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forming a simple or slightly branched leafy interrupted spike. 
Varies with the leaves silky or cottony on both sides anil the 
spike shorter (G. sylvaticurn Sm., G. Norvegicum Retz.) or nearly 
if not quite glabrous above and the spike elongated (G. rectum 
Sm. B. H. 124. G. sylvaticurn Koch). If these plants are distinct 
I must confess myself unacquainted with the true G. norvegicum , 
as figured by Hoppe in St. 38. 5, for I believe that the G. rec- 
tum (Sm.) is the G. sylvaticurn (Linn.). — Thickets and pastures, 
rare. — " G. sylvaticurn on the Highland mountains." Sm. P. 
VII.— IX. 
4. G. supinum (L.) ; st. decumbent or ascending not cmspitose, 
heads aggregated terminal in a capitate spike, 1. linear or oblong- 
linear downy on both sides. — E. B. 1193.? Hoppe in St. 48. 7- — 
Much like the following but not ca?spitose, with broader 1. which 
although downy are green above, and a more leafy stem. Heads 
usually more than 1, close together, forming a sort of capitate 
spike. — I have seen no native specimens. Mr. Shuttleworth 
has pointed out the distinctions between this and the following, 
both of which he states that he has received from Scotland, in 
the Mag. Zool. Bot. ii. 192. — Highland mountains. P. VII. — S. 
5. G. pusillum (Haenke) ; caspitose, st. decumbent, tlowering 
st. erect, heads solitary 1 — 5 distant, 1. linear downy on both sides 
mostly radical.— Light/. Scot. t. 20. /. 2. (good).— Height 2—3 
in. Caespitose, very leafy at the root. Flowering st. with few 
leaves and often only a single head. Heads always scattered. 
L. downy and white on both sides. — Smith appears to have con- 
founded this with the preceding. — Highland mountains. P. 
VII. S. 
22. (15.) Antennaria JR. Br. 
1. A. dioica (Gaert.) ; shoots procumbent, flowering st. simple 
erect, corvmb dense terminal, involucral scales oblong dilated 
upwards obtuse coloured, radical I. ohovate-spathidate glabrous 
above cottony beneath, stem 1. nearly equal linear-lanceolate ad- 
pressed. — E. B. 267. Gnaphalium Sm. — Root of long simple 
fibres. St. prostrate, woody, terminating in a tuft of numerous 
1. and producing prostrate leafy scions. Flowering st. 4—8 in. 
high, quite simple, cottony. Heads 4 — 5, erect, slightly stalked. 
Involucral scales white or tinged with rose-colour. — /3. hyperborea; 
I. cottony on both sides. — E. B. S. 2640. — Mountain heaths. 
P. VI. VII. 
f2. A. margaritacea (R. Br.) ; st. erect branched above corym- 
bose leafy, I. linear-lanceolate acute cottony below, heads in 
level-topped corymbs. — E. B. 2018.— St. 2 — 3 feet high, cot- 
tony. L. alternate, slightly cottony above, densely below. 
Involucre white. Florets yellowish. — Moist meadows, rare. 
P. VIII. 
