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MONOECIA TRIANDRIA 



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17. SCOPARIA. ^ 



C. spiculis sub^uinis, I Spikes generally 5 

 alternis, ellipticis, ob- I alternate, elliptic, ob 



y 



tusis, subapproximatis, 

 fruetibus ovato-lanceo- 



tuse, 



approximate; 



fruit ovate. lanceolate. 



latis, marginalis, bicus- winged, two-pointed; 

 pidatis; bracteis ob- bracteas oblong, mu- 



ongis, raucronatis. 



cronate. 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 230. Purshj 1. p. 37. Nutt. 2. p. 204. 



Stem one to two feet high, obtusely triquetrous. Leaves linear, channel- 

 led, with the margins and keel scabious towards the summit, closely sheath- 

 uig the stem at base. Spikes five to eight, approximate, distinct^ lanceolate^ 

 sessile, all surrounded at base with a few sterile florets. Lower bracteal 

 leaves longer than the spikes, the upper shorter. Scales ovate, membrana- 

 ceous, rather acute, white with the midrib green, about as long as the corol- 

 la. Corolla ovatej compressed, tapering at the summit, slightly two-cleft, 

 acutely serrulate. Stigmas two, long. 



This species, perhaps the most common in our low country, appears to 

 vary with spikes lanceolate, nearly round, (perhaps from age,) and some- 

 times obovate. It appears almost to be intermediate between the C. Sco- 

 paria and Straminea of the northern states. 



Grows every where in damp soils. 



Flowers April — June. 



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18. Festucacea? 



C. spiculis subocto- I Spikes generally 8 

 fiis, subapproximatis, approximate, alternate 

 alternis, cylindraceis; | cylindrical; fruit ovate 

 fruetibus 



9 



9 



subrotundo- nearly round, beaked, 



ovatis, rostratis, biden- two-toothed, cili ate ser- 



tatis, margine ciliato- rate along the margin, 



serratis, squama Ian- Imger than the lanceo- 



peolata mucronata ma- I late, mucronate scale, 

 joribus. 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 242. Pursh, 1. p. 38. Nutt. 2. p. 204. 

 Root perennial. 



twelve 



eryslender^ tri- 



, scahrous on the margins. leaves narrow, about as long as tlie 

 em. Flowers in linear spikes, generally approximate; sometimes patent. 



