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EUTOCA SERICEA. Sirky Evroca. 
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Class and Order. 
Prentanpria Monoeynta. 
( Nat. Ord.—Hypropnyiirz. Br. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-partitus, persistens. Cor. subcampanulata: mem- 
branule tubi decem, per paria filamentis alternantes. Stam. 
exserta. Stylus bifidus. Capsula polysperma, unilocu- 
laris, bivalvis, valvis indivisis medio placentiferis. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Evtoca sericea ; caule suberecto basi ramoso, foliis pinna- 
tifidis sericeis, filamentis corolla triplo longioribus, 
\ ovulis pluribus. 
Evroca sericea. Graham MSS. 
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Descr. Root perennial. Stem ten inches high, herba- 
ceous, suberect, angular, red, hoary, leafy, branched at the 
bottom. Leaves very numerous, spreading in a stellated 
manner from the crown of the root and lower part of the 
Stem, or scattered along the latter, smaller and more entire 
upwards, pinnatifid, covered on both sides with e L 
Pressed, white hairs, channelled, subdecurrent along the 
petiole, the lower ones with their petiole about five inches 
long, the upper ones linear, entire, and about one inch long ; 
Segments incised on their outer edges, and each section has 
a strong, central nerve, prominent below and channelled 
above, Spike terminal, solitary, compound, dense, about 
half the length of the whole plant. Spikelets erect, gradu- 
ly elongating, hairy. Flowers erect, on the ore side of 
the spikelets, expanding from below upwards. Calyx five- 
> » Segments linear, nearly smooth on the inner side, on ~ 
the outer, covered like the pedicels, with long, spreading, 
somewhat 
