Composite Jfamil?. 



Everlasting. Gna/pTwliuTn polycepJialum. 



Cudweed. 



Found Id August and September, in dry fields, and open roadsides. 



The stalk grows from 1 to 2 feet in height ; it branches near the 

 top, and is leafy all the way, of a stiff fibre, with a woolly surface. 

 The color is green, the wool whitish. 



The leaf is long, and naiTOW, with a strong midrib, and entire, or 

 slightly irregular, margin ; the under surface is woolly. In color gi'ay- 

 green, whitish underneath, because of the wool. The arrangement is 

 clasping, and slightly hugging the stalk ; alternate. 



The tubular flower is small, and gathered into a close tuft ; of a 

 dull, light, tawny color, which turns darker with age. The tufted head 

 is held tightly within a deep cup, composed of many shining white 

 sheaths. The heads are set on foot-stems, in groups of 2 to 8, and 

 arranged in terminal clusters. 



When the ripened downy seed is ready to fly away, the closely 

 folded little cups open wide. A full pleasant fragrance belongs to the 

 blossoms. 



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