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3. P. Baldwinii, Nutt. Stem angled, simple ; leaves alternate, lanceolate, 
acute, the lowest spatulate ; corymbs compound ; spikes dense; wings. ovate- 
lanceolate, tapering into a long and slender point; seeds very small, globose, 
hairy; caruncle minute. — Low pine barrens, Georgia, Florida, and westward. 
July and August. — Stem 19-13? high. Leaves }/-1/ long. Flowers white, 
fragrant. 
* * Spikes solitary: leaves alternate. 
+ Flowers yellow : biennials. 
4. P. lutea, L. (YeLLow BacnuELom's-BurTON.) Stem simple or with 
spreading branches; leaves lanceolate, acute, the lowest clustered, spatulnte- 
Obovate, obtuse; spikes dense, globose or oblong ; wings elliptical, abruptly 
pointed ; lobes of the caruncle nearly as long as the obovate sparse-hairy seed. 
— Low pine barrens, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. June- August. — 
Stem 6’-12' high. Flowers orange-yellow. , 
5. P. nana, DC. Low; stems divided at the base into several short pe- 
duncle-like branches ; leaves chiefly radical, clustered, spatulate or linear, obtuse ; 
spikes thick, at length cylindrical, the earliest ones sessile; wings ovate-lance- 
` olate, acuminate ; lobes of the caruncle half as long as the obovate hairy seed. 
(P. viridescens, Nutt.) — Low sandy pine barrens, Florida to South Carolina, 
and westward, flowering throughout the year. a Biema 2/-4' high. Spikes. 
l'-2'long. Flowers yellow. 
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6. P. sanguinea, L. Leaves oblong-linear, acute; spikes ovate or round- 
ish, obtuse; flowers imbricated ; wings broadly ovate, obtuse, sessile; lobes of 
the caruncle rather shorter than the pear-shaped sparse-hairy seed. (P. pur- 
purea, Nutt.) — Low grounds, North Carolina and northward. July — Sept. — 
Stems 1° high. Flowers reddish-purple. Bracts persistent, 
7. P. fastigiata, Nutt.. Stems slender, at first simple; leaves narrow- : 
inear, acute; spikes globose, obtuse; wings oblong-obovate tapering into a dis- 
tinct claw at di Air; earuncle as long as the stalk of the sparse-hairy pear- 
shaped seed. (P. sanguinea, Torr. & Gray.) — Low pine barrens, Florida to 
North Carolina, and westward, July - Oct. — Stems 10'-15! high. Leaves 
erect. Flowers small, bright rose-color. Bracts deciduous. 
8. P. Nuttallii, Carey. Leaves short, linear, obtuse; spikes ped 
acute, dense; wings short, elliptical, slightly clawed ; lobes of the caruncle col- 
lateral, one third as long as the obovate very hairy seed. (P. sanguinea, Nutt. 
P. ambigua, Torr. §- Gray.) — Dry sandy soil, North Carolina and northward. 
August. — Stem 4!— 8' high, the branches fastigiate. Spikes and greenish and 
Purple flowers smaller than in No. 7. Bracts persistent. 
9. P. Chapmanii, Torr. & Gray. Cindi RM mats deca 
7 ^ wings obovate, short-clawed ; lobes of the carlo : 
ned leaves scattered, narrow-linear, acute; spikes long, anceli i fos 
