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MONOECU TRIANDRIA 



. , , ,Spicis pluribus, j ft Spikes numerous, 

 Jloribus superioribus the upper flowers ste- 



mascuhs. 



rile. 



5. Bromoides. 



C. spiculis oblongis, 

 alternis, remotiuscu- 

 lis, sessilibus; capsulis 



Spikes oblong, al- 

 ternate, remote^ nearly 

 sessile; capsules oblon 



oblonsis, acuminatis, acuminate 



beake 



9 



rostratis 



9 

 9 



acummaiis, cicuumiaic, ^v^.v..^-, 

 bicuspidatis; two-pointed, scales ob- 



squamis, oblongis mu- | long, acuminate 

 cronatis. 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 258. Pursli, 1. p. 35. Nutt. 2. p. 204. 



Root perennial. Stem slender, triquetrous, about a foot high, scabrous 

 along the angles. Leaves linear, as Iqng or longer than the stem, sUgmiy 



scabrous along the margins. Flowers in numerous, ., 



the upper ones crowded, the lower rather distant. (Sterile spike linear, 

 inserted beneath the terminal female spike, caducous. WiUd.) 1 ae lern 

 florets numerous. Bracteal leaf at the base of each spike, small, ovate, vfi 

 a setaceous point, the lowest one much longer than the spike, the upp 

 ones shorter. Scales of the fertile florets oblong lanceolate, """"^"^^ 

 membranaceous, shorter than the corolla. Corolla ovate, slightly acun 

 nate, bifid at the summit, nerved. Stigmas two. Seed oval, compressea. 



Grows in damp soils — near Ashepoo along the road side. 



Flowers in April. 



) 



6. Retroflexa. Muhl. 



C. spica androgyna, 

 composita; spiculis sub- 

 quaternis, remotiuscu 



Spike androgynous, 

 compound; spikes gen- 

 erally four, somewhat 



9 



ernis, remotiuscu- erally lour, soiuc«"" 

 superne masculis; distant, sterile at tne 



lis 



fructibus ovatis, biden- 



tatis, margine glabris, 



reflexo patentibus; 



summit; 



fruit ovate, 



two-toothed. 



lab reus 



on the margin, re 



flex 



squamis oblongo-lance- ed; scales oblong, 1^" 



olatis. 



ccolate. 



