*rRlANDRlA MONOOYNlA. 8i 



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14. Lacustris. 



S. aphyllus, spicis ob- | Without leaves ; spikes 

 loncjis, squamis glabrls, [ oblong, scales glabrous, 

 liiucronatis j stylis trifidis^ | mucronate ; styles 3 

 umbella decomposita ; I cleft ; umliels decom* 

 culnio tereti. Vahl. | pound j st§m terete. 

 *Enum. pi. 3. p. 267. 



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Sp. pi. 1. p. 296. Mich. 1. p. SI. Pursh, 1. p. 55. 



Stem erect, 4 



ter, glabrous, glaucous, striate. Spikes numerous, ovate, umbellete, . 

 t'requentljr 5 or 4 clustered together on the summits of the peduncles. 

 Common involucvum 2 leaved, unequal, apparently formed by the ex- 

 tension of the .stem, shorter than the umbel. G/wmgs lanceolate., a 

 little plaited at the summit, ciliate. Style long, 2 cleft. Seed obo- 

 vate, plano-convex, smooth, pointed with the persistent style. JBriV 

 ties 6, longer than the seed, with small tetth bent backwards. 



This description perhaps belongs to the following species, yet the 



scales, though slightly fringed and a little roughened, are never vil- 

 lous 



Grows generally in the marshy margins of rivers. Near the mouthi 

 of Savannah river I have seen the largest specimens. 



Flowers througii the summer. Large marsh Scirptt^,, 



i5. Validus. 



S. aphyllus, spicis ova- ] Leafless ; spikes ovate 

 to-oblongis ; squamis dor- | oblong ; scales villous on 

 so villosis ; stylis bifidis ; \ the back ; styles 2 cleft ; 

 umbella decomposita ; | umbel decompound ; in- 

 mvolucro brevissimo a- j volucrum very short 

 pice tereti. Vahl. Enum. | terete at the summit 



pi. 2. p. g68. 



Pursh, 1. p. 56. 



Grows in lakes and ponds, from Canada to Carolin*> 

 'lowers August. 



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