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POLYGONACEAE 



Kefs. — Eriogonum trichopodum ("triehopes") Torr. Emory's Eeconn. 151 (1S48), type 

 loc. mts. on the west side of the Colorado Desert. E. trichopodum Torr. ; Benth. in DC. Prodr. 

 14:20 (18.56). 



11. E. inflatum Torr. & Frem. Desert Trumpet. (Fig. 73.) Annual 

 or perennial ; stems several from the base, repeatedly tri- and di-cliotomous. 



Fig. 73. Eriogonum inflatum Torr. & Frem. a, habit, x V4,; i, calyx, showing the broad sear- 

 ious margins of the inner segments, and the very narrow margins of the outer segments, 

 X 12. 



forming a diffuse panicle, 1/0 to 3 feet high, glabrous, glaucous ; lower inter- 

 nodes, especially the lowest pedunele-like one, strongly or slightly inflated 

 upwards or rarely not at all ; leaves roundish or round-ovate, cordate at base, 

 4 to 12 lines long, sometimes to IV2 inches long, short hirsute but green, on 



