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TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 



2. SCIRP0T1)E\. 



F. caiili!)us aphyllis ; 

 cap'tulo iinico ovato ; 

 Viilviilis coiollinis ovali- 



bus ruutiijis? 



Mich. 1 p. 38. t. 7. 



Stem leafless ; 



head 



one, 



ovate, ternainal 

 valves of the corolla o 

 i val, without awns. 



Vagiuaria Hichardi, Persoon, 1. p. 70. Pursli, l.p. 58. 



(Rvut 



Stem erect. 12 — 18 inches high, slender, 



tounil, smu*irh. Leaves 0, but sheaths alternate, smooth, striate, ob- 



liqnoly tvmuMto, pointed. Head one, (sometimes 



S, 



> ich. fij.) 



Stales t>t (liv am<*?('u ri ovate, pubes^cent, awned ; awn short, erect 

 Valves of tl\e carol a oval or lanceolate; (in my specimens without 



From specimens sent from St Mary's, Georgia, by Dr. Baldwin, 

 blowers Mush-'ike J^'uirena. 



Kiel ard remarks that the involucrum of the seed of tl.is species Is 

 composed alternately of three scales and three bristles. Every flower 

 ^hich I Save opened contained 3 srales.and as the inflorescence bears 

 in other resppcts a sufficient resemblance to Fuirena, I have retained 

 »t \n Hiis genus. 



KYLLINGIA. Gen. pl. 91. 



Amentum 



uin, 



ohbn 

 S-vubis. 



Cnhi 



atum s. 



Jiment ovate or oblon.ff: 



OT 



mbricatuni. imbricate. Calyx a val 



Sp. pi. 

 i-valv 



Corolla 



Chrolla ^-valv 



E. 



s. li. 



Flores 



ved. 



Corolla % valved. 



Caly 



1 



alved or 0. 



g 



c.ipitad. 

 i. M 



K. culino filiformi, tri- 

 quctro 5 capitulo globoso. 

 sessili ; iiivolucro tri- 



lyllo, longissimo. 



. t. p. ssa. 



Mahl. Cat p. 5. 



Umt perennial, creeping, stoloniferous. 



**ai'e$ Uaear, shorter than the stem. 



Corolla z valved 

 trs in heads. 



Flow- 



3 an 



Stem filiform, 

 led 5 head globose, ses- 



sile; involucrum tliree 



leaved, very long. 



12 inches hig^i' 



Heads always ginglej uniforni- 



SUm 



5 



