494 SYNGENESIA [Senlciosim* 



4. 6. POLTCEruALUM, Mx. Stem paniculate ; leaves lincar-oblance- 



olate, acute, snioothish above, tomentose beneath ; heads of flowers in 



terminal corymbose clusters. Jieek, Hot. p. 178, 



G. obtusifolium. Willd. Sp. 8. p. 1880. Jit. Kew. 5. p. 16. 



Antcnnaria obtusifolia. LindL Ency. p. 700. 



Manx-headed Gxaphalium. Vulgo — Life everlasting. 



Root annual. Stem 1 to 2 feet high, hoary-tomentose, paniculate!? branched 

 near the summit. Leaves 1 to 3 inches long, ami 1 or -2 lines to near half an inch 

 wide, attenuate, Hnear-oblanceolate, acute, entire, somewhat undulate on the mar. 

 gin, narrowed towards the base, s< ssile, nearly, smooth and green on the upper 

 surface, densely tomentose and whitish beneath. Heads of flowers rather small, 

 ▼ory numerous, oblong-ovoid, whitish or ochroleucous, aggregated in den.su term, 

 inal corymbose clusters, forming altogether a large corymbose panicle, very fra- 

 grant; involucre longer than the disk, lanuginousat base, the leaflets ovate and 

 ovate-oblong, rather obtuse, scarious, smooth, unequal, Imbricated, whitish, the 

 inner ones with a green midrib near the base \ florets slender, yellowish. Akenes 

 oblong, smooth; pappus capillary, scabrous, somewhat lawny. Receptacle fl al, 

 punctate. 

 Hob. Old fields, and pastures: common. Fl. August— Sept. Fr. Octo. 



Obs. The Infusion of this plant is a popular remedy in Dysentery ; but scarcely 

 to be relied on, in severe cases. Dr. Barton, in his note on G. mat garitaceus* 

 {Flcr. Phil. '2 p. 101.), must certainly have reference lo this species. 



j- -j- Heads dioicous : pappus of the staminate heads clavatc. 





6. G. MAnoAitiTACKUM, L. Stem branched at summit ; leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, lanuginous above, tomentose beneath; corymb 

 fastigiate; heads pedunculate. Jieck, Hot. p. 179. 

 Antennaria margaritacea. LindL Ency. p. 700. Less. Syn. p. 354. 

 PjBARLY GNAlMIAi.lt M. 



Root perennial. Stem 1 to near 2 feet high, hoary tomentose, subsimple, corym- 

 bose at summit. Leaves 2 lo 4 inches long, and 1 or 2 to 4 lines wide, alternate, 

 tapering at apex 10 an acute point, entire, narrowed a little at base, sessile, loosely 

 woolly on the upper surface, densely tomentose beneath. Heads of flowers rather 

 lariic, roundish-ovoid, obtuse, crowded in a terminal subfastigiate corymb ; pedun. 

 clcs thickish, densely lamminous, often pale lawny, or nankeen-color ; involucre 

 at first a liute longer than ihe disk, finally rather shorter, woolly at base, the leaf, 

 lets very numerous, imbricated, unequal, lance-ovate, rather obtuse, slightly 

 plicate, smooth, of a pearly while, the inner ones narrow, acute, greenish at base, 

 or along the midrib ; disk tawny, or light brown, the florets yellowish, very slender. 

 Akenes obton?, minutely scabrous,— in the staminate heads abortive; pappus 

 capillary, slightly tawny,— that of the staminate heads clavate, or the hairs thick- 

 ened towards the apex. R.ceplacle nearly flat, scrobiculate. 

 Hab. Mica-slate range, near W.Chester: rare. Fl. Aueust. Fr. Sept. 



Obs. This handsome species was collected in 1830, by D. Town6BJ?d, Esq. 



6. G. Dioictm, L. Stem simple, erect, with procumbent shoots from 



the base; radical leaves spatulate ; corymb simple, clustered, terminal ; 



inner leaflets of the involucre elongated, rather obtuse, colored. Willd. 



Sp.S.p. 1882. 



G. plantagineum, var. dioicum. Eat. Man. p. 169. 



Antennaria dioica. LindL Ency. p. 700. 



