. 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. 2. Eriophorum Scheuchzeri Hoppe. Scheuch- zer's Cotton-grass. Fig. 792. E. Scheuchzeri Hoppe, Taschenb. 1800: 104. 1800. E. capitatum Host, Gram. Aust. 1: 30. pi. 38. 1801. Stoloniferous; sheaths all blade-bearing or only the upper one bladeless; culms- slender, smooth, nearly terete, io'-i6' tall. Leaves filiform, channeled, usually much shorter 'than the culm
. 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. 2. Eriophorum Scheuchzeri Hoppe. Scheuch- zer's Cotton-grass. Fig. 792. E. Scheuchzeri Hoppe, Taschenb. 1800: 104. 1800. E. capitatum Host, Gram. Aust. 1: 30. pi. 38. 1801. Stoloniferous; sheaths all blade-bearing or only the upper one bladeless; culms- slender, smooth, nearly terete, io'-i6' tall. Leaves filiform, channeled, usually much shorter 'than the culm; spikelet solitary, terminal, erect; involucre none; scales ovate-lanceolate or . the inner ones linear-lanceolate, long-acuminate, purple- brown, membranous, with narrow, pale margins; bristles white, weak, nearly straight, 4-5 times as long as the scales; achene obovoid-oblong, acute, brown, dull, nearly i" long, subulate-beaked. In bogs, Newfoundland and Labrador to Alberta, Alaska and British Columbia. Also in Europe and Asia. Summer. 3. Eriophorum Chamissonis C. A. Meyer. Russet Cotton-grass. Fig. 793. E. Chamissonis C. A. Meyer; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. 1: 79. 1829. E. Chamissonis albidum Fernald, Rhodora 7: 84. 1905. Eriophorum russeolum Fries, Novit. Mant. 3: 67. 1842. Stoloniferous; culms solitary or little tufted, terete or somewhat triangular, erect, smooth, 4'-2i° tall, mostly longer than the leaves. Upper sheath inflated, bladeless, mucronate, rarely with a short subulate blade, usually borne below the middle of the culm; leaves filiform, triangular-channeled, mucronate, i'-4' long, or those of sterile shoots much longer; spikelet soli- tary, erect; involucre none; scales ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, thin, purplish-brown with broad white mar- gins; bristles bright reddish-brown or white, 3-5 times as long as the scale; achene oblong, narrowed at each end, apiculate. In bogs, Newfoundland to Quebec, New Brunswick, On- tario, Montana, Washington and British Columbia. A
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