SYNGENESIA. SUPERFLUA. Gnaphalium. 927 
Scarborough. Mr. Travis. On Snowdon, towards Beddgelert; also on 
the uplands in the vicinity of the Black Cataract near Maentwrog. Miss 
Roberts. At Arbor Low, between Buxton and Ashbourne. Bree, in 
Purton. Ravine of the Screes, near Wastwater, Cumberland. Mr. 
Wood. Talwrn, Anglesey. Welsh Bot. JE.) P. May—June.* 
(3) Herbaceous ; resembling a Filago. 
G. sylvat'icum. Stem undivided, upright: leaves spear-shaped, to- 
mentose, narrowing at the base : flowers in a crowded terminal 
leafy spike. 
(j E. Bot. 913. E .)—Ft Dan. 254. 
Differs from G. rectum in having broader leaves, and a short clustered spike 
of black flowers. Lightf. Leaves more attenuated at the base, and less 
naked on the upper surface than in G. rectum. Sm. (Stem solitary, 
undivided, three to five inches high, cottony, leafy. Down stiff and 
rough. Receptacle somewhat honey-combed. Calyx, scales in the ex¬ 
posed half nearly black, shining, straw-coloured below : Jlorets yellowish. 
FI. Brit. E.) 
Highland Cudweed. G. Norvegicum. Retz. G. sylvaticum, var. Lightf. 
Woods on mountains in the Highlands of Scotland. (On mountains to 
the north of Blair in Athol, above Loch Erruch, and Ben Wyvis, Ross- 
shire, but not in woods. Mr. J. Mackay, in FI. Brit. About Brampton, 
Cumberland. Hutchinson. E.) P. Aug. 
* (This is an elegant little plant, whose peculiar appearance may well recommend it for 
domestic culture, and as a substitute for the foreign kinds, most of which, being less hardy, 
require artificial heat. As the Amaranth flower is the acknowledged symbol of immor¬ 
tality, with equal propriety may the Gnaphalium or Everlasting be dedicated to never- 
ceasing remembrance, or that high sentiment which is 
-- “ Of itself a holy tie, 
Yet made more sacred by adversity.” 
For such is the imperishable nature of our present species, that it retains a perennial 
bloom through successive years, and constitutes a principal ornament of the dried winter 
bouquet, for the vase of the saloon, or the head-dresses of our belles. 
“ Ainsi la main de l’amitie constante, 
Quand tout nous fuit, vient essuyer nos pleurs. 
Ton doux aspect de ma lyre plaintive 
A ranimk les accords languissans ; 
Dernier tribut de Flore fugitive, 
Elle nous ldgue avec la fleur tardive, 
Le souvenir de ses premiers prdsens.” Dubos. 
On the Continent, Phillips informs us, such lasting flowers are frequently used to 
decorate the monuments and* graves of departed friends. Since the hill of Pere la Chaise has 
been converted into acemetry for the city of Paris, the demand for these flowers in the French 
capital has been so considerable, as not only to employ many hands in the cultivation of 
them, but numerous families are regularly occupied, and entirely supported by forming these 
Immortelles ” into garlands and crosses, which are offered for sale by the cottagers near the 
entrance of this celebrated burial ground. In the darker ages of idol worship, of such were 
composed the wreaths which entwined the brows of heathen deities; and thus in Spain 
and Portugal in the nineteenth century, are the images of Romish saints adorned with the 
Eastern Everlasting, G*. Orientate ;—to which the preceding remarks also more immedi¬ 
ately appertain, though not inapplicable to some of our native species, especially the Pearly, 
Mountain, and Jersey Everlasting. E.) 
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