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haerentibus. Stamina 
4—6] 
Foeminei in peri- 
phaerio. Calyx squa- 
ma. Corolla 4-parti- 
ta. Stylus 1. Stigma- 
ta, 2 — 3. Capsula 2 — 
3-loba, 2 — 3 locularis; 
loculis monospermis. 
summit. Stamens 4 — 
6? 
Fertile Jlorets in the 
circumference. Calyx 
a scale. Corolla 4~ 
parted. Style 1. Stig- 
mas 2 — 3. Capsule 
2—3 lobed, 2—3 cell- 
ed, cells one-seeded. 
1. Decanqulare. 
E. scapo decemstri- 
ato; foliis ensiformi- 
bus, glabris; capitulo 
magno, depresso-glo- 
boso; squamis involu- 
cri ovalibus, acutis, pa- 
leis receptaculi mucro- 
natis. 
Scape 10-furrowed; 
leaves ensiform, gla- 
brous; head large, 
spherical, depressed; 
scales of the involu- 
crum oval, acute, of 
the receptacle mucro- 
nate. 
Sp. pi. 1. p. 485. Mich. U p. 1 65. Pursh, 1. p. 91. Nutt. 1. p. 90. 
E. Serotinum, Walt. p. 83. 
Root perennial. Leaves strap-shaped, very narrow, acute, glabrous, 
showing no distinct midrib, ten to fifteen inches long. Scape two to three 
feet long, terete, glabrous, ten to twelve furrowed, sheathed near the base. 
Scales of the involucrum ovate, closely appressed, rather acute; scales of 
the disk longer than the florets, ovate, very acute. Corolla very white, 
deeply two? parted, fimbriate at the summit. 
Grows in wet soils. St. Thomas, Mr. Caradeux. 
Flowers July — August. 
2. Gnaphalodes. Mich. 
E. scapo subcom- 
presso, decemstriato; 
foliis brevibus, subula- 
to-ensiformibus, gla- 
bris; capitulo convexo; 
Scape somewhat 
compressed, 10-furrow- 
ed; leaves short, subu- 
late-ensiform, glabrous; 
head convex; scales of 
