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46. COMPOSITE. 
ceolate acute flat adpressed, heads conical in lateral and terminal 
clusters longer than the leaves, inv.-scales bluntish cottony with 
ghahrous ))oints. — E. J5. 1157. Gnaphalium Sm. — St. slender, 
mostly erect, 2 — 6 in. high, branched, the branches dichotomous. 
FI. yellowish in very small heads. Whole ])lant cottony, grayish. 
— Dry sandy and gravelly places. A. VI. — IX. 
3. F. (jalUca (L.); st. (hchotomously branched, 1. linear acute 
revolute, heads conical in axillary terminal clusters shorter than 
the leaves, outer involucral scales cottony with bluntish glabrous 
points gibbous at the base and inclosing the marginal fr. — E. B. 
23()9. Gnaphalium Sm. — St. 6 — 8 in. high, slender. L. nar- 
rowing ujiwards from the base. — Diy gravelly places, very rare. 
Bere Chm’ch, Essex. Rev. W. L. P. Garnons, 1842. A. Vll. — 
IX. E. 
21. (13.) Gnaphalium Zmw. 
1. G. luten-album (L.) ; st. simple branched at the 6ase slightly 
corymbose above, heads densely clustered leafless, 1. linear-oblong 
w’avy woolly on both sides half clasping, lower 1. broader at the 
end and obtuse, ujiper 1. narrowing and acute. — E. B. 1002. — 
Woolly. St. 3 — 12 in. high, decumbent below, then erect or as- 
cemhng. Heads aggregated at the extremities of the stem, in- 
volucre straw-coloured, florets tinged with red. — Sandy fields, 
very rare, f Kelfhst. Mr. IV. Thompson. A. VII. VIII. E. I. 
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, \. linear-lanceolate upper ones nar- 
rower. — E. B. 913. — St. 3 in. to 1^ or 2 feet high, the ujiper part 
forming a simple or slightly branched leafy interrupted spike. 
Varies with the leaves silky or cottony on both sides and the 
spike shorter (G. sylvaticum Sm., G. Norvegicum Retz.) or nearly 
if not quite glabrous above and the spike elongated (G. rectum 
Sm., E. B. 124. G. sylvaticum 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. sylvaticum (Linn.). — Thickets and pastures, 
rare. — “ G. sylvaticum on the Highland mountains.” Sm. P. 
VIE— IX. 
4. G. supinum (h.) •, cmspitose, st. decumbent, flowering st. 
erect, heads solitary 1 — 5 distant, 1. linear downy on both sides 
mostly radical. — Lightf. Scot. t. 20./. 2. (good). E.B. 1193. 
G. pusillum Haenke. — Height 2 — 3 in. Ceespitose, very leafy 
