TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



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Cfiscent; the throat contracted. Stipules bristly. Panicle simple, 

 terminal, composed of distichous spikes, T — 10 flowered. Peduncles 

 about an inch long, pubescent. Ca/^a: smaller than the corolla, valves 

 unequal; exterior valve verj small, slightly ciliate. Fa^r^s of the 

 corolla unequal ; the exterior largest, acuminate, slightly mucronate 

 and ciliate, scarcely keeled ; the interior acute, frequently two cleft. 

 Mctaries 3, flat, lanceolate, longer than the germ. Filaments 5, 

 siiorter than the corolla. Anthers nearly white. Style short, une- 

 qually 5 parted. Stigmas feathered, white. Seed cylindrical, ob* 

 luiie, large, slightly furrowed. 



I have never seen the large variety of cane (Arundo gigantea, 

 "Walt.) in flower, and have not therefore been able to determine 

 whether it is specifically distinct. The above description is taken, 

 from the small variety (Arundo tccta, Walt.) Tlie large cane grows 

 to (he height of 30 — 35 feet. 



This plant is said to flower but once in twenty or twenty-five 

 years. The A. tecta however flowered in 1804, again in 1811, and 

 once or twice iu the succeeding 4 years. 



Grows in rich soils, preferring these which are occasionally inun* 

 dated. 



Flowers March — April. 



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