530 



WONOECIA TRIANDRU. 



iharginatis, compressis, | compressed, two-tootli- 

 bidentatis. ciliato ser- 1 ed, ciliate, serrate; 



ed, 



ciliate 



serrate 



ratis; squamis mucro- | scales mucronate 

 natis. 



Sp.pl. 4. p. 231. Pursh,l.p. 36. Nult. 2. p. 204. 



Root perennial. Stem about two feet liigh, triquetrous, slightly scabrous 

 near the summit. Leaves longer than the stem, linear, scabrous along the 

 margin, sheathing the stem nearly to the middle. Spikes numerous, the 

 upper ones forming a compact cylindrical spike, the lower distmct. Brac- 

 teal leaves setaceous, much longer than the spikes. Scales ovate, mucro- 

 nate, longer than the corolla. Corolla ovate acuminate, compressed, sligmy 

 winged, serrulate along the margin, two-cleft at the summit. Seed nearly 



round, compressed. . ; 



Grows in damp soils. 

 Flowers April. 



9. MULTIFLORA. 



C. 



spica 



oblonga, [ Spike oblong, com- 

 decomposita, spiciilis pound; spikelets ovate, 

 ovatis, androsvnis, su- } androgynous, sterile at 



the 



summit; fruit o 



perne masculis; fructi 

 bus ovaUs, acurainatis, I vate, acuminate, 

 icuspidatis; squamis pointed; scales ovate, 



two 



Ovatis 



9 



mucronatisi mucronate; 



bracteis foliaceis 

 formibus. 



9 



fili 



bracteas 



leafy, filiform. 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 243. Pursh, 1. p. 36. Muhl. Gram. p. 222. Nutt. 2. p 



204. 



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Stem 



along the margins. Leaves narrow y somewhat rigid and scabrous, i t> 

 than the stem. Spike compound. SpiJceJets numerous, approximate, lo 

 ing a somewhat compact, cylindrical, mass of florets. Scales of the e ^ 

 florets lanceolate, slightly -mucronate, somewhat chestnut coloured, ^'\,^^ 

 green midrib. Fruit ovate, compressed, scabrous along the margin,^ 

 mature diverging and nearly as long a^ tlie scale- ^ y^^ 



Grows in wet lands. In the upper and mountainous districts of Caro 



May 



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