4IC 



TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA 



24. SULCATUS. 



E. 



Jatis 



bell 



posita 



■ Spikes ovate-lancfOr 

 late, sometimes acuiiii- 



11 ate 



umbel 



liicru/n sii'^aequante 



se- 



as 



gitudiiialiter sul- 



long 



pound 



J 



cato. 



cruin 



5 



as the invoke 

 seed longitudi- 



lly fu 



S'tftn about 1 foot high, terete, glabrous. Leaves as long as the 



-stem, concave, glabrous, finely serrulate- 



4 



tlie brandies occasionally divided. Leaves of the involucrum ver/ 

 small, subulate. Spikes luno;, ovate-lanceolate. Glumes membrana 



c^'uu^5 nut iiu,iu, scarcely co 



Slignias slightly fk^athered. 

 rowed longitudinallv uith 



onate. Styles % cleft 

 Seed obovate, compressed, deeply fur- 

 very slight transverse furrows- The 

 edges of the seed, and a small circle near the summit, toothed by tu- 

 bercles. Bristles 0- 



The glumes drop off as the seed ripens, leaving the base of the rachis 

 naked. 



Fur my first knowledge of this plant I was indebted to Dr. Baldw^nj 



who sent me specimensTrora Savannah. I have since* found it near 

 Charleston. 



Grows in damp soils. 

 Flowers Augu&t 



September, 



urro 



**** Cuhnisfoliusis 



M 



Stems lenfy 



S.culmotiiquetro; pan 

 kula conglobata, foliacea 

 glumis terminaiibus 



Stem 3 angled ; panicle 

 clustered, leafy : terminal 



mu- j glumes mucronatej lacer 



rate, 3 cleft. 



crouatis, laceiis, tiifidis 

 Smith, Fl. Biit. l. p. 56 



Sp. pi. 1. p. S06. Mich. 1. p. 32. 

 S. robustus, Piirsh, 1. p. 56. 



hr.Sr..!;^»/^^S^'S^' .f V^' ^ *^g^^^- -^««i-^^ 2-4 feet long, g'^ 

 ^^Tn'o- % ^ n' f^'^'f '1^^- P^riich terminal, clustered, 4-6 spikes 



t\Z.ZlJl\^ ""^^'^ "^f^"" ^^'^ summittthe midrib extending i^ 



int at the summit, the remai 

 Grows in brackish marshes. 



DoJnt'at fhp unm^u'Tk""^' 'T'^' *"» ^^ oasc, anu armed wiin a =»■*' 

 |«nnt at the summ t, the remains of the decaving style. 



8a?Z«h " ^'^'^''^ '"^'•^^^^^- ^^''^^ OS^^hee b^fdie/zi miles froiS 



Mantime ScirPUp 



blowers Maj— JunQi 



