730 ORDER 154. ERICAULONACE^E. 



P. flavidulus Kunth. Acaulescent, turfy; scapes numerous, filiform, 6-ribbed 

 and furrowed, finely puberulent ; Ivs. 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, Ivs. 1 

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

 Apr. Jn. (Eriocaulon MX.) 



3. LACHNOCAITLON, Kunth. (Gr. Ao^/o?, wool, KavMs, 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. Michadxii Kuntb. 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 (1" diam.), globular, 

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



