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TRIVNDRTA DIGTNIA. 



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.Hoot perennial. Stem 4 — 6 feet high, erect, columnar. Letive& 

 1 — 3 feet long, i inch wide,slightiv channelled, sometimes irregular- 



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•ulate; sheath shorter than the joints} stipules fringed. PanU 



ele pyramidal, the central branches frequently vcrticillate. Calyx & 

 floueredj hermaphrodite and male; accessory valve one third shorter 

 lli.in the others, acuminate, nearly awned; the others concave, acumi- 

 liate. Corolla, valve of the male floret lanceolate, as long as the ca- 

 lyx. Jinthers purple. Stigmas: white ? 



Grows along the margins of tlie salt water. Very common on tlue^ 

 ,sea shore, but not altoiicther confined to saline soils. 



Flowers August 



September, 



Seashore Panicxim.. 



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19. Am ARUM. 



E. 



P. glaberrirnum ; foliis ! Plant very glabrous ; 

 crassis,glaucisqiie; pani- I leaves thick, glaucous; 



panicle appressedj glumes 



cula 



appressa ; 



glumis 



aciiminatis. 



E. 



acuminate. 



Root perennial ? Stem 2—3 feet liigh, columnar, thick, nearly an 

 halt inclx.m diameter. Leaues nearly flat, almost coriaceous, the 

 margins very entire ; sheaths shorter than the joints, tino-ed with yel- 

 ow ; the throat contracted, purple ; stipules villous. Fmiicle lar=re, 

 branches all appressed. Flolv^rs very large. Pec^wncies, which "^in 

 every other species are very scabrous, and generally hairv, are 51a- 

 brous and nearly smooth. Calux 2 flowered, hermaphrodite Incl 

 ma e ; valves glabrous and tinged with purple. Cwolla, valve of tlio 

 male floret as large as those of tlie hermaphrodite. Anthers orano-e- 

 colourcd. Stigmas purple. J^^ctaries 2, ovate at the base of the 



germ 



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Grows among the sand hdls on the sea shore. Leaves excessively 

 intter. \\alter, m his P. coloratum, seems to have confused this witf\ 

 tlie_preceding species. They appear to me very distinct. 



Flowers October. 



Bitkr Panlcum. 



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erecto, ma- 



juscub, foliisque subtus 

 scabriusculis ; panicula 

 niajuscula, pyramidata, 

 patente; floribus ovatis 



acutis, glabi'is. 



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the leave 



pan din 



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flow 



acute, glabi 



surface of 

 rous; pan- 

 midal, ex- 

 ers ovate, 



Hnlr Ir" f^!^ '^'S^V ^.e'-ete, slightly pubescent and scabrous. Leaves 

 ficp n t 1^^' 3,-^.'nc^ics long, acute, glabrous on the upper sur- 



i^tr^f '""^^ ^"''u^ ^'^^^^ '*^^^^«"« «" the under, sharply senulate : 

 «eathi long, but shorter than the joints, striate, pubescent, si' ' ■ ' 



ightly 



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