Eriophorum Vaginatum Linnaeus, p. 166

[38] 37 Eriophorum Vaginatum Linnaeus

Syn. E. cespitosum, Ph.

Spike single at the top of the culm, oblong=ovate; scales scarious long pointed, lead-colored at maturity; bristles numerous long, not crisped, forming dense cotton like heads, when in fruit; root-leaves long and thread form, triangular-channelled; involucre none. Culms 1 to 2 feet hish, leafy only at the base, furnished with two inflated leafless sheaths.

Cranberry marshes. Near Muskego Lake in Wisconsin; also in Michigan

Plate I fig 13-a the spike [b a flower] b, the scale, [d the section of] c the achenium.

Extends east to N. England; a native of Europe.