Scirpus? | FRIANDRIA MONOTNTA] ae 
Root fibrous.—Cuims nearly erect, from one to two feet. high 
naked, except at the base, four-sided, smooth.— Leaves radical, and” 
about the base of the culm; bifarious, tapering, nearly as long as the 
culm.—Umbel super-decompound, rather thin, and of an irregular 
form.—Involucre and involucels small, bristle-like.— Spikes’ mi- 
nute, ‘globular, many-flowered. — Stamens, ftom one to two, rarely 
tliree —7Sfisma two or three-eleft.— Seed nearly globular, compress - 
ed on the ed scabrous, white. Eea 
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44. Sc. eene Vahl. Bam: ii. afos Ponit. 
Culms from one to two feet high, five-angled. - Unlel super-de.- 
compound ; 3 involucre much shorter than the unibel; ‘seales-oval 
monandrous. Seed ‘three- sided, rugose. ^ - E eec ^ 
UR native of similar places with the last: species. EE ae 
` Root fibrous.— Culms as in complanatus, and tetragonus, and of 
the same height, but in this species-always five-sided. The angles 
Sarp and the sides: concave: — Leaves as in Sc. complanatus:—Um- 
bel super-decom pound, . rather thin, and unequal as in Sc. tetrages 
nus.—Tnwolucre three-leaved, the’ largest ‘about the length of the 
umbel.— Spikes mostly pedicelled, oval, very small, few, from six to 
eight-flowered.— Scales oval —Stamen one.— Sopa r 
Sed oblong, three-sided, rugoso: | " 
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45, Se. palles m : IE 
Cülins from six to ten ichs high; duis. Unbel ipee. 
: compound, rather shorter than the involucre;. monandrous Scales 
obtuse. Seed obcordate, without angles, ‘streaked, and wrinkled. 
A native of low pasture ground. * 3 
~ Root fibrous.— Culnis nearly erect, from six to ten — 
mostly naked, nearly round and'striated. — Leaves sheathing, as long. 
35 the culm, concave ; edges sliglitly serrulate, somewhat woog 
Umbe: terminal, super-decompound, large in proportion t to th 
of the plant.— Incolucre two-leaved, nearly erect, opposit 
"Mighty seralate, longer than = few small scales 
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