928 SYNGENESIA. SUPERFLUA, Gnaphalium. 
G. rec'tum. Stem upright,, terminating in a leafy compound-spike: 
leaves strap-spear-shaped, almost naked on the upper side, silky 
beneath. Sm. 
E. Bot. 124 —Pet. 18. 6—Lob. Adv. 202. 1, and Ic. i. 482. 3. G. Angl— 
J. B. iii. 160. 1— Matth. 828. 2 — Ger. 515. 1 — Ger. Em. 639. 1-— H. Ox. 
vii. 11. 1. 
Leaves green and hairy above, white and cottony underneath ; root-leaves 
long, strap-spear-shaped, very narrow, in open ground forming a thick 
tuft; stem-leaves strap-shaped, embracing the stem, numerous. Stem in 
woods frequently solitary, twelve (or fewer, E.) to eighteen inches high, 
in open ground several from one root, shorter, often at first declining, but 
very soon ascending. Flowers in a long bunch. Flower-stalks very 
short, lateral, from the bosom of the leaves, with one to five or more 
flowers, the lowermost somewhat distant, the upper crowded. Flowet- 
leaves similar to, but smaller than the stem-leaves. Heads very small. 
Calyx bluntly oval, greenish at the base, yellowish brown upwards, 
smooth, with shining edges ; the outer short, the inner as long as the 
florets. Seeds minute; down sessile, as long as the calyx; rays simple. 
Woodw. Blossom yellowish. (A doubtful species. E.) 
Upright Cudweed. (English Livelong. Welsh: Edafeddog uniawn- 
syth y goedwig. G. rectum. Sm. Willd. G. sylvaticum /3. Huds. Hook. 
Grev. E.) Pastures and woods in sandy soil. Rough pastures near 
Fladbury, Worcestershire. Nash. On the great Island in Winander- 
mere. Armingdale wood, near Norwich. Mr. Woodward. Sandy heath 
a mile from Shiffnal, on the road to Wolverhampton. Banks of the 
canal in the parish of Coseley, Warwickshire. Dr. Stokes. (Ridgway, 
near Cookhill, Worcestershire: between Wixford and Bidford, on the 
side of the road, Warwickshire. Purton. Kinderscout, Derbyshire. Mr. 
W. Christy. Above the mills, Beaumaris. Welsh Bot. Pentland hills ; 
Figget Whins: Mr. Neill. Grev. Edin. Pastures and woods in the 
county of Durham. Mr. Robson. Lanes about Mottershall, Stafford¬ 
shire. E.) P. Aug. 
G. supi'num. Stem undivided, trailing: flowers few, scattered: (leaves 
strap-spear-shaped, somewhat cottony on both sides. E.) 
Dicks. H. S — {E. Bot. 1193. E.) — Lightf. 20. 2. at p. 471 —Scop. 57. at ii. 
p. 152 — Bocc. Bar. 20. 1, at p. 41. 
Boot-leaves strap-spear-shaped, slightly hairy above, underneath cottony, 
and greenish white, one half to three quarters of an inch long, in tufts ; 
stem-leaves sessile, narrower and longer. Stem one and a half to three 
inches high. Heads three and four, alternate, either sessile, or on short 
cottony fruit-stalks, from the bosom of the upper leaves, which are not 
longer than the heads. Calyx, scales spear-shaped, with a green longitu¬ 
dinal line at the base; the tips and edges shining, of a brownish yellow. 
Seeds elliptical; down sessile, rays simple, as long as the florets and 
longer than the calyx. Woodw. 
Dwarf Alpine Cudweed. G. alpinum. Lightf. Dry mountainous 
pastures and meadows. On almost all the Highland mountains. Mr. 
Brown. On the top of Ben Lomond. Sir J. E. Smith. (Ben Lawers, 
and Ben-y-Gloe. Mr. Winch. E.) P. July—Aug. 
G. uligino'sum. Stem branched, spreading : flowers crowded, in ter¬ 
minal clusters: (leaves strap-spear-shaped, cottony on both 
sides. E.) 
