
POLYGAMIA, SUPERFLUA. 105 
G. Pennsylvanicum, Muhl. 
About ten inches high. Flowers white. On grassy commons 
near Woodbury and Frankford, and on the Darby road. An- 
nual. July. 
5. G. herbaceous, erect ; leaves linear-lanceolate, polyeep- 
acute, glabrous above, pubescent underneath; — 
stem paniculate, tomentose; corymbs terminal, 
coarctate.—Mich. and Pursh. 
G. obtusifolium, Willd. 
About six or seven inches high. Diffuse and branched. On 
the commons, west of the city; abundant. Annual. August. 
6. G. herbaceous; leaves linear-spathulate, to- purpureum. 
mentose beneath; stem erect, very simple ; 
flowers sessile, glomerate, terminal and axillary. 
— Willd. 
Icon. Dill. elth. t. 109. f. 132. (Pursh.) 
About a foot high. Flowers and calices dingy purple. This 
species grows very large and luxuriantly on the Chickisalunga 
rocks, on the Susquehanna, and it is there a very handsome 
plant. It is not very common in this vicinity, and seldom ex- 
ceeds six or eight inches in height. In Jersey, near Wood- 
bury, on the borders of woods. Perennial. July, October. 
7. G. stem herbaceous, branched, diffuse, woolly ; uliginosum. 
leaves linear-lanceolate, narrowed at each end, 
tomentose ; flowers terminal, congest.— Willd. 
Icon. Fl. Dan. 859. 
About ten or twelve inches high, whole plant very white. 
Flowers small, white, inclining to yellow; calices first yellow- 
ish, afterwards brown. In dry ditches and other places that 
have been covered with water. On the road to Lemon-hill. 
On the banks of the Schuylkill and on our commons, west of 
the city, not unfrequent. Annual. August, September. 
8. G. herbaceous; stem erect, dichotomous ; Germani- 
leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, tomentose ; flow- ““"" 
ers globose-capitate.— Willd. 
Filago Germanica, Sp. Pl. 1311. 
Icon. Fl. Dan. 997. Engl. Bot. 946. 
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