62 



thiandrta monogynia* 



tis, pendulis; semine ob- I pendulous; seed ohlon 



longo, 



g* 



rugoso ; 



setiilis rugose; bristles scabrous 



twice as long as the seed 



scabds semine duplo lon- 

 gioribiis. 



Pursh, l.p. 48? 



Schcenus uiexpansus, Mich. 1. p. 55. 



Stem 2 feet high, generally bending, round and smooth below, three 

 fiided, and a little scabious near the summit, leaves 6 — 14 inches 

 long, 2--3 lines wide, linear, acute, slightly serrulate, channelled. 

 blowers m panicles axillary and terminal on peduncles long and pen- 

 dulous. Seed oblon«!:, compressed, rugose, crowned with a long, very 

 acute tubercle ; bristles 6, scabrous, twice as long as the seed. 



Grows in wet soils. 



Flowers through the whole summer. 



12. Caduca. 



E. 



R. culino triquetro ; I Stem 3 



paiiiculisaxillaribus,erec. 

 lis ; spiculis fasciculatis, 

 se.ssiJibus ; semine lenti- 

 culai j, rugoso; setuJis se- 

 mine duplo longioribus. 



angled 



; pani- 

 cles axillary, generally 

 erect; spikelets cluster- 

 ed, sessile; seed lenticu- 

 lar, rugose ; bristles twice 

 as lona; as the seed. 



leaves linear-lanceolate, glabrous, finely ser 



Stem l—Sftethkh. 



B. snarsua frnm « K" u ^°'^!'^^'' T^^}' ^^'''S species IS nearly allied to 

 ed aKs nl^X V^*'" "'■' '" ¥^''"S its spikelets larger, cluster- 

 able ?or tord f ;« ;r ?-Pr- ^f *'^^" '^•«'" '^^- ^^ is also remark- 

 specimen wh^rph^ A "^'''' '^•''■**P^ '^' mature glumes, so that in a 



Kd:Xriirto t Ltedfcds'"'"^' ""^"^ '' ''^'^ -^^ ^^ ^"""' "*' 

 tT t'l^ni" %tr^\ Around Charleston, common. I have a varie- 



^W:?LmXmme^.^^- '''^^'^^'^ ^^^^^^ A— 



i3. Spar 



K 



culnio triquet 



! 



paniculis axillaribus, dif 



fusi«, s 



piculis omnibus pe 

 dicellatis; semine obovato 

 rugoso; setulis semine 

 duplo longioribus. 



Stem 3 angled; pani 

 cles axillary, diffuse, witl 

 all the spikes 



on 



foot 



stalk 



gose 



seed obovate, ru- 

 bristlcs twice as 



Jursh, 1. p, 48. 



long as the seed 



Mich 



dr-Z 



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