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5. gal'Iica (L.) ; st. forked, I. linear ai.cu.te, heads conical in 
axillary and terminal clusters shorter than the leaves, outer phyll. 
cottony with bluntish glabrous points gibbous at the base and 
enclosing the marginal fr. — E. B. 2369. — St. 6 — 8 in. high 
slender. L. narrowing upwards from the base, upright, after- 
wards revolute. — Dry gravelly places, very rare. Berechurch, 
Essex. Bayford, Herts. A. VII.— IX. E. 
12. (12.) Gnapha'lium Linn. em. R. Br. 
:i;l. (t. h'lteo-dlhum (L.) ; st. simple branched at the base 
slightly corymbose above, heads densely clustered leafless, 1. 
linear-oblong wavy woolly on both sides half clasping, lower 
1. broader at the end and blunt, upper 1. narrowing and acute. 
—E. B. 1002.— Woolly. St. 3—12 in. high, decumbent below, 
then erect or ascending. Heads collected at the extremity 
of the stem ; inv. strau'-colom-ed ; t\. tinged with red. — Sandy 
fields. [Eastern Counties, doubtfully native.] Jersey and Guernsey. 
A. VI. VIII. E. 
2. (t. tdigindsum (L.) ; st. diffme much branched, heads in 
terminal dense clusters shorter than the leaves, 1. linear-lanceo- 
late cottony on both sides. — E. B. 1194. — St. 3 — 5 in. high, 
much branched, decumbent or ascending. Heads collected at 
the extremity of the st. and branches ; inv. yellowish brown. 
Fr. glabrous or hairy. — ^8. (J. pilvlare (Wahl.) ; fr. papillose.-^ 
Wet sandy places. A. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 
3. G. si/lvat'icioii (L.) ; st. simple nearly erect, heads in 
axillary dusters forming an interrupted leafy spike, 1. acute 
linear-lanceolate, st.-l. narrower. — R. xvi. 58. G . rectum {^vci.). 
E. B. 124. — St. 3 — 24 in. high, upper half constituting the spike. 
Upper 1. very narrow. — Woods and heaths. P. VII. — IX. 
E. S. I. 
4. G. norvegicum (Gunn.) ; st. simple nearly erect, heads in a 
close terminal leafy spike, 1. silky or cottony on both sides lanceo- 
late, st.-l. acuminate mucronate brqad. — R. xvi. 58. G. sylmti- 
cuni. (Sni.). E. B. 913. — St. 6 — 12 in. high, spike distinctly 
terminal. St.-l. broad. Fl. longer in proportion to the inv. 
Phyll. dark brown. — Highland mountains. P. VIII. S. 
5. G. supinum. (L.) ; ccespitose, st. decumbent, flowering st. 
erect, heads I — 5 distant, 1. linear downy on both sides mostly 
radical. — E. B. 1 193. — Height 2 — 3 in. Caespitose, very leafy 
at the root. Flowering st. with few leaves, which are do\yny 
on both sides. Heads sessile forming a sort of capitate spike, 
or stalked subracemose, or solitary. — Highland mountains. P. 
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