i 



MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. 



a^B 



liaerentibus. Stamina I summit. Stamens 4 



4-6? 



Foeminei 



6? 



Ill 



pen 



phaerio. Calyx squa- [ circumfei 



Fertile florets in the 



ma. 



Calyx 



Corolla 4-parti- a scale. Corolla 4 



ta. Stilus 1. 



ta,2 



Stigma 



parted 



3. Capsula 2 — ?nas 2 



Style 1 



3 



Stig 



3-loba, 2—3 locularis 



2 



3 lobed, 2 



Capsule 

 3 cell- 



loculis monospermis. J ed, cells one-seeded 



1. Decanqulare. 

 E. scapo decemstri 



ato; 



foliis ensiformi 



bus, glabris; capitulo 

 magno, depresso-glo- 

 boso; squamis involu- 

 cri ovalibus, acutis, pa- 

 leis receptaculi mucro- 

 natis. 



I 



Scape 10-furrowed; 

 leaves ensiform, gla- 



; head large, 



brous 



spherical, depressed; 

 scales of the involu- 

 crura oval, acute, of 

 the receptacle mucro- 

 nate. 



Sp. pi. 1. p. 485. Mich, 1. p- l65. Pursh, 1. p. 91. Nutt. 1. p. 90. 

 E. Serotinura, Walt. p. 83. 



Roof perennial. Leaves strap-shaped, very narrow, acute, glabrous?, 

 showing no distinct midrib, ten to fifteen inches long. Scape two to three 

 feet long, terete, glabrous, ten to twelve furrowed, sheathed near the base. 

 Scales of the involucrum ovate, closely appressed, rather acutej scales of 

 the disk longer than the florets, ovate, very acute. Corolla very white, 

 deeply two? parted, fimbriate at the summit. 



Grows in wet soils. St. Thomas, Mr. Caradeux. 



Flowers July — August. 



2. GiMAPHALODES. Mlch. 



1 



E. 



scapo subcom- 



Scape 



presso, decemstri ato^ 

 foliis brevibus, subula- 

 to-ensiformibus, gla- 

 wrisj capitulo convexo; head convex; scales of 



somewhat 

 compressed, 10-furrow- 

 ed; leaves shorty subu- 

 late-ensiform,gIabrous; 



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