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upright, afterwards revolute. — Diy gravelly places, very rare. 
Bere Churcli, Essex. A. Vn.— IX. E. 
20. (12.) Gnapha'lium lAnn. 
\\. G. luteo-al'bum (L.) ; st. simple branched at the base slightly 
corymbose above, heads densely clustered leajkss, 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. 
straw-coloured ; fl. tinged vdth red. — Sandy fields, very rare. 
Belfast. Mr. W. Thompson. A. VII. VIH. E. [I.] 
2. 6r. uUginosum (L.) ; st. diffuse tnuch branched, heads in ter- 
minal dense clusters shorter than the leaves, 1. linear-lanceolate 
cottony on both sides. — JE. 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. — Wet 
sandy places. A. VH. VIII. E. S. I. 
3. G. sylmt'icum (L.) ; st. simple nearlj erect, heads in axillary 
clusters forming an interricpted leafy spike, 1. acute linear-lanceo- 
late, st.-l. narrower. — R. xvi. 58. G. rectum Sm., 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. norv6gicum (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 broad. — R. xvi. 58. G. sylvati- 
cum Sm., E. B. 913.— St. G— 12 in. high, spike di.stinctiy ter- 
minal. St.-l. broad. Fl. longer in proportion to the inv. Quite 
distinct from G. sylvaticum. — Highland mountains. P. VIII. S. 
5. G. snpinum (Ij.) ; ccespitose, st. decumbent, flowering st. 
erect, heads 1 — 5 distant, 1. linear downy on both sides mostly 
radical — Height 2 — 3 in. Caespitose, very leafy at the root. 
Flowering st. with few leaves which are downy on both sides. — 
a. G. supinum (Willd. ) ; heads .sessile forming a sort of capitate 
spike. — i3. G. fuscum ; heads stalked subracemose. E.B. 
1193. — y. G. pusillum (Willd.); heads solitary. — Highland 
mountains. P. VII. S. 
21. (14.) Antenna'ria li. Br. 
1. A. dio'ica (Gaert.) ; shoots ])rocumhent, flowering st. simple 
erect, corymb dense tenninal, phyll. oblong dilated upwards 
blunt coloured, root-/, ohorafc-spathulate glabrous above cottony 
beneath, stem-1. nearly equal linear-lanceolate? adpressed. — E. B. 
267. Gnaphalium Sm. — St. prostrate, woody, ending in a tuft 
of many 1. and producing prostrate leafy stoles. Flowering st. 
