IbO 45. COMPOSITE. 



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

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

 cottony on both sides.— £. 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 leaSy spike, 1. acute linear-lanceo- 

 late, st.-l. narrower. — R. xvi. 68. 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. 6 — 12 in. high, spike distinctly ter- 

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

 aistinctkom G. sylvaticum. — Highland mountains. P. VIII. S. 



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

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

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

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

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

 spike. — 0. G./ascMm (Willd.); heads stalked subracemose. E.B. 

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

 tains. P. VII. S. 



21. (14.) Antennaria E. Br. 



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

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

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

 beneath, stera-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. 



t2. A. margaritacea (R. Br.) ; st. erect branched above corym- 

 bose leafy, I. 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. 



