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TRIANnniA MONOGYXIA. 83 



Root annual ? Stem 6—8 inches high, very slender. Leaves linear, 

 .<J»arinel!ed, sti iate, ciliate, margins rorig!., nearly as long as the st'^m • 

 sl)eatl) open at base^a little contracted at the t^.raut, ciliate. Stipules 

 bearded. Uwhel,^ com;>oiind. The leafof thp invofucrum ha)t^ the 

 length of the unibel, the otliers very jninute. Spifces ovate^lanceoKUe, 

 acute, small. Glumes lanceolate, acute, with a short point, stignuts 

 2.^ Sfed obovate, S an^'led, finely furrowed transversely, and crowned 

 Tvith a small tubercle. 



In this species the leaves are ciliate, not serrulate, the spikes acute, 

 find the .^liunes ^labr«ms, entire. In its general appearance aud size 

 It resembles S. autumnalis. 



Grows in damp soils. Two miles from Beaufort, near the main 

 road. 



Flowers September — October. 



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f. 



9. Stenophyllus. E 



S. culnio filiformi, ob- | Stem filiform, obtusely 



tnquetro ; foliis se- | 3 angled ; leaves 



}; involucro 4 phyl- ous:involucriun 4 leaved 



10. prselongo ; spicis ag- 

 gi-egatis ; glumis longe 

 niiici-onaiis. E. 



ry long ; spikes clus- 



ed 5 glumes mucro. 



nate. 



Diclu-oma caespitosum, Muhl. Cat. 



•Roof fibrous, annual. Stem erect and procumbent, 3— 4 inches 

 high, glabrous, obtusely 3 square, growing m small dense tufts. 

 Leaves few, setaceous, somewhat 3 angled, roughened alon"- the 

 ^^e, nearly as long as the stem, hairy at the throat of the sheath. 

 f^pties generally 6 Hovvered, (4—6) sessile,clustered, terminal. /«- 

 voiucrum 4 leaved, unequal, nearly as long as the stem; a smaller 

 leat generally guards the base of each spike. Glumes lanceolate, acu- 

 mmate, mucronate, keeled j the keel roughened, terminating in a 

 long point, slightly reHexed, green, the margins ferruginous. 

 ^amen 1 ? Style 3 cleft, i^eed 3 angled, transversely striate, crown- 

 etl \mh a very small tubercle. • 



hhlT^ '" ^^^ ^^^"^^ ^**^^*' '^'■^^^^ Beaufort, common. James 



Flowers July-September. Thread4eaved Scirj,m, 



So. COARCTATUS. E. 



S. umbella composita, j Umbel compound, 

 coarctata ; spicis parvu- | crowded ; spikes small, 

 «3, Imeari-lanceolatis ; in- linear-lanceolate ; invo- 

 Wvolucro setaceo foliolo lucrum setaceous, with 



