V. 



692 



MONOECIA TRIANDRIA 



simplici; 



w — 



seminibus 



1 



scape simple; seed 



compressis, subfalcatis. compressed, slightly 



E. 



falcate . 



, Sp. pi. 4. p. 410. Walt. p. 233. Mich. 2. p, 189- ^ Nutt. 2. p. 213. 



S. Falcata, Pursh, 2. p. 397. 



Root somewhat tuberous, creeping. Sap, as in most of this genus, lactes- 

 cent. Leaves large, 10-14 inches long, 3-5 wide lanceolate, entire 

 striate, many nerved, coriaceous. Petioles 1-2 feet long. Scape 2-3 

 feet long. Flowers verticillate by threes, the upper sterile. Leaves of the 

 involucrum ovate, acuminate, glabrous. Leaves of the caJyx round, tinged 

 with purple. Petals much larger than the calyx, white as m all ot Ins 

 eenusf Filaments numerous, (nearly 60) hairy. Germs numerous, i^tig- 

 ma 3—5 cleft. Capsules collected into a compact globular head. 



Grows in deep marshes and wet and boggy soils. 



Flowers April — June. 



6. Graminea. Mich. 



S. foliis lineari-lan- 

 ceolatis, triplinervibiis, 

 subperennantibus; sca- 

 po simplici; ' floribus 



monoicis; bracteis ova- 

 tis, acumiiiatis. 



Leaves linear-lance 



olate, 

 somewhat 



triplinerved 



J 



pere 



anial 



? 



scape simple; flowers 



monoecious; 

 ovate, acuminate. 



bracteas 



4 inches 



Mich. 2. p. i90. Pursh, 2. p. 397* Nutt. 2. p. 213. 

 S, Simplex, Pursh, 2. p. 397? 



Root perennial. Leaves linear-lanceolate, entire, glabrous, 3 

 long, scarcely half an inch wide, rnnny of them living through ^"^^^ ' 

 Petioles about a foot long. Scape rather longer than the petioles, t to«' 

 verticillate by threes, the upper sterile. Leaves of the calyx l^^cex) ^^^. 

 small. Petals much longer than the calyx. Filaments about 10, «» . • 

 Anthers frequently 2 on each filament. Capsules obliquely mucronate, 

 lected into a globular head. 



Grows in shallow ponds; very common in pine barrens. 



Flowers April — June. 



QUERCUS. Gln.Pl. 1446. 



i 



Mascidi Amentum] Sterile fiorets. 



nudum, lineare. 



meid 



n 



aked 



9 



linear 



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