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the last in Erioc. decafigulare of authors, none 

 of them has 10 angles ! this has 12 to 15 grooves 

 and ribs, fl. white. 



1407, Erioc. gnaphaloides Mx. compressum 

 Lam. decanguhire Walt. bracts or scales eliip- 

 tis obt. fl. cinereous. 



1408, Erioc. brevifolium Raf. fol. subul. 

 brevissimi? acutis, scapo elong. graciHs 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, AI- 

 leghanies, New Jersey, leaves l-2inches, scape 

 3 to 6, scales often fuscate, fl. grey. 



1410, Var. pumilum^ leaves uncial, scape 

 Suncial, 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 EI. CaroK to Louisi- 

 ana. 



1414, XuRis or Xyris, see ray ft. tel. 18 to 21, 

 where ihe 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. iridjca of others — New Jersey to 

 Alab. Kentucky &c, scapes unequal some short 

 equal to leaves, bracts only scariose on tbe 

 margins. 



1416, X. flexuosa Mg. indica Nut. Eat. &c, 

 not L. — New Jers. to Car. it diifers from last 

 by leaves slender spiral glaucous, head globosCr 

 bracts quite scariose &c. 



