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wrple. Sllgmas purple. A'^ecfaniim a two lobed gland, nearly as 



oi< as tlie ":erin. 

 Allied to the g;enu^-]MiHiim. 



Grows in tlie vallies of the sea IslaiuUj on Chaplin's Island paiii-* 

 cilarly. Plant suit and bitter. 



Flowers August — September. Soft Faniciinu 



a. Gymnocarpcn. E. 



P? spicis paniculatis ; 

 s*|)iculis biseriatis, paiici- 

 lloris ; calycis valvis sub- 

 fcqualibus, patentibus, 

 corolla miilto longiori- 

 bus. E. 



Spikes paniculate ; 

 spikelets in two rows, 

 few flowered ; valv cs of 

 the calyx nearly equal, 

 expanding, much longer 

 than the corolla. 



Root fibrous, perennial. Stem erect, 2—4 feet high, triquetrous ? "-la- 

 brous. Leaves 12--14 inches long, cordate, glabrous, with the marSns 

 f hneiy serrulate ; sheaths as long as the joints, striate ; stipules obso- 

 lete, lanide simple ; branches ciustereil, opposite, or alternate. 

 Moiver.<i in two rows, on one side' of the branches, in small spikes 

 o—a tlowered. Cabjx ? valved ; valves lanceolate, 3 nerved, slight- 

 I ^^f^^.'l' "early of an equal length; the interior with the point 

 shghtlv inflected. Corolla 2 valved, not half as long as the calyx • 

 the va ves equal, cartilaginous. Jnthers and Stigmas ? purple. As 

 the valves of tlie calyx do not close, the seed as it matures becomes 

 very conspicuous,;as in Scleria. 



From specimens collected near Savannah, by Dr. Baldwin 



flowers August— September. 



** Paniculate. \ , ** Flowers in pariides, 



a, I'lonbus confertis a. Flowers croxvded in 

 racemosis. j racemes, ^ 



^ iS. Geniculatum. Muhl. Cat. 



P. culmoassurgenti, I Stem assurgent, ceni- 

 gemcuato, glabenimo ; | cuiate, very glabrous,- 

 panicalisternunalibus,ax- I panicle terminal and ax- 

 llanbusque, diffusis, pa- | ilkry, diffuse and ex. 

 lentibus ; vaginis folio- | panding ; sheaths of tlie 



inflatis. E. I leaves inflated 



P. dichotomiflorum ? Mich. 1. p. 48. 

 i'.mdiaceum, Walt. p. 72. 



"ictta XmLr^*''" ^""^ tt '"§'^' sometimes at base nearly « 



m diameter, very much bent and brauching at every joint* 



