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2. Eriogonum longifélium Nutt. Long-leaved Eriogonum. (Fig. 1287.) 
Eriogonum longifolium Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. \ é Nh AW, ) 
iJ W (es 
Soe. (II.) 5: 164. ~1833-37- 
E. Texanum Scheele, Linnaea, 22: 150, 1849. 
Perennial, strigose. throughout, stem stout, 
erect, paniculately or corymbosely branched, 
leafy, finely grooved, 2°-4° tall. Leaves nar- 
rowly oblong or linear-oblong, obtuse at the 
apex, more or less tomentose beneath, the upper 
sessile, the lower narrowed into petioles with 
dilated and sheathing bases; bracts lanceolate 
or subulate; involucres turbinate-campanulate, 
1%4’/-2/’ long; peduncles 1/ long or less; calyx 
oblong-campanulate, 2’/-3/ high, 6-parted to 
near the base, very villous; stamens and style- 
branches exserted; achene 214’ long, much en- 
larged at the base, villous, loosely invested by 
the calyx-segments, not winged. 
Southern Missouri to Texas. Also in Florida. 
June-Nov. 
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3. Eriogonum AlleniS. Wats. Allen’s 
Eriogonum. (Fig. 1288.) 
E. Alleni S. Wats. in A. Gray, Man. Ed. 6, 734. 1890. 
Perennial, floccose-tomentose throughout, 
stem rather stout, erect, sparingly branched 
above, 1°-114° tall. Leaves oblong, or ovate- 
oblong, 1/-3/ long, the basal long-petioled, ob- 
tuse at both ends, those of the stem in whorls of 
3-5 at the somewhat swollen nodes, short-peti- 
oled, narrowed at the base, the upper small and 
bract-like; inflorescence compoundly cymose; 
involucres top-shaped, 5-toothed, 2'4’’-3’’ long, 
the teeth obtusish; bracts leaf-like, spatulate; 
calyx yellow, 1'/’’ long, broadly campanu- 
late, its segments obovate or orbicular; stamens 
and style-branches exserted. 
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. July—Aug. 
4. Eriogonum Jamesii Benth. James’ Eriogonum. (Fig. 1289.) 
Eriogonum Jamesti Benth. in DC. Prodr. 14:7. 1856. “\) iy 
Eriogonum sericeum Torr.; T. & G. Proc. Am. 
Acad. 8:155. 1870. Not Pursh, 1814. 
Perennial, base woody, scaly, somewhat 
branched, stem usually spreading, branched, to- 
mentose, slender, 6’—18’ long, the branches erect, 
3 or 4 times forked, light brown or reddish. 
Leaves mostly basal, spatulate or oblong, 1/—4’ 
long, long-petioled, the upper smaller, sessile in 
whorls of 3 or 4 at the somewhat swollen nodes, 
all obtuse or subacute, dark green and sparingly 
tomentose above, densely gray-tomentose be- 
neath, their margins sometimes slightly revolute 
and crisped; inflorescence compoundly cymose; 
involucres turbinate-campanulate, 2’” long, 5- 
toothed, the teeth rounded; bracts foliaceous, 
narrowly oblong or oblong-spatulate; calyx white 
or pink, campanulate, villous, 214//-3’’ long, its 
segments oblong or obovate; stamens and style- 
branches exserted; achene 214’/-3’ long,smooth, 
villous near the apex, its angles margined. J 
On plains, Kansas (?), Colorado to Texas, Arizona and Chihuahua. July-Oct. 
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