DfADELPHIA OCTANDRU. 



183 



nimcnt. Stamens 6, very short. Capmle sessile^ ereet. Seeds slightly 



hispid. 



Grows in soils somewhat sandy. " 

 Flowers June — July, 



6. Setacea. 



p. caule setaceo 



Ste 



m 



setaceous 



subapliyllo, simplici, nearly Jeafless,simple 



,• sparingly branched 



summitate subramoso 



9 



foil is 



parvis, setaceis, near 



the 



sparsis ; floribus mi- leaves 



Butis, dense spicatis. 



smalJ, 



summit 



seta 



J 



,-> 



ceous, scattered: flow- 



y 



? 



ers minute, m a com 

 papt spike. 



Mich. 2. p. 52. Pursh 2. p. 485. 



long. 



W(His branches, almost aphyllous, bearing a few short scattere<l bristlfr-^ 

 Flowers minute, incarnate, not crested. Mich. 



Gr 



Flowers July — August. 



Miclu 



7. 



RUCIATA. 



P. caule erecto, ra- ( Stem erect, branch- 

 moso, alato-anguloso; 

 foHis quaternis, linear- 

 ibus, punctatis; flori- 



ingj angled and wing- 

 ed ; leaves by fours, 

 linear, dotted; flowers 

 crowded, sessile, on a 



^ 



bus confertis, sessili- _ ^ ^ 



ous, rachi squarrosa. ( squarrose rachis. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 897. 

 W alt. p. I -9. 



Mich. 2. p. 52. Pursh 2. p. 465. 



Stem 8-— 12 inches high, angled, with the angles sHgTitly winge.L 

 ^ eai'e* generally by fours, sometimes an inch and a^half long, taperins ar 

 ^^' %'/te terminal ^ - • - ' - - .=' ^ ^". 



<^jrie wings cordate, ovate, acuminate, mucronate, 

 S«en. Corolla slightly fimbriate. Capsules small 



^lows m the upper districts of Carolina and Gee 



* W wers /luiQ— /ql \\ 



