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RUSCACEAE
For Ernst Julius Rusch (1867 - 1957).**
(
Ch
)
ERIOSPERMUM
(
G
)
Cottonseed (
Le
)
erion, = wool;
sperma, = that which is sown, seed.
(seed covered with white hairs)
(
LS
,
Le
)