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13. GnAciLis. Mulil. Cat. 



C. culmogracili, acute I Stem slender, acutely^ 

 tiiquctro;foIiistriquetris; | 3 angled ; leaves 3 an, 

 umbellis compositis ; spi- j gled; umbels compound; 

 culis lineari-lanceolatis. spikelets linear-Ian ceo* 



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late. 



Iif)at annual ? Stem about 12 inches hrgh. acutely 3 angled, tender, 

 fragile. Leaves nearly as lonjr as the stem j the margins entire, sides 

 concave, soraetiraes compressed ; sheath closed, marcescent. ■Spike' 

 lets genera ly 12 flowered. Glumes lanceolate, acute ; midrib green, 

 the fiides marked with two red lines, and an intermediate yellow spot, 

 &yle S cleft J f 



Grows in damp soils, 2 miles from Beaufort near the main road^ 



Flowers' September— October, 



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44. Hydra; Midi. 



C. radice Cuberosa ; 1 Root tuberous ; stem 

 culmo obtuse triquetro ; obtusely 3 angled ; leaves 

 foliis recur>is ; umbellis | recurved ; umbels simple 

 siu.plicibus compositis- | and compound j spike 

 que ; spiculis lineaiibus. | lets linear. 



E. 



Midi. t. p. 27. Vahl. Emim. pi. 2. p. 344. Pursh, 1 . p. 52 



Boof perennial, tuberous, creeping J tubers nearly half an inch ift 

 l^^t^ln f ^*'\3~8 inches higt;, naked, glabrous, Jbtusely 3 angled. 



r«f.Sr^.« . ? ''''T^i^ ^ ^'**'« S'^«^«"s on the under surfoce. 

 ^Parlvir. ir\'T'''' ^f'*^^ '^^^'^ '"^y^ ovate, compressed, 



Jwici' nf Inn ' t^^ f '""' ^^" ^'*^^^ ^^'S^^^ ^l^es""*. Filaments &, 

 twice as long as the calyx. Stiginas 2. %eed 3 angled. 



fcs'th ? Ylu'^'i' ,"'°"^ '^'^ ^^^'Sin of the ocean. 

 *iovers through the whole summer. .V^f.-rass. 



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base of its 

 6—18 incl 



It shoot* 

 Js perpen- 

 From thiSf 



tuber 



irxiavxr^U «f A .,. o • u , •'. ""'=«^"""> proaucmg new tuners ai. 



Jhlcni! f?L® inches, and these immediately shoot up stems to 

 ^rorn"^ 'llu' earth, and throw out lateral fibres to form a new 

 progeny. Ih,s process is mterminable, and it is curious to see what 



luT. Z.^"'T%U ^^'f' ""'^ '''^''' '^^ ^^i*h some care be dug 

 'SU^ln T i* T ? ?"^y P'-'-^'^^? yet *iiscovered by which this 



»ra*8 can be extirpated, is to plou-h or hoe the «nnf. \n «-hich it, 



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