CENT. XV. 189 
the last in Erioc. decangulare of authors, none 
of them has 10 angles ! this has 12 to 15 grooves 
and ribs, fl. white. 
1407, Erioc. gnaphaloides Mx. compressum 
Lam. decangulare Walt. bracts or scales ellip- 
tis obt. fl. cinereous. 
1408, Erioc. brevifolium Raf. fol. subul. 
brevissimis acutis, scapo elong. gracilis contor- 
to sulcato, basi vaginato, capit. globosis, bract. 
ovat. acut. glabris fulvis—South New Jersey 
and Texas, leaves uncial or less, scape 5 to 8 
inches few ribs, heads small, fl. grey. 
1409, Erioc. pellucidum Mx. Canada, Al- 
leghanies, New Jersey, leaves 1-2inches, scape 
8 to 6, scales often fuscate, fl. grey. 
1410, Var. pumilum, leaves uncial, scape 
3uncial, head small, on Mts. 
1411, Erioc. flavidulum Mx. New Jersey 
to Carol. 
1412, Var. cinereum Raf.—Florida, Alaba- 
ma, leaves broadly subulate 2 inches, scape 3 
to 4, fl. dark grey, bracts greenish. 
1413, Erioc. villosum El. Carol. to Louisi- 
ana. 
1414, Xurıs or Xyris, see my ft. tel. 18 to 21, 
where the G. is reformed into 4, with Synoliga, 
Ramotha, Jupica—X. brevifolia Mx. New 
Jersey to Florida, very distinct. 
1415, X. caroliniana W. jupicai Mx. an- 
ceps Pers. indjca of others—New Jersey to 
Alab. Kentucky &c, scapes unequal some short 
equal to leaves, bracts only scariose on the 
margins. 
1416, X. flexuosa Mg. indica Nut. Eat. &c, 
not L.—New Jers. to Car. it differs from last 
by leaves slender spiral glaucous, head globose, 
bracts quite scariose &c. 
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