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ERIOPHYLLUM* csespitdsum 



Spreading Eriophyllum. 



SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 



Nat. ord. Composit.^. § Heliantheae-Heleniese Cassini. 



ERIOPHYLLUM Lagasca. — Anthodium radiatum. Involucrvm mo- 

 nophyllum, campanulatum, 8-dentatum, lanatum. Flosculi radii foeminei, 

 disci hermaphroditi. Receptaculum conicum, favosum. Pappus paleaccus, 

 4-deatatus. 





E. ccEspifostim ; Tanatura, foliis decurrenti-pinnatifidis incisis, superioribus 



tripartitis integrisve, anthodiis solitariis longe pedunculatis. 

 Actinella lanata- Ptirsh.Jl. Am. sept. 2. 560. 

 Trichophyllum lanatum. Nutt. gen. Amer. 2. 166. ^ 



Helenium lanatum. Spreng! sT^st. 3. 574. , .'' 



Eriophyllum csespitosum. Uouglas journ. ined.' 



Perennis decumbe/is^ ccespites densos latosque efformans. Caules terctcSy 

 lanatiy subjlexitosi. Folia ifecurrenti-piknatifidaj incisa, laciniis obtttsis^ 

 supra atroviridia, puree lanata^ subtHs lamigine albo vestita. Antliodia longi^ 

 pedunculata^ terminalia, et axillaria. Involucrum lanatum^ campanulatum^ 

 angulatumy octo-dentatum^ Receptaculum conicum^ favosum. Flosculi 

 radii 8, $, ligulatiy lutein ohlongiy apice tridentaliy tubo Ireviy glanduloso ; 

 ovarium glabrum, arcuatumy subtereSy quadratum ; pappus brevisy paleaccuSy 

 4-dentatus; stylus brevis; stigmata duo, lineariay recurva. Flosculi disci 

 hermaphroditi y tubulosi, bitei, extils glandulosiy limbo campamdato, S-dcn- 

 tatOj tubo subcequali; antherse apice appendiculatce y basi muticcB ; ovarium 

 radii; pappus paleaceus, 4-denta{us, Stylus basi paulh incrassatusy disco 

 parvo insertus. Stigmata 2y^inearia, recurva, intiis sidcata, apice paw- 

 lulum stuposa. 



Found by Mr. Douglas in North-west America, in 

 abundance, from the sea to the valley of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains, in dry open situations, 



A handsome, herbaceous, perennial plant, flowering 

 in May and June, a season when there are few yellow 

 border flowers to be seen : it is well adapted for rock- 

 work. 



* From £{/«!', wool, and pvAAoy, a leaf, in allusion to the woolliness of 

 the foliage. 



