Eriophyllum harfordii

Eriophyllum harfordii Rydberg, sp. nov
A perennial, suffruticose at the base; stems 3-4 dm. high, rather sparingly tomentose,
more or less branched; leaves oblanceolate in outline, 2-6 cm. long, rather thin, loosely floccose,
3(rarely 5-) lobed above the middle; lobes lanceolate; heads solitary; peduncles 5-10 cm.
long; involucre tomentose, hemispheric, 9-10 mm. high, 10-13 mm. broad; bracts about 10,
broad; ray-flowers as many; ligules 12-13 mm. long, 4-5 mm. wide; disk-corollas 4-5 mm.
long, glandular-hispidulous; tube much shorter than the throat; achenes 4 mm. long, glandular-
muricate; squamellae about 8, unequal, obovate or oblong, the larger about 0.5 mm. long.
Type collected at the Dalles, Oregon, 1889, Harford &> Dunn 453 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). Distribution: Oregon and northern California.