. 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. 650 POLYGONACEAE. Vol. 6. Eriogonum paucifldrum Pursh. Few- flowered Eriogonum. Fig. 1588. E. pauciflorum Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 735. 1814. Eriogonum parviflorum Nutt. Gen. 1: 261. 1818. Perennial, root long and slender, stems very short, simple or sparingly branched, loosely tufted, covered by the scarious dilated bases of the petioles. Scapes erect, slender
. 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. 650 POLYGONACEAE. Vol. 6. Eriogonum paucifldrum Pursh. Few- flowered Eriogonum. Fig. 1588. E. pauciflorum Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 735. 1814. Eriogonum parviflorum Nutt. Gen. 1: 261. 1818. Perennial, root long and slender, stems very short, simple or sparingly branched, loosely tufted, covered by the scarious dilated bases of the petioles. Scapes erect, slender, simple, slightly tomentose, 2'-6' high; leaves linear or linear-spatulate, l'-3' long, rather ob- tuse, but apparently acute from the strongly revolute margins, glabrous or sparingly pubescent above, white- tomentose or cottony beneath, narrowed into slender petioles; inflorescence capitate; involucres 4-10, ii" long, turbinate-campanulate, 5-toothed, the teeth ob- tuse, more or less reflexed; calyx white, campanulate, ii" long, glabrous, the segments ovate; achene il" long, its faces swollen at about the middle, incon- spicuously striate-reticulated. On dry plains Nebraska and Colorado. July-Sept. 7. Eriogonum multiceps Nees. Branched Eriogonum. Fig. 1589. E. multiceps Nees, Max. Reise N. A. 2: 446. 1841. E. gnaphaloides Benth. Kew. Journ. Bot. 5 : 263. 1833. Perennial by a slender root, scapose, densely white-tomentose throughout; stems short, tufted, much branched, sometimes several inches long. Scapes simple, i'-s' high; leaves spatulate, J'-2' long, numerous, obtuse at the apex, narrowed below into petioles; inflorescence capitate; involu- cres 3-12, sessile, ii" long, 5-6-toothed, the teeth acute; bracts foliaceous, spatulate; calyx white or rose-color, lY'-ik" long, campanulate, some- what villous, 6-cleft to about the middle, the seg- ments cuneate, obtuse or emarginate; stamens and style-branches exserted; achene i" long. On dry plains,
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