. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 3. Eriogonum Alleni S. Wats. Allen's Eriogonum. Fig. 1585. E. Alleni S. Wats, in A. Gray, Man. Ed. 6, 734. 1890. Perennial, flocose-tomentose throughout; stem rather stout, erect, sparingly branched above, i°-ij° tall. Leaves oblong, or ovate-oblong, 1/-3' long, the basal long-petioled, obtuse at both ends, those of the stem in whorls of 3-5 at the somewhat swo
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 3. Eriogonum Alleni S. Wats. Allen's Eriogonum. Fig. 1585. E. Alleni S. Wats, in A. Gray, Man. Ed. 6, 734. 1890. Perennial, flocose-tomentose throughout; stem rather stout, erect, sparingly branched above, i°-ij° tall. Leaves oblong, or ovate-oblong, 1/-3' long, the basal long-petioled, obtuse at both ends, those of the stem in whorls of 3-5 at the somewhat swollen nodes, short-petioled, nar- rowed at the base, the upper small and bract- like ; inflorescence compoundly cymose; invo- lucres top-shaped, 5-toothed, 2V-3" long, the teeth obtusish; bracts leaf-like, spatulate; calyx yellow, ii" long, broadly campanulate, its seg- ments obovate or orbicular; stamens and style- branches exserted. Stony mountain-sides, Virginia and West Virginia. July-Aug. 4. Eriogonum Jamesii Benth. James' Eriogonum. Fig. 1586. Eriogonum Jamesii Benth. in DC. Prodr. 14 : 7. 1856. Eriogonum sericeum Torr.; T. & G. Proc. Am. Acad. 8: 155. 1870. Not Pursh, 1814. Perennial, base woody, scaly, somewhat branched, stem usually spreading, branched, to- mentose, slender, 6'-i8' long, the branches erect, 3 or 4 times forked, light brown or reddish. Leaves mostly basal, spatulate or oblong, 1/-4' long, long-petioled, the upper smaller, sessile in whorls of 3 or 4 at the somewhat swollen nodes, all obtuse or subacute, dark green and sparingly tomentose above, densely gray-tomentose beneath, their margins sometimes slightly revolute and crisped; inflorescence compoundly cymose; invo- lucres turbinate-campanulate, 2" long, 5-toothed, the teeth rounded; bracts foliaceous, narrowly oblong or oblong-spatulate; calyx white or pink, campanulate, villous, 21"-$" long, its segments oblong or obovate; stamens and style-branches exserted; achene 2l&
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