Eriophorum vaginatum. Single-headed Cotton-Grafs. 



ERIOPHORUM Lin. Gen. PL Triandria Monogynia. Gluma? paleaceas, undique imbricate. 



Cor. o. Sem. i. Land longiffima cinclum. 



Ran Syn. Gen. 28. Herbje graminifoli^ non culmiferje flore imperfecto 

 SEU stamineo. 



ERIOPHORUM vaginatum culmis vaginatis teretibus, fpica fcariofa. Lin. SyB Vezetab d 8" Sb 

 PL p. 76. Fl.Suec.n. 50. J & ' F ' ? ' F ' 



ERIOPHORUM caule tereti, foiiis caulinis vaginalibus, fpica erecta, ovata. Hatter, hi/}, n. 1^22. 



LINAGROSTIS vaginata. Scofolt FI. Cam. n. 66. 



JUNCUS alpinus, capitulo lanuginofo, feu fchaenolaguros. Bauh. pin. 12. Scheuzch dgrojl. p. 302. t. 7. 



JUNCUS alpinus cum cauda leporina, Bauh. hijl. 2. 514. 



GRAMEN juncoides lanatum alterum danicum. Parkins. 1271. Raii Syn. p. 436. Hares-tail rufh. 



Light foot FL Scot. p. 90. 



Hudfon. FL Angl. ed. 2. p. 22. 



The Eriophorum vaginatum is with us a much fcarcer plant than the polyjiachion, but in fome parts of Great 

 Britain, and in other Countries, is equally common. 



In its generic chafers, excepting the fhortnefs of its Pappus, it agrees with the polyjiachion ; it has there- 

 fore the fame figures of reference to them ; in its fpecific characters, it differs very obviouffy, its root is not 

 creeping but more matted, and its leaves, which are much finer, are confequently more apt to grow in tufts ; 

 the vagina of the upper ftem-leaf in particular is remarkably inflated, and it never produces more than one 

 ipike, which is upright. 



It is_ found in fimilar fituations to the other ; on the boggy parts of Shirley Common, near Croydon, I have 

 found it in tolerable plenty ; it flowers fomewhat earlier than the polyjiachion, but produces its pappus about the 

 fame time. 



Sheep are very fond of it, whence in Weftmoreland they call it Mofs-crops. Raii. Syn. p. 436. 



