BO TAN Y.
Gnaphalium, Linn.
380. G. purpureum, Linn. var.—Brown Gnaphalium, or Wild
Lavender;. an abundant weed in hayfields and along roadsides.
Alt. 2 to 4 ; wild and very common.—Hab. N. America.
381. G. luteo-album, Linn.—Wild Lavender, or Silvery-leaved
Weed; wild and very common about hayfields, roadsides, &c.
Alt. 2'4 to 4.—Hab. Widely distributed in temperate regions.
382. G. indicum, Linn.—A very common weed about the gardens
and hayfields on the high land.—Hab. E. Indies,
Tribe Senecionide^e.
Cacalia, Linn.
383. C. coccinea, Sims.—Small scarlet Jacobea; cultivated in
gardens, and rare. Bot. Mag. 564.—Hab. America.
Cineraria, Linn.
384. C. Saxífraga, D.C.—A plant or two only, growing in a wild
state at the back of Farm Lodge; may be recognised by its
yellow flowers, somewhat resembling the common groundsel.
M. Alt. 3'4.—Hab. S. Africa.
Lachanodes, D.C.
385. *L. prenanthiflora, Burch.; Solidago leucadendron, Willd.;
Mikania arbórea, Boxb.—The native “ She-cabbage-tree” is still to
be found rather abundantly on the central ridge, alt. 4 to 5'2, where
it grows to a tall, slender, upright tree, twelve or fifteen feet high.
The young stems and leaves are of a bright purple colour, very like
that of a red cabbage. I t puts forth its clusters of white flowers in
the month of Juñe. I t is less abundant than the other cabbage-trees,
ranking perhaps fourth in this respect. P la te 43; also Hk. Icon.
Plant. 1054.
Pladaroxylon, Hk. f.
386. *P. leucadendron, Hk. f .; Lachanodes pladaroxylon, Endl.;
L. leucadendron, D.C.; Solidago leucadendron, Forst.—Native “ He-
Cabbage- t reea branching tree about twelve feet high, putting
forth clusters of white flowers, in the month of July, in appearance
very like the head of a full-grown cauliflower. I t forms a
conspicuous part of the indigenous vegetation on the central ridge,
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