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TRlANDRlA MONOGYNIA. 



i7' Tenitiflorus. 



C. spicis corynibosis. 



S 



pikes 



corymbose 5 



spiculis linearilKJs con- spikelets linear, some- 



yexiusculis 



involucre what convex 



involu- 



wmbella longiore ; culnio 



? 



crum longer than the um- 

 bel ; stem leafy. 



fob'oso. Vahl. Enum 

 2, p. 347. 



if 



Sp. pi. 1 . p. 284. 

 Pursh, 1. p 52. 



C. erjthrorhizos ? Muhl. Cat. 



Stem 2—3 feet high, nearljr terete. Leaves as long as the stem, 

 _ 6 lines wide, channelled, with the margins serrulate j the sheaths 

 incloiing the stem at base, but onlj connected with it at the roots. 

 Jnvolucrum many leaved, 4 longer than tlie umbel, the 2 exterior 



Sp ikes 



5 



Tcrj long J the small involucnim linear or setaceous, short, 

 linear, 12—20 flowered, very slender and delicate, elossy, ehesnut' 

 coloured. Flowers very minute, much crowded along the whole of 



the partial ravs. Filaments frequently 2. 

 Grows in rice fields, ditches, &c. ' 

 Flowers August— October. 



18. Odoratus. 



C. spicis corymbosis ; 

 spiculis subulatis, remotis, 

 distichis ; valvulis sub- 



Spikes 



corymbose 



) 



re- 



spikelets subulate, 

 mote, distichous ; valves 



distantibus;^umbellis pa- somewhat distant 



tcntissmiis involucellum 



J 



subaeqiiantibus. 



Vahl. 



bels expanding, as 



urn- 

 loflg 



as the small involucnim. 



Enum. pi. 2. p. 356. 



Sp. pi. 1. p, 284. 

 Pursh, 1. p. 52. 



H™;%' a"u|S. ''''^' °f ""'^ <■'"■» Pennsylvania to Florida. 



i9. Strigosus. 



C. spicis oblongis laxis; 

 spiculis subulatis, patenti- 

 bus, remotiusculis 



lucellis subiiullis 



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? 



mvo- 



um- 



oblong 



loose 



subulate 



eX 



Spikes 

 spikelets 

 panding, a little remote ; 



small involucrums gene- 



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