2» bufonius Ll. Toad Hush. ——— > Annual, rootstocks wanting, e€-S. 
5-20 cm. tall, stems numerous , 
often tufted or forming mts 3; leaves few, 1-3 cm. long, 
expanded and sheathing at the base, the blade filiform, or scale-like> 
inflorescence many-flowered, branching, loose and open, as long as the 
stem proper; outer bract leaf-like, commonly curving, 1-8 cm. long, expanded 
at the base ‘ é ° 
each branch subtended by two short scarious bracts, pedicels variable, 
1-10 mm. long or more; flower subtended by two ovate or lanceolate seanteus> 
bractlets 1/3-1/2 the length of the perianth; segments 3-6 mm. long, narrowly 
lanceolate, acuminate, the scarious margin equal to the green part, veins 
obscure, the inner segments shorter and more scarious; stamens half the length 
of the segments, anthers shorter than the filaments; capsule 3-5 mm, long, 
ovoid to oblong on the same plant; seeds .5 m. long, variable, lightly 
curved, plum, apiculate at one or both ends, longitudinally striate. 
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Sandy or muddy stream bottoms, roadsides or meadows below 5000 feet, 
often gregarious. 
