§8 



TRTANDRIA MONOGYNTA, 



2. Rabiflora. 



R. culmo foliisque se- 1 Stem and leaves seface. 

 taceis ; pankulis laxis, | ous; panicles loose, few, 

 paiiciflori?; semine o!)o- 



\ato, 



rii«;oso ; 



setulis se- 



flowered; seed ohovate, 

 rugose; bristles as 

 as the seed. 



long 



li rn aequantibus. 



R. tnicrantha, "VaM. 2. p 231. Pursh, 1, p. 48. 

 Schoenus ranflorus, Mich. I. p. 35. 



^oot fibn»u8, perennial, cespitose. Stem about 1 foot high, Teafj* 

 Leuvt'x shorter than the stem, glabrous. Panicles latcrqi and tei tni- 

 nal. Califx many leaved, (.S—Ti) t!>e 3 or 4 exterior lanceolate, inu- 

 cronate, imbricate, smaller; the 2 interior resembling a corolla, each 

 - •'■"*hing a -erm, one of which is frequently abortive. Filaments 3, 



r than the calyx. Oerm superior, compreaaed, obovate, crowned 

 a tubercle nearly of its own size. Utigmas % acute, refle^'ed. 



n i S^''"'' crowned with a compressed tuhenle; bristles "°"- 

 eraliy 3? (I have seen 4), as long as the seed without the tubercle, 



Urowsiuwe ground, bogs &c. Common. 

 , X lowers April— May. 



f. 



8. Plimosa. 



E 



R. culmo gracili, tri- 

 quetro; foliis linearihus; 

 floriI)iisterminalibus con- 

 gestis; bracteis aristatis; 

 setulis plumosis. 



E. 



Stem slender, 3 ang- 

 led; leaves linear; flow* 

 ers teruunal, crowded; 

 bracteas awiied; bristles 

 feathered. 



cC /7o3:i L *1' fern, the margins scabrous; sheath short, 

 cmsen f loners in small clustered fascicles fonnin- a loose cvlindri- 



D^ar ra^i^l'lfr'"'*'/;^ '" ^" ^^»' ^^'^i«^h on the lower bracteas is 

 the ca£ a'vned .^C ""T"' ^''''^^^^^^' E^^terior valves of 



sii.htiy^^a?^re^; !!;Lr:i;ix:^ *^^ ^^^^^- '''' ^"«^"^^' 



ar;:nV''iafd"^n''^'"*- ^^'""^''^ around Beaufort, Near St 



Flowers June— August. 



4. Cymos\. 



Muhl. Cat. 



li. caule tereti; foliis 

 lineanbus; panxulis con- 



feitittods, subcj^inobis 



y 



Stem round ; leaves 



linear ; 



panicles 



like 



; 



> 



c^uies, with the flowers- 



