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MONOECIA TRIANDRIA 



bus' sub approximatis, I proximate, ovate; fruit 

 ovatis; fructibus ova- | ovate, acuminate, two- 

 tis, acuminatis, biden- 



tatis, 



squama 



paulo 

 bractea 



toothed, longer than 

 the scale; bracteal leaf 

 at the base of the low- 



est 

 long. 



spike 



setaceous, 



longioribus; 



set ace a longa ad basin 



spicae ultimae. E. 



L 



4 



Muhl. Gram. p. 227- 



Stem one to two feet high, obtusely triquetrous, scabrous near the summit. 

 Leaves strap-shaped, as long as the stem, scabrous along the margins, 

 sheathing the base of the stem for some distance from the ground.^ Spkes 

 numerous, (eight to ten,) the lower separate and compound, the upper 

 forming a continued mass of flowers. Florets numerous, imbricate. Oo- 

 rolla ovate, acuminate, very finely serrulate, very slightly two-cleft at tne 

 summit, larger than the ovate lanceolate scale. The lower bracteal leai 

 subulate, two to three inches hmg, the upper ones very small. 



For specimens of this plant, and for my knowledge of it as a southern 



species, I am indebted to Dr. Schweinitz. 



Grows in the upper districts of North and South-Carolina. 

 Flowers — 



^6. OVALIS. 



C. spiculis subsenis, I Spikes generally 6 

 subrotundo - ellipticis, elliptic, nearly round 

 alternis, sub approxi- 1 alternate, approximate 



florets at base sterile; 





» 



matis, inferne masculis 

 fructibus ovatis, mar 

 ginatis, bidentatis, ci 

 liato-serratis. 



? 



fruit ovate, marg 



ined 



9 



two-toothed, 

 serrate. 



ciliate 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 229. Pursh, 1. p. 37. Nutt. 2. p. 204. 



' Stem about twelve inches high, triquetrous, with the angles acute, sc 

 brous. Lea»e« narrow, about as long as the stem. Spikes approxima j 

 oval, Scaks ovate lanceolate, acute, as long as the corolla. Corolla o - 

 lonsf, acuminate, with the mouth entire. Good. Trans. Lin. Soc. 2. p- " 



With 

 Schweinitz 



Flowers 



It is mentioned by 



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