Plate 31. 
Figs. 1-7.— GNAPHALIUM AFFINE. 
Family, Composite :— Petals united. Corolla bearing the stamens. 
Florets in heads. Anthers united in a ring round the style. Ovary 
1-celled. Fruit 1-seeded. 
Genus, Gnaphalium (Cud-weed) .-—Herbs, with woolly alternate leaves. 
Inflorescences, or heads of tubular pistillate and perfect flowers, 
clustered in terminal or axillary bunches. Involucral bracts in 
series, adpressed, coloured. Aathers tailed. Pappus one row of 
silky hairs. 
Gnaphalium affine, d'Urv. Plant about 3 in. high, 
sparsely covered with woolly hairs. Stem slender, procumbent, 
leafy below, flowering branches 2-3 in. long, upright and 
sparsely leafy. Leaves almost spathulate, hairy on both sides, 
5-2 m. long. Heads 3-5, terminal, narrow. Involucral bracts 
very pomted, shining above the middle, chestnut-brown, 
woolly. 
Near sea or streams, in grass and on heaths. Not un- 
common. 
Flowers in January. 
East and West Falklands. 
Description of plate :— 1, whole plant ; 2, flower head ; 3, pistillate 
flower ; 4, perfect flower ; 5, stamens laid open ; 6, stigma ; 7, fruit. 
All except 1 enlarged. 
Figs. 8-13.— ASTER VAHLII. 
Family, Composite :— Petals united. Corolla bearing the stamens. 
Florets in heads. Anthers united in a ring round the style. Ovary 
1-celled. Fruit 1-seeded. 
