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B4i TIUANDRIA MONOGYNIA 



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lino umbella longiore ; I one of its leaves Ion 

 foliis liliformibusj hinc j than the umbel ; leaves 

 concavis* E. | filiform.concave on i side. 



8* castaneusj MuhL Cat. y 



Stem filiform, 1 foot high, generally bending. Leaves glabrous^ 

 fheaths open, the board of the mroat long. Umbel compound, 3—4 

 spikes oil each branch, one generally sessile in the division. Ihvo- 

 lucrum many leaved, leaves setaceous, scabrous along the margins, a 

 little hairy at base : one only longer than the umbel. Glumes ovate* 

 lanceolate, a little pointed, near the summit margined with a very 

 short fringe, ferruginous; the midrib prominent, greenish. Styk 

 deeply 3 cleft. Seed obovate, 3 angled, with little or no tubercle* 



This has usually been considered as the S. castaneus ofMichaux 

 bijt it is certainly a different plant. 



Grows in very dry sandy soils. Around Beaufort, common^ 



* lowers September — October. 



2i. Castaneus. Mich. 



S. spicis ovato-oblongis, I Spikes ovate oblong, 

 obtusis^involucrodiphyl- I obtuse j involucrum 2 

 lo, rigido, umbellam sub- [ leaved, rigid, as long 

 compositam sequante, j the compound umbel 



Mich. 1. p. 31. 



Fimbristylis castaneum, Tahl. Enum. pi. 2. p. 92. 



Stem nrarly terete, striate. Radical leaves very narrow, longj 



erect.somewhat ngirl. Umbel terminal, surrounded vith several erect 



a/rllV ?"'^' ^—^ '^^^'^' -^M^* ovate, nearly round, pf » 



2 cktt M^ch nearly orbicular, few. %/^i.- 6'"^"^^'^'' 



F;:^^^;?'^' Mich.^in Carolina, Pursh. 



S^. SpADICEtS. 



a spicis ovato-Iancco. I Spikes ovate-lanceo- 

 Jatis ; mvolucro rigido, late ; involucrum ligi^. 

 ioliolo uno umbellam su- | with one leaf longer than 

 perante ; foliis subulatis, the umbel : leaves subu- 

 scmiteretibus, striatis. E. I late, somewhat terete, 



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€p. pi. 1. p. 305. 



I Striate. 



r^mhrhtjfUs spadiceutn, Vahl. Enam. pi. 2. p. 294. Pursh, 1. V' 4^' 



