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Ori>er 154.— ERIC AULONACEiE. 



P. flavidulus Kunth. Acaulescent, turfy; scapes numerous, filiform, 5-ribbed 

 and furrowed, finely puberulent ; lvs. linear-setaceous, many times shorter than 

 the scapes; head globular; bracts of the involucre oblong, obtuse, straw-colored, 

 dry ; fls. not fringed. — Wet, sandy barrens, Va. to Fla. Sts. 6 to 9' high, lvs. 1 

 to 2'. Heads 3" diam. with a straw-colored invol. and silvery white perianths. 

 Apr. — Jn. (Eriocaulon Mx.) 



3. LACHN0CAUL0N, Kunth. (Gr. /U%vo?-, wool, KavX6$, stem.) 

 Flowers and inflorescence as in Eriocaulon ; $ calyx 3-sepaled ; corolla 

 ; stamens 3 ; anthers 1-celled, filament united below ; $ calyx 3- 

 sepaled ; corolla reduced to a tuft of hairs surrounding the 3-seeded 

 ovary. — Habit of Eriocaulon. 



L. Michauxii Kunth. "Wet, sandy plains, Va. to Fla. Scapes 1 to 5' high, 

 numerous, 5-ribbed, filiform, clothed with thin, spreading, woolly hairs. Lvs. 

 linear-subulate, about 1' long, tufted. Head very small (I" diam.), globular, 

 greenish-white. Apr., May. (Eriocaulon villosum Mx.) 



