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and leaves being covered with a downy thread or cotton. 



1. F. germanica, (Linn.) German or common Filago. Gnaph- 

 alium, Smith. Engl. Bot. t. 946. 



Locality. In pastures, fields, and waste ground, on a barren 

 gravelly soil. A. El. July, September. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. General 

 throughout Wilts. The stems are erect, terminating at first in an 

 almost globular (Rose) head of ovate, sessile flowers ; from beneath 

 which soon spring two or three horizontal branches that curve 

 upward at the extremity and bear each a similar head of flowers ; 

 these are sometimes again proliferous. This curious mode of growth, 

 the offspring, as it were, undutifully exalting themselves above the 

 parent, procured for the plant, among the old herbalists, the name 

 of Herba impia, or Wicked Cudweed. 



2. F. minima, (Fries.) least Cudweed; minimus, (Lat.) least. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 1175. Gnaphalium, Sm. 



Locality. In dry fields, by road-sides, on waste places and wall 

 tops, rare in the county. El. June, September. Area, 1. * * 4 *. 

 South Division. 



1. South-east District, " Gravelly places in the vicinity of 

 Salisbury/' Mr. James Hussey. 



North Division. 



4. North-ivest District, "Near Chippenham," Dr. Alexander 

 Prior. This species varies according to circumstances from 2 to 6 

 or 8 inches in height. Stem slender, branched only above. Flotvers 

 yellowish, sessile. Whole plant cottony, grayish. 



Filago apiculata, (G. E. Sm.) and F. spathulata, (Presl.), Engl. 

 Bot. Suppl. 2997, and 2998, have not as yet I believe, been observed 

 in Wilts. In all probability they will ultimately be added to its 

 Flora. 



Gnaphalium, (Linn.) Cudweed. 

 Linn. CI. xix. Ord. ii. 

 Name. (Gr.) gnaphalion, from (gnaphalon) soft down, in refer- 

 ence to its woolly herbage. 



1. G. uliginosum, (Linn.) Marsh Cudweed. Engl. Bot. t. 1194. 

 Locality. Sandy and wet places, especially where water occa- 

 sionally stands. A. El. July, September. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. In 



