TRIANDTIIA MONOGYNIA. 



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phyllis culmisque setace- | leaved with the stem se- 



is. 



Vahl. Enum. pi. 2. taceous. 



p. 3S8. 



PuisIj, 1. p. 51. 

 . Grows in Carolina. Vahl. 



11. Mariscoides. 



C. spiculis Uneari-lan- 

 ceolatis, glohoso-capitat- 

 is ; umbella pauchadiata 



Spikelets linear-lair- 

 late in globose iieads; 

 bel with few ravs 



(1— S) \el 0; involucro I (i— s) or O; involucrum 

 sub 3-phyIlo, prselongo, 

 foliisque linearibus, ca- 



naliculatis. 



E. 



lerally 3 leav<5d, very 

 tg and with the leaves 

 3ar and channelled. 



* 



dab 



Leaves 



Spikes compressed, two rowed, 7 flowered. 



tuse. "■ 



Stamens 3 



channelled, the margins and midrib serrulate, half as long as'the stem. 

 ^Jeads terminal ; sometimes one or two branches bear smaller heads. 



Glumes compressed, ob- 



T- .u J. ^^ ^ ^'^^^- ^'^^^ oblona:, 3 angled ; bristles 0. 



lo the preceding species this appears to have much affinity, but I 

 have never seen its leaves or stem setaceous. 



Grows in dry sandj soils. Around Beaufort, common. 

 Flowers June — September. 



12. Fi 



C 



culmo obtuse ti 



quetro ; umbellis compo 

 sitis; spiculis confertis 

 lanceolatis : 



Stem obtusely 3 



J 



tis 



E 



glumis 



acu- 



led 



pikelets crowded 



ang 



umbels compound 



Ian 



ceolate 3 glumes acute 



Sp. pi. 1. p. 270 



^^?emS-l2 inches high, smooth, shining, and with the whole plant 

 [ a ye lowish hue.__ Leaves few, sheathing the base of the stem, line- 



Ij.tlt ^- ^'^""«"«*1' the midrib and margin serrulate, particularly 

 near the point. Sheath, at base closed. Spikelets lanceolate, 8—20 

 nowered. Calwx: compressed, acute. Filaments 2 ? Style, two cleft. 



f\J. P'*"*r"^!l *^ generally considered in this country as the C. 

 iiavescens, difiers from the character in the Sp. pi. by its obtuse stem 



and acute glumes. 



<jrows in wet soils. Yei 

 coves. 



Flowers JuJj—October, 



abundant along the 



^erus< 



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