. 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. Genus 6. SEDGE FAMILY. 325 7. Eriophorum tenellum Nutt. Rough Cotton- grass. Fig. 797. Eriophorum tenellum Nutt. Gen. Add. 1818. E. paucinervium A. A. Eaton, Bull. Torr. Club 25 : 341. 1898, Culm slender, stiff, obtusely triangular, rough on the angles above, i°-2i° tall, the sheaths all blade-bearing. Leaves narrowly linear, 1" wide or less, triangular- c
. 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. Genus 6. SEDGE FAMILY. 325 7. Eriophorum tenellum Nutt. Rough Cotton- grass. Fig. 797. Eriophorum tenellum Nutt. Gen. Add. 1818. E. paucinervium A. A. Eaton, Bull. Torr. Club 25 : 341. 1898, Culm slender, stiff, obtusely triangular, rough on the angles above, i°-2i° tall, the sheaths all blade-bearing. Leaves narrowly linear, 1" wide or less, triangular- channeled, rough-margined, the upper longer than its sheath; involucral leaf commonly only 1, stiff, erect; spikelets 3-8, capitate or subumbellate, the longer- peduncled ones drooping; scales ovate or oblong, ob- tuse or subacute, pale yellow to brown, the midvein rather strong, often with a weaker nerve on each side; bristles numerous, bright white, 8"-l2" long, 4-6 times as long as the scale; achene linear-oblong, acute, pointed, li" long. In bogs, Newfoundland to Hudson Bay, New Jersey, Penn- sylvania and Illinois. Formerly confused with the next preceding species. 8. Eriophorum angustifolium Roth. Tall Cotton-grass. Fig. 798. Eriophorum polystachyon L. Sp. PI. 52, in part. E. angustifolium Roth, Tent. 1: 24. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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