Midi. FI. v. ii. p. 743; — Relh. FI. Cant. (3rded.) p. 337. — Hook. FI. Soot. p. 240. — 
Grev. FI. Edin. p. 176.— Johnst. FI. of Berw. v. i. p. 182. — Winch’s FI. of North, 
and Durh. p. 53. — Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p. 236. — Mack. Catal. of PI. of Irel. p. 72 ; 
FI. Hibern. pt. i. p. 145. — Gnaphalium montanum album, Ray’s Syn. p. 181. — 
G. montanum pur pur eum et album, Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 640. — Antenndria 
dioica, Gaertner. — Lindl. Syn. p. 144. — A.montana, Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 458. 
Localities. — In dry mountainous pastures and heaths. — Oxfordshire; 
Woodcot Heath: Dr. Sibthorp. — Cambridgeshire; Gog-magog Hills; Shel- 
ford Moor; Newmarket Heath; Gamlingay : Rev. R. Relhan. — Cheshire; 
Mountains above Stayley : Mr. Bradbury. — Cornwall ; By the road-side, a 
short distance above Hayle Bridge towards Camborne: Mr. H. Watson, in 
N. B. G. Frequent; Hudson. — Cumberland ; Kiikland, Brampton, and Pen- 
rith Fell: Hutchinson. Ravine of the Screes near Wast water: Mr. Wood. 
Winside Hill, Derwentwater : Mr. H. Watson. Watendlath : N. B. G. — 
Derbyshire; Hills between Hayfield and Kinder Scout: Mr. O. Sims. At 
Arbor Low, between Buxton and Ashbourne: Rev. W. T. Bree. — Durham ; 
Moor above Beamish ; Gateshead Fell : N. J. Winch, Esq. Common in Tees- 
dale Forest : Rev. J. Harriman. — Lancashire ; Yealand Common: Robson. — 
Lincolnshire ; On Bernak Heath: Ray. Grantham Heath: D. Turner, 
Esq. — Norfolk ; On Stratton Strawless Heath, near Norwich : Sir J. F,. Smith. 
Swaffh am Heath : Mr. Pitchford. — Northamptonshire; Upon Bernack, and 
Wittering Heaths: Morton. — Northumberland; Prestwick Car ; and Moors 
near Newcastle: N. J. Winch, Esq. — Shropshire ; Road from Trebrodind to 
Chin: Dr. Evans. — Suffolk ; On Canham Heath, near Bury: Mr. Pitch- 
ford. — Westmoreland ; Kendal Fell: Robson. Kirkston, leading from Am- 
bleside to Patterdale : Rev. J. Dodd. — Yorkshire ; On Ingleborough : Bulmer, 
and Wilburn Moors; Barton Heights near Malton; and Rosedale-nead near 
Whitby; near Leeds, and Thorp Arch; pastures in Craven ; New Park near 
Askrig, Wensleydale ; Copgrove; Ais-la-Beck; and the Race-ground, near 
Richmond: N.B.G. — Frequent in WALES, SCOTLAND, and IRELAND. 
Perennial. — Flowers in June and July. 
Root somewhat woody, with many long simple fibres. Stems 
upright, simple, from 3 to 7 inches high, white, cottony, leafy, 
accompanied at the base by several prostrate, leafy runners, by 
which the plant is increased. Leaves scattered ; those on the run- 
ners inversely egg-shaped, tapering at the base into a leafstalk;' 
those on the stems spear-shaped, sessile ; all green and smooth 
above ; very white and cottony beneath. Flowers from 3 to 8, 
white, purple, or reddish ; terminating the stem in a kind of corymb. 
Scales of the involucrum blunt, the outer short, green and cottony ; 
the inner widening upwards, long, smooth, shining, white, often 
rose-coloured, especially in the fertile plants. Jlnthers with two 
bristles at the base (see fig. 6). Stigmas truncate. Seeds short. 
Pappus sessile, partly rough, partly feathery, and somewhat tufted, 
'the redder florets in general have the most perfect pistil, without 
even the rudiments of stamens. 
This is a very elegant little plant, the flowers of which retain- their freshness for a 
great length of time after they are gathered, a property which renders it deserving 
of a place in the flower-garden. It makes a pretty variety, mixed with the foreign 
species of Everlasting, for forming the dried winter bouquet, &c. The Gnapha- 
lium. or Everlasting, is considered the emblem of never-ceasing remembrance, 
from its being so frequently used on the Continent to decorate the monuments and 
graves of departed friends ; but it is not consigned alone to the use of the grave, for 
we frequently meet with it ornamenting the vase of the saloon, and decorating our 
chimney-pieees. The ancients crowned the images of their gods with garlands made 
of these flowers, and from hence they were frequently called God’s Flowers. In 
Spain and Portugal they are still used to decorate the altars and the images of the 
Saints. 
