DriumnondiancB. N. O. Polygonerc- 



TAB. CCL 



ErIOGONUM MULTIFLORUM. 



Monoicum v, polygamutn? caule erecto elato ramoso, foiiis 

 oblongo-lanceolatis undulatis dentatis supra arachnoideo* 

 subtus alboJanatis, pedunculo elongato apice 2-3-chotome 

 ramosissimo corymbose, involucris turbinatisS-dentatis demum 

 nudiusculis plurifloris, perianthii laciniis ext. basi biauricu- 

 latis, int. minutis. 



Eriogonum multiflorum. Benth. in Linn, Trans.'v. 17. />. 413. 

 Hab. Texas. Between Brazosia and San Felipe de Austin, 



Texas. Drummond (2d Coll n. 235. 3d Coll. n. 351). 



•This is perhaps the tallest species of a Genus which has 

 been lately admirably illustrated by Mr Bentham, and to which 

 Messrs Dougla^and Drummond have added so many new ones 

 by their researches in the western parts of N. America. I be- 

 lieve they are exclusively confined to that country, no species 

 having been found to the east of the Mississipi River. 



Of the present, the foliage is large and crowded in the lower 

 part of the plant, gradually smaller and more distant upwards. 

 The long peduncle is quite naked. The leaves are cobwebby 

 above, but this woolly substance is more dense from certain 

 points, so that at a little distance they look as if spotted with 

 white. Flowers very numerous. Involucre with about 6-9 

 flowers, woolly within. The outer segments o^ the perianth are 

 remarkable for their base being extended into two auricles: the 

 inner ones are very small, linear. The inside of each flower is 

 also woolly. Stamens 9 : anthers red. Pistil of the male flower 

 abortive: of the female (which has abortive filaments), ovato- 

 acuminate, acutely triquetrous, with three long styles. 



Fig. 1. Involucre with flowers. / 2. Female flower. / 3. 

 Male flower. / 4. Young ^x\\\i\—magniji€d. 



