TRIANDRIA DIGYNIJU 



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TRICHODIUM. Mich. 



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rff/7/:r2-valvis,8equalis. I Calffx2 valved, equal. 

 Corolla 1- valvis. Flores Corolla i valved. Flora- 

 ill paniculis capillaribus. | ers m capillary panicles. 



1. Laxiflouum. Mich. | 



T. culmo crecto ; Foliis Stem erect ; leaves and 

 vaa;inisque scabris ; pan- | sheath scabrous ; panicle 

 icula diifusa, trichotonie j diffLisedjWith the branches 

 ramosajfloribusf^scicula- I trichotomous ; 



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flowers 



tis tcrminalibus. 



3^ich. 1. p. 42. 



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fasciculate, terminal. 



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Cornucopia hyemalis. Walt, p, 73. 



Soot perennial, 

 base, sometimes geniculate. 



3 feet higli, columnar, glabrous near the 

 Leaves 1 



Stem 1 

 5 ouiH^TLiiiics ^ciucuittte. Leaves 1 — ^3 inches long, 1 Hue wide; 

 sheaths shoiter than the joints ; stipules short, membranous, la- 

 cerate. Flowers 3 — 10, clustered near the summit of each branch ; 

 branches 1 — 10 inches l<^ng, serrulate along the angles, destitute of 

 hair even in the axils. Calyjc, valves lanceolate, compressed, very 

 acute, serrulate along the keel, somewhat ciliafe along the margins ; 

 the exterior a little shorter- Corolla^ ralve sliorter than t\ e cai\x, - 

 concave somewhat acute; tlie margins pubescent. Anthers yellowish. 



Stigmas white. 



Grows in close soils. In dry ground it scarcely exceeds a foot in 

 height, in swamps it grows 2 — 3 feet, with the panicle sometimes 2 



feet long. 

 Flowers Marcli — May. 



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Spring Trichodiiim. 



Perennans. Walt. 

 T. culnio decumbente ; | Stem decumbent ; pan- 

 paniculasubdifFasa,ramis | icle somewhat diffusa 

 verticillatis, tnchotomis- 



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que; floribus racemosis. 



branches verticillate and 



trichotomous 

 racemose. 



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flowers 



Cornucopia perennans. Walt. p. 74, 

 Trichodium decumbens. 



Agrostis anomala. 

 JRoot 



Mich. 1 . p. 73 

 Sp: pi: 1. p. 70. 



Koot creeping, perennial. Stem decumbent, generally about 1 foot 

 »iga, sometimes 2, slender, columnar, glabrous. Leaves 3—6 inches 



long, 1- — 3 lines wide, slishtlv scabri»n<; • clipntli*; lnn*r*»r thnn i\\f^. ioints. 



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3 lines wide, slightly scabrous ; sheaths longer than tlie joints, 

 s; stipules membranous Panicle slender, diffuse, but less so 



wian m the preceding species, and the flowers less clustered at tiic 



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