MONOECIA TRIAIfDRiA. 



627 



m 



capsulis imbricatis ho- 1 sules imbricate, liori 

 rizontalibus, rostratiS; zontal, beaked 



squamis minimis 



very small. 



> 



scales 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 215. Nutt. 2. p. 204. 

 C. Typhina, Mich. 2. p. i69. 



Stem about a foot high, triquetrous, slightly scabrous along the margin 

 Leaves very narrow, longer than the stem, as usual in this genus Glabrous 

 vith finely serrulate or scabrous margins. Flowers in a large compact 

 oVd, terminal head, tapering at base. The base covered with sterile florets' 

 Vith the scales lanceolate acute, slightly coloured. Stamens three. Fertile 

 florets crowded, scale linear lanceolate, scarcely as long as the inflated body 

 of the corolla. Corolla somewhat globose, terminating abruptly in a lone 

 smooth, two-cleft beak. Seed triquetrous. Sti/k persistent. 



Grows in the moUtttaifts of Catx)lina and Georgia. Dr. Mulilenberg. 

 Flowers 



4. WiLLDENOvii. Schkuhr. 



€. spica simplici,- 1 Spike simple 

 Sligmatibus plerumqiie mas generally 



tribusi fractibus alter- ^ * " 



,• stig 

 three 



fruit alternate, oblong 

 ms, oblongis, tereti tri- triquetrous nearly te- 



9 



quetris, scabris, acumi- rete, scabrous, acumi 



ft alls 



? 



squamis ovatis 



} 



I 



acuminatis, infima a 



pice foliacea. 



tiate 



; scales ovate, a^ 



cuminale, the lowest 

 leafy at the point. 



Sp.pl. 4. p. 211. Pursh, 1. p. 39. Muhl. Gram, p. 230. Nutt. 2. 



P- 204. 



Sfew about six inches high, triquetrous. Leaves linear, longer than the 

 «em, sheathing its base. Spike terminal, simple, Six sterile florets at the 

 wmmjt, generally six fertile at the base. Scale of tlie sterile floret short, 

 Uhi- •^'"'"P"^ ^'■6^- ^t-afc of the fertile floret, ovate, acuminate, 

 i«neathmg the floret,) resemblh^g a leif. Stigmas three. Capsule lanceo- 

 ''le, acuminate, triquetrous, at base globose. Muhl. 



V aries with a sterile spike, linear, terminal, somewhat distinct, fertile flo- 

 feivhree to four, alternate, sessile. Muhl. 



1 he only specimen I possess of this species belongs to this variety. 



«fows in dry woods, MuH. In Carolina, Dr. Schweinitz. 

 * lowers May— June. 



