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2. A. vulgaris (Mug-wort). — Leaves pinriatifid, with acute seg- 

 ments ; white with down beneath ; heath oblong, reddish. Taller 

 and more slender than the last ; well distijiguished by the leaves 

 being green above and white below, and by "the absence of aromatic 

 odour. Hedges and waste places ; common. A tea made from 

 this plant is used in country districts as a remedy for rheumatism. 

 — Fl. July to September. Perennial, 



3. A. maritima (Sea Wormwood). — Leaves twice pinnatifid, 

 downy on both sides ; heads in racemes, oblong. Somewhat 

 resembling A. ahsmthinm, but smaller, and well distinguished by 

 the above characters. The clusters ot reddish flower-heads are 

 sometimes drooping, sometimes erect. Salt marshes ; frequent. — 

 Fl. July to September. Perennial. 



4. A. campestris (Field Wormwood). — A rare species, growing 

 on sandy heaths in Norfolk and Suffolk. In this species the seg- 

 ments of the leaves are narrow, terminating in points ; and the 

 stems, until flowering, are prostrate. 



aS. Antennaria (Everlasting) 



1. A. dioica (Mountain Cudweed). -The 

 only British species. A pretty little plant, 

 3-6 inches high, with oblong leaves, which 

 are broadest towards the end, green above, 

 cottony below ; the heads of flowers grow 4-6 

 together, and are rendered conspicuous by 

 the white or rose-coloured involucre, which 

 is of the texture commonly termed everlast- 

 ing. Mountain heaths ; frequent. — Fl. July, 

 August. Perennial. 



2. A. margaritacea (the White Everlasting 

 of gardens) is 2-5 feet high, with cottony 

 narrow leaves, and flat corymbs of small 

 yellowish flower-heads with white involucres. 

 It is not indigenous, but is found naturalized 

 in South Wales, the Channel Isles, and Scotland. 

 Perennial. 



Antennaria Dioica 

 (Mountain Cudweed) 



-Fl. July, .\ugust. 



29. Gnaphalium [Cudweed) 

 I. G. uliginosum (Marsh Cudweed). — Stems much branched, 

 woolly ; leaves very narrow, downy, over-topping the clustered 

 terminal heads. A small plant, 3-6 inches high, rendered con- 

 spicuous by its tufted white stems and leaves, and by the glossy, 

 yeflowish brown scales of its small clustered flowers. Wet sandy 

 places, especially where water has stood during winter ; common. 

 — Fl. August, September. Annual. 



