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ERIOCAULON DECANGULARE. ‘'TEN-ANGLED 
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Class and Order. 
Moneecta TErTrraNnpDRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Rest1acez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Capitulum androgynum : squamis unifloris, extimis se- 
pius vacuis involucrantibus. Perianthium duplici serie 
4—6-phyllum.—Masc. in disco capituli. Perianthiwn 
foliolis interioribus infra connatis altiusve insertis. Sta- 
mina 4A—6. Anthere biloculares—Fem. in ambitu capi- 
tuli. Perianthium foliolis interioribus distinctis. Stylus 
1. Stigmata 2—3. Capsula 2—3-locularis, 2—3-loba, 
angulis salientibus dehiscens. - Semina solitaria. Br. — 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Eriocauton * decangulare ; scapo elato longe vaginato 
10—12-angulato, foliis subulato-ensiformibus canali- 
culatis glabris, capitulo magno. depresso - globoso, 
squamis exterioribus ovatis nitidis apice hirsutis in- 
terioribus linearibus hirsutissimis, perianthii foliolis4 _ 
- apice villosis. | | Pe 
Ertocauton decangulare. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 485. Mich. 
Fl. Am. Bor. v.11. p. 165. Pursh, Fl. Am. v.1. p. 91. 
Elliott, Carol. v. 2. p. 565, Loddiges, Bot. Cab. t. . 
1310. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. 1. p. 486. Roem. et Sch. 
See Veget. v. 2. p..864. Spreng. Syst. Veg.v.3.p. 
Errocauron decemangulare. Lumb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. 
Am. v. 1. p. 254. | ee a 
Errocauton serotinum. Lam. Encyel. v. 3. p. 176. (fide 
_ Potret.) . . cf 
Eriocauton Novaboracens. Pluken. Amalth. t. 409. f. 5. 
Descr. — 
* Named from «por, wool, and xavd0s, the stem, in allusion to the downy = 
stems or scapes of the species first known. . a 
