pa*. ntumu HomOTUA. 2 i 



on the margin, with sharp brittle* pintir._r backward. Mv 

 S . ■«««>- is a much h" . _ nd the germ desti 



of bri-i^ . 



Sc •. I J. etwm. ii. 23 



Culms erect, from *iv. to ten feet big _ f nhei 



super^decompeund. .V* </ tin -a six, 



wardlv hispid bnstl-. 



E\< In Si. /, •« ■. Retz. Obs. v. ].\ which I prenm 

 i> my Sc majrimtts : the germ and seed being : >.mne 



of the bristl] involucre. To which of these Scyram -. I 

 pi. ought to be referred, I cant 



TLi>. next to Sc maximum, is by far the I gest specif 1 

 have ever met with. 1 g - staring - :er. 



Cm/in a 1. from >i\ t _.i. three- 



sided; aaaJej sharps m r radical, and 



round tht - culms sheathing, much :-. 



ogas the culms; jresshg dys ibrous. I ,.. 7 -- .' <uptr- 

 mpound, rive or I ;_;ht inches each way. Involucre 

 thret - g at about two feet, the uJmtmt six ■ 



they- _. it : margins pretty smooth. In- 



vlucth chatrY. 5 _. dark-brown, mmy-riV 



ed. Stamens three, with t^«> l.n-tl<- between each pair. 

 Style three-deft. Seed tl. - i. embraced by the >i\ « n- 



g d bristles, which are aimul mi ttV _ - ith ^tiri. 

 back, short hair*. 



47. Sc maxima.*. /.'. 



Cwfau c _ isu fifteen feet high, triaagnJar. 



I'mbel decompound; tpil oadish. Seen* obeordate. 



thre e aid e d, withool bristles, 



S . areata*. Bets. Obs. \. 1">. and probably Linn. Snppl, 

 p. 104. 



1 ■ tao. Booda-taagu. 



I* found only in pretty deep, standing, - I water. 



fi al fibrous, and stolon < i tect, most rig 



O 4 



