Mr. Bentua on the Eriogonez, a Tribe of the Order Polygonacez. 407 
Caules stricti, plùs minüsve tomentosi, elati. Folia inferiora ceespitosa, 3—4- 
pollicaria, supra mollitér villosa, superiora remota, solitaria vel subfasci- 
‘culata, ramorum floralium minuta, bractezeformia. Rami panicule et pe- 
dicelli rigida. Bractewe subulate, glabriusculee. Ovarium villosissimum. 
Stamina feré glabra. 
Nuttall’s specimens are much more woolly, and the panicle much larger 
than in Drummond’s ; but both appear to belong to the same species. 
3. E. tomentosum (Mich. Fl. Bor. Amer. i. 246. t. 24.), foliis ad basin caulis 
approximatis spathulato-obovatis oblongisve subtüs lanatis, ramis flori- 
feris 2—3-chotomé ramosis lanatis ternatim verticillatimve foliosis, invo- 
lucris solitariis sessilibus campanulatis rufo-lanatis laxé multifloris, peri- 
anthiis extüs lanatis. 
Carolina and Georgia. Michaux, Fraser. (v. s.) 
Species habitu et inflorescentià distinctissima. Lana in foliorum pagina in- 
feriore ramis involucris perianthiisque densa, sæpiùs rufescens. Folia 
ramorum floralium ovata, obovata vel oblonga. Jnvolucra alia in dicho- 
tomiis vel secus ramos sessilia, alia terminalia, subcyathiformia, Brac- 
teole setaceze, densé plumose. Perianthia longiusculé exserta, laciniis 
anterioribus longioribus. Filamenta basi et ovarium apice pilosa. Flores 
(sec. Mich.) candicantes. 
$ 3. UunELLaTA. Folia omnia exstipulata. Genitalia pilosa, filamenta prope 
basin, ovarium apicem versus. Inflorescentia umbellata, pedunculo (scepé 
scapiformi) apice umbellam simplicem vel duplicem pluri-radiatam, non- 
nunquàm in capitulum globosum contractam vel ad involucrum solitarium 
reductam, gerente. 
4," E. SPHIEROCEPHALUM (Dougl. MSS.), caule ramoso folioso, foliis fasciculatis 
verticillatisve oblongis basi angulatis subtüs albo-lanatis, pedunculis sub- 
simplicibus, involucro subsolitario latè campanulato tomentoso multifloro, 
perianthiis extùs sericeo-pilosis. 
- Columbia river. Douglas. (v. s.) 
Fruticulus irregularitèr ramosus. Folia ad ramificationes sæpiùs fasciculata, 
petiolis basi dilatatis imbricatis, in ramis verticillata vel pauca remota 
