192 45. coMPQsix^. 



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

 axillary and terminal clusters shorter than the leaves, outer phyU. 

 cottony with blimtisli glabrous points gibbous at tbe base and 

 enclosing the marginal h.—E. B. 2369.— St. 6—8 in. high 

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

 wards revolute. — Dry gravelly places, very rare. Berechurch, 

 Essex. Bayford, Herts. A. VII.— IX. E. 



12. (12.) Gnapha'iitjm Linn. 



%!. Q. luteo-alhum (L.) ; st. simple branched at the base 

 slightly corymbose above, heads densely clustered leafless, 1. 

 linear-oblong wavy woolly on both sides half clasping, lower 

 1. broader at the end and blunt, upper 1. narrowing and acute. 

 —E. B. 1002.— Woolly. St. 3—12 in. high, decumbent below, 

 then erect or ascending. Heads collected at the extremity 

 of the stem ; inv. straw-coloured ; fl. tinged with red. — Sandy 

 fields, now lost in E. Jersey and Guernsey. A.. VII. VIII. E. 



2. O. uligindsum (L.) ; st. diffuse much branched, heads in 

 terminal dense clusters shorter than the leaves, 1. linear-lanceo- 

 late cottony on both sides. — E. B. 1194. — St. 3 — 5 in. high, 

 much branched, decumbent or ascending. Heads collected at 

 the extremity of the st. and branches; inv. yellowish brown. 

 Fr. glabrous or hairy. — Wet sandy places. A. VH. VIII. 



E. S. I. 



3. O. sylvat'icum (L.) ; st. simple nearly erect, heads in axillary 

 clusters forming an interrupted leafy apihe, 1. acute linear-lanceo- 

 late, st.-l. narrower. — B. xvi. 58. G. rectum Sm. E. B. 124. 

 — St. 3 — 24 in. high, upper half constituting the spike. Upper 

 L very narrow. — Woods and heaths. P. VII. — lA. E. S. I. 



4. O. norv6gicum (Gunn.) ; st. simple nearly erect, heads in a 

 close terminal leafy spike,\. silky or cottony on both sides lanceo- 

 late, st.-l. acuminate mucronate broad. — B. xvi. 68. G. syhati- < 

 cum Sm. E. B. 913. — St. 6 — 12 in. high, spike distinctly termi- 

 nal. St.-l. broad. Fl. longer in proportion to the inv. PhyU. 

 dark brown. — Highland mountains. P. VIH. S. 



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

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

 radical. — E. B. 1193.— Height 2 — 3 in. Ceespitose, very leafy 

 at the root. Flowering st. with few leaves, which are downy 

 on both sides. Heads sessile forming a sort of capitate spike, 

 or stalked subracemose, or solitary.— -Highland mountains. P. 



vn. s. 



13. (14.) Antenna'kia R. Br. 



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

 erect, corymb dense terminal, phyll. oblong dilated upwards 



