Gnaphalium.'] xlvi. composite : corymbifer.e. 247 
ciliate at the apex. — Name : yva<pct\ov, soft down or wool, with 
which the leaves are covered. 
* Filiform florets in many rows ; achenes terete. Eugnaphalium. 
1. G. hiteo-dlbum L. ( Jersey C.) ; stems herbaceous simple 
branched from the base, leaves semiamplexicaul linear-oblong 
waved woolly on both sides, lower ones obtuse, heads in dense 
leafless corymbs. E. B. t. 1002. 
Sandy fields, very rare. Jersey. Detween Hauxtown and Little 
Shelford, Cambridgeshire; and Eriswell, Suffolk. 0. 7,8 Not 
truly wild, except in Jersey. Stem decumbent at the base, then 
ascending. Heads of flowers yellowish and conspicuous, while those 
of the following species are not so. 
2. G. sylvdticum L. ( Highland C .) ; stem simple nearly 
erect downy, heads forming a leafy spike, leaves linear-lanceo- 
late downy. — a. rectum ; leaves narrow usually nearly glabrous 
above, spike axillary interrupted. G. rectum Sm. : E. B. t. 
124. — /3. Norvegicum ; leaves lanceolate woolly on both sides, 
spike terminal continuous. G. sylvaticum L. : E. B. t. 913. 
G. Norvegicum Jacq. 
a. Groves, thickets, and pastures ; frequent in Scotland. — 0. rare 
and chiefly on the mountains once covered by the Caledonian Forest. 
JBenchat, 5 miles north of Blair- Athole ; mountain north of Loch 
Ericht ; and Ben Wyvis, in Ross-shire: Mr. J. Mackay. Loch-na- 
Gar : Dr. Balfour. Canlochan, Forfarshire : Mr. J. Henderson. 
71 . 7 — 9. — Scales of the involucre oblong, shining with a broad 
brown border. Sir J. Smith in bis Engl. Flora (iii. pp. 414 — 416) 
has incorrectly removed to our var. 0. those states of G. supinum 
which have spiked or tufted sessile heads of flowers. 
3. G. uligindsum L. ( Marsh C.) ; stem very much branched 
diffuse woolly, leaves linear-lanceolate downy, heads in terminal 
crowded tufts which are shorter than the leaves. E. B. t. 1194. 
Sandy and wet places ; especially where water occasionally stands- 
©. 7 — 9. — A span high, much branched. Heads of flowers 2—3 
together among the closely placed upper leaves, small, sessile, forming 
oblong clusters at the extremity of the branches. Scales of the 
involucre yellowish brown, shining, glabrous. 
** Filiform florets in a single row; achenes compressed. Omalotbeca. 
4. G. supinum L. ( dwarf C.) ; cajspitose, stem decumbent 
branching only from the base, flowering-stems erect, heads 
1 — 5, leaves linear downy on both sides. — nr. heads rather 
distant stalked. E. B. t. 1193. — /3. heads approximate sessile. 
G. sylvaticum Sm. (partly). 
Summits of the Highland mountains, abundant. If. 7, 8. — Of 
our two varieties, 0. is by far the most common, and is that generally 
known as G. supinum abroad; while our a., or Smith’s plant, is the 
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