42 The VEGETABLE SYSTEM. 
This is a perennial, woody plant, native of Spain, the South of 
France, and of fome parts of Germany. The Stem is brown : the 
Shoots are of a greyifh colour : the Leaves are of a pale or filvery 
green : the Flowers are pale yellow. 
FEW FLOWER’D CUDWEED. 
Plate 105. Fig. 15 
Cha r a< 5 tcr of the Species. Gnaphalium fordidum; 
T he Leaves are linear, the Flowers are few, and grow 
naturally in threes. 
Fig. 15. ab. 
This is a Perennial, woody plant, native of the South of France : 
the Stalk is tender and greenilh upwards : the Leaves are of a dull 
dead green : the Flowers are of dulky yellow : and their Cups are 
dull and greenifh. 
16. W E D G Y CUDWEED; 
Plate 105. Fig. 16. 
Chara&er of the Species. Gnaphalium dentatum. 
The Leaves are wedge fhaped, and cut into three parts 
at the end. 
Fig. 16. a b. 
This is a delicate and beautiful Plant, native of ^Ethiopia : the 
Stem is thick : the Branches are tender and woody, and the young 
Shoots are whitifh : the Leaves are pale : the Flowers are of a very 
beautiful yellow the Cups are alfo yellow and glofly. 
, 7 . EGG-LEAVED CUDWEED. 
Plate 105. Fig. 17. 
Chara&er of the Species. Gnaphalium petialatum. 
The Leaves are egg-fhaped, and have footftalks ; the 
Stem is branched and woody. 
Fig. 17. a. b. 
This 
