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COMPOSITE. 
Section 3. GNAPHALIEJE. Heads homogamous or hetero- 
gamous, discoid. Anthers with appendages. Branches of the 
styles of the hermaphrodite florets truncate. Pappus pilose or 
setaceous, rarely 0. 
20. (14.) Filago Linn. 
1. F. germanica (L.) ; cottony, st. proliferous at the summit, 
I. lanceolate wavy, heads in axillary and terminal globose clusters, 
outer involucral scales cuspidate cottony with glabrous points. — 
jE. jB. 946. St. 12. Gnaphalium Sm. — St. erect or ascending, 4 — 12 
in. long, bearing a solitary terminal cluster of heads, afterwards 
producing from just below the cluster 2 or more ascending 
branches which are again proliferous. Florets yellow. — Dry 
sandy and gravelly fields. A. VII. — -IX. Common Cudweed. 
2. jP. minima (Fries) ; st. dichotomously branched, 1. linear-lan- 
ceolate acute flat adpressed, heads conical in lateral and terminal 
clusters longer than the leaves, outer involucral scales bluntish 
cottony with glabrous points. — E. B. 1157. Gnaphalium Sm. — ■ 
St. slender, mostly erect, 2 — 6 in. high, branched, the branches 
dichotomous. Florets yellowish in very small heads. Whole 
plant cottony, grayish. — Dry sandy and gravelly places. A. 
VI.— IX. 
3. F. gallica (L.) ; st. dichotomously branched, I. linear acute 
revolute, heads conical in axillary terminal clusters shorter than 
the leaves, outer involucral scales cottony with bluntish glabrous 
points. — E. B. 2369. Gnaphalium Sm. — St. 6—8 in. high, 
slender. L. narrowing upwards from the base. — Dry gravelly 
places, very rare. A. VII. — IX. E. 
21. (13.) Gnaphalium Linn. 
1. G. luteo-album (L.) ; st. simple branched at the base slightly 
corymbose above, heads densely clustered leafless, I. linear-oblong 
wavy woolly on both sides half clasping, lower 1. broader at 
the end and obtuse, upper 1. narrowing and acute. — E. B. 1002. 
■ — 'Woolly. St. 3 — 12 in. high, decumbent below, then erect or 
ascending. Heads aggregated at the extremities of the stem, in- 
volucre straw-coloured, florets tinged with red. — Sandy fields, 
very rare. A. VII. VIII. E. 
2. G. uliginosum (L.) ; st. diffuse much branched, heads in ter- 
minal dense clusters shorter than the leaves, 1. linear-lanceolate 
cottony on both sides. — E. B. 1194. — St. 3 — 5 in. high, much 
branched, decumbent or ascending. Heads aggregated at the 
extremity of the st. and branches, involucre yellowish-brown. — 
Wet sandy places. A. VII. VIII. 
3. G. sylvaticum (L.) ; st. simple nearly erect heads in axillary 
clusters forming a leafy spike, 1. linear-lanceolate upper ones nar- 
rower. — E. B. 913. — St. 3 in. to l|or 2 feet high, the upper part 
