TRIANDIIIA MOKDGYNTAi 



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26. F 



Pursli 



S. spicis brevi-ovatis, I Spikes short ovate 



congest IS 



5 



unibella com- terer]; umbel comnouiid 



posita ; iiivoluc 

 umhellajn super 

 voluceliis brevis 



folioso 

 te ; in- 

 lis. E. 



volucrunis 



Pursh, t. p. 56. S. brunneus, Muhl. Cat. 

 Stem obtusely 3 angled. Leaves lon^;, 3— 



afy, long;ei' 

 i\ ; small in- 



IT short. 



lily 



the leaves of tlie stem. 



„, - —4 lines wide, glabrousj 



late. Ittvo iicrum many leaved, resembling 



Small involucrums very minute or wanting., 



(Scales of tlie cn7(/.i*rIiomboidal, keeled, mucronate, coloured. Pursh.) 



Varies, 6. viviparus with a stem very tall, somewhat scandent ; 



umbels viviparous, bearing flowers at the base of the branches. Pursh* 



Grows in shady woods. New-York to Carolina. The viviparous 



variety fiequently attains the height often feet and upwards. Pursk 



Flowers July — August. 



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27, NiTENS. 



S. spicis ovatis, pedi- I Spikes ovater pedieel- 

 cillatis; corymbis sub- | late ; corymbs generally 



compound, axillary and 



compositis, 



axillaiibus 



terminalibusque ; culmo | terminal ,• stem terete^ 

 tercti. Vahl/ Enum. pi. 



S. p. S7S. 



Pursh, 1. p. 56. 



Grows in Virginia and Carolina. PUrsl*. 

 Howers July. 



lioso 



S8. LiNEATus. Mich. 

 S. culmo triquetro, fo- 



umbellis decom- 



positis, termlnalibus late- 

 J'alibusque, suberectis ; 

 spiculis ovatis 



sqaamis 



lanceolatis, subcarinatis. 



E. 



Stem 3 angled, leafy ^ 

 umbels decompound, ter- 

 minal and lateral, some- 

 what erect; spikelets o- 

 vate; scales lanceolate, 

 slightly keeled. 



Mich. l.p. S2. Pursh, 1. p. 56. 



»• pendulua f Muhl. Cat. 



Tnchophorum Uneatum, Persoon, 1. p. 6§; 



