MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. 



551 



Jfiliformibus, pedunculis I form, peduncles nod 



cernuis; 



fructibus dis- ding; fruit distant. 



tantibus, alternis, ob- ternate, oblong, beak- 



■ , rostratis, bifi- ed, two cleft, twice as 



Ion 



gis 



dis, squama ovata mu- long as the ovate mu 



cronata, dupio longiori- | cronate scale. 



bus. 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 297. Pursh, 1. p. 43. Nutt. 2. p. 205. 

 C. Debilis, Mich. 2. p. 172. 



Stem about twelve inches high, slender, triquetrous, glabrous, with the 

 edges towards the summit slightly glabrous. Leaves linear,' rather longer 

 than the stem, scabrous along the margins, slightly channelled. Male spike 

 solitary, terminal, slender; scales lanceolate, rather obtuse; stamens three. 

 Female spikes four, remote, pendulous, with the base of the peduncles en- 

 closed, the lower peduncle four to six inches long, one half or more inclosed, 

 the upper gradually shortening and the sheaths comparatively shorter; 

 scales lanceolate, rather obtuse; corolla ovate, striate, when old, somewhat 

 oblique, scarcely rostrate, nor are the flowers very distant. Stigmas three» 



Grows in damp soils. 



Flowers April — May. 



43. Digitalis. Willd. 



C. spicis foemineis I Fertile spikes gene 

 subternis, remotis, fili- I rally three, distant, fili 



form 



oedunculate 



formibus, pedunculatis 



cernuis; fructibus ellip- j nodding; fruit elhptic^ 



ticis obtusis, squama obtuse, longer than the 



oblong 

 scale. 



lanceolate 



Muhl. Gram. p. 255. Nutt. 2. p 



oblongo lanceolata 

 longioribus. 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 298. Pursh, 1. p. 44 

 205. 



Stem nearly twelve inches nigh, triquetrous, glabrous. Leaves rather 

 broad, acute, longer than the stem. Sterile spike linear, with lanceolate 

 scales. Fertile spikes two to three, pedunculate, erect, filiform," about ten- 

 flowered, flowers distant. Fruit elliptic, ventricose, compressed, triquetrous, 

 very obtuse. Scales oblong lanceolate, shorter than the fruit. Bracteas 

 sheathing, broad, leaflike, longer than the stem. Willd. 



This species which I have never seen, I add on the high authority of Dr. 



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