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ElUO'PHOHUM *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Tria'ndria f, Monogyma. 
Natural Order. Cypera'ce.e, Juss . — Lindl. Syn. p. ‘278. ; 
lntrod. to Nat. Syst. ofBot. p. 304. — Rich, by Macnilliv. p. 392. — 
Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 541. — Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 318. — Hook. Brit. 
FI. (4th ed.'i p. 427. — Cyperoideas, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 26. — Sm. Gr. 
of Bot. p. 68 . — Cyperales; sect. Cyperiv.e ; type, Scirpaceas ; 
Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. i. pp. 354 & 357. — Calamaria:, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Spikes (see fig. 1.) solitary and terminal, or fasci- 
culate and bracteated,of numerous florets (see figs.l & 2.) all perfect. 
Glumes (see figs. 1 & 2.) imbricated in every direction, uniform, 
flat, mostly membranous and greyish, pointed, with 1 or 3 slender 
ribs, not awned ; one or two of the lower ones sometimes sterile. 
Corolla none. Filaments (see fig. 2.) 3, hair-like. Jlnthers pendu- 
lous, prominent, strap-shaped. Germen (see fig. 3.) inversely egg- 
shaped, encompassed with numerous fine hairs $ from the receptacle , 
shorter than the style, but subsequently greatly elongated. Style 
(see fig. 2.) simple, entirely deciduous. Stigmas 3, downy. Fruit 
(see fig. 4.) 3-cornered, pointed. 
Distinguished from other genera in the same class and order by 
the in 'erior chaffy florets; the single, nearly equal glumes , imbri- 
cated on all sides ; and the fruit accompanied by long silky hairs. 
Seven species British. 
ERIO'PHORUM VAGINA'TUM. Sheathed Cotton-grass. 
llare’s-taiJ Cotton-grass. Moss Crops. 
Spec. Char. Stem triangular above ; round below, with reti- 
culated sheaths, the lower ones elongated into long bristle-like leaves, 
the upper ones leafless, inflated. Spike egg-shaped, solitary. 
Engl. B6t. t. 873. — Curt. FI. Lond. t. 219 — Graves’ Br. Grasses, t. 1. — FI. Dan. 
t. 236.— Linn. Sp. PI. p. 76. — Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 22. — Willd. Sp. l’l. v. i. 
pt. i. p. 312. — Sin. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 58. ; Engl. FI. v. i. p. 66. — With. (7th ed. ) v. ii. 
p. 98. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 80. — Lindl. Syn. p. 282. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 25. — 
Mncr. Man. Br. Bot. p. 246. — Lightf. FI. Seot. v. i. p. 90. — Thomp. l’l. of Berw. 
p. 7. — l’urt. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 66. — Hook. FI. Seot. p. 20. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 12. — 
Siucl. Ilort. Gram. Woburn, p. 358. — FI. Devon, pp. 9 & 111. — Johns!. FI. of 
Berw. v. i. p. 16. — "Winch’s FI. of Northumb. and Durh. p. 4. — Walker’s FI. of Oxf. 
p. 14. — Perry’s PI. Varvic. Selcetae, p. 6. — Murr. North. FI. p. 36.— Dick. FI. 
Abred. p. 22. — Irv. Lond. FI. p. 21S. — Baines’ FI. of Yorksh. p. 111. ; Lcight. FL 
of Shropsh. p. 30. — Maek. Catal. l'l. of Irel. p. 11. ; FI. Hibern. p. 323. — Enophu- 
rutn ccespitosum , Host. Gram. Austr. v. i. p. 30. t. 39. — Schrad. Germ. v. i. p. 
150. — J uncus alpinus cum cauda leporina, Bauh. Hist. v. ii. p. 514, with a 
figure. — Ray’s Syn. p 436. — Juncus alpinns . capita to lunuginoso, Bauli. Prod, 
p. 23. ; Theatr. p. 187. f. 188. — Scheuchz. Agr. p 302. t. 7. f. 1, 2, 3. 
Fig. 1. A spike of Flowers. — Fig. 2. Separate Flower, magnified. — Fig. 3. A 
Seed, with its accompanying tuft of hairs. — Fig. 4. Seed or Fruit, natural size, and 
magnified. 
From erion. Gr. wool ; and phero , Gr. to bear ; the seeds being encompassed 
with long wool-like hairs. t See folio 45, note t. 
; 1 hose hairs are, by some Botanists, considered as the true peri cnt/l (sec 
fol. 33, note t), and are styled periggnium. 
