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TRIANDRIA DIGYN^IA. 



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Root annua! ? Stem procumbent, creeping and aasurgent, 1—3 fcef 

 lon^, a little compressed, very glabrous. Leaves 2—3 inches lonj, 

 J~-5 Unei wide, the under surface slight] v glaucous; sheaths gencrallj 

 •Iiorter than the joints, hairj at base; stipule membi-anous, lacerate. 

 S/jt/ces 20—50, slightly recurved. JRachls wide, keeled, acute, sea- 

 brous, the margins and keel finely serrulate, covering tJie flowers (as 

 wjth a roof), that are arran-ed along its under surface. Cabj.v, glumes 

 ovate, acute, [without a midrib,) dotted, white, with the two inar;jinal 

 nerves green, sprinkled with hair; the exterior valve a little longer, 

 bihd at the summit. Corolla 2 v Ived, a little smaller than the talvx; 

 \^lves ovate, acute, equal, tlse exierior convex, the interior hi 

 JVectanes 2, small, ovate. FUanmits 3. Anthers wh te. Stijles % 

 •horter fhan the corolla. Stigmas feathered, white. Seed nearly oval. 



Grows in the river swamps. Ogechee. 

 Flowers September—November. 



In rice fields. 



Floating Ceresis, 



PHLEUM. Gen. pl. 109. 



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Calyx 2-vaI 

 earis. trunc 



bicuspldatus. Cot'olla 

 clusa. 



i. Pretense. 



apjce 



Caliix ^ valved, sessile, 

 lineal-, truncate, with the 

 siiniir.it 2 pointed. Co- 

 rulla inclosed. 



P 



V-^P 



loi 



e recto. 

 354. 



s pica 



ylind 



Ion 



Spike cylindrical, verf 



1. p 



a? 



ciiiate ; stem 



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1.fp!l r'''''''^^ ^^^™ e^ect, columnar, glabrous. Leaves linear- 

 Mnceolate, serrulate, Hcabrous ; sheaths somewhat scabrous, longer 



h^^n. ''l?'"^!'^ -f ?"'"' membranous, lacerate. Flowers in a ca»- 

 ?! v^t £,.'; T '.■'^''^' ^^^^'•^^^ appressed. Calyx 2 valv*^, 

 lith th!^r I •1'"'^! '"'f^' ^^'« ^■'''^ somewhat aculeate, truncate, 

 CW i o "'f"'', '-'^^'."*^*^ *« a« awn twice ti.e length of the vaWe*. 

 toroUa 2 valvec , much smaller than the calvx. ° j 



From it! ?,^."'^'^'^"'^ I^'^land,originatintf no doubt from imported sej^- 

 Sdsva uaw'T^ "^^"''^''^^d itself on that island, it is probab e tl^ 

 so 1 it w«T ^ K^ """"^^ attention from our farmers- In that barrt» 

 FlowerJ n ? '' '"t";'"^^ exceeding 6~10 inches in height. 



Flowers in June—Julj, 



J^hadow Bileum-'Tiwom' 



ALOPECURUS. 



C(7??ya; s-valvis. CoroU 



Gen. PL, iOS. 



Cahjx s valved, 

 la i valved. 



C^rol* 



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