike. Upper 1. very nar- 

 row.— Woods and heaths. P. VH.— IK. E. S. I. 



