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1S3 TRIANDRIV DIGYNIA* 



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scabrous? contracted and hairj at the throat. Fcinicle lar^e, 8— la 

 inches lon^, diffused, the branches gkibrous. Flowers of a midJIlug 

 . -size, glabrous. 



In habit resembles P. virfi;atum, but every way smaller ; differs also 

 in its pubescent stem and leaves. 



Sent to me from Savannah by Dr. Baldwin. 



Flowers ffoic^h -stemmed Fanmim. 



21. Nervosum. Miihl. 



P. culnio ci^ecto, gla- [ Stem erect, glabrous; 

 bro ; foliis lanceolatis, leaves lanceolate, very 



aciitissimis,nervosis, sub- [ acute, nerved, sliglitl) 



cordatis, basi vaginaque I cordate, tlie base and 



ciUatis ; panicula difTiisa : [ sheath ciliatc ; panicle 



flori]>us maJLisciilis. E, | diflfLiscd ; flow 



P. brevi folium ? \^"ult. p. 73. 



Perenuuil. _ Stem about 2 feet liij^fi, terete, ,i;labrous. leaves lan- 

 ceolate, 3— .-> inclies ion;;, scabrous on tlie upper surface and margin!, 

 glabrous imtlerneath, fringed at the base and along the margins of the 

 siieatb; stipules obsolete ; ner\TS of the leaves more conspicuous than 

 usual iu this genus, ranide diffused. Flau-ers on slender nedtiQ- 

 cles, pubescent, rather large. Jl ihers and «jV?iifls dark purple. 



This species has some resembhincc to P. lutifoiium, but is tallfrpta 

 leaves are narrou'er and less cordate ; its panicle larger, while the 

 flowers are smaller, and do not form such re"-ular racemes on tiie 

 lower branches. . ° 



Grows in drj, shaded soils. 



Flowers Maj— Julj. J^erved-Iecf runicmu 



Sa. IJ.IULTIFLOUUM. E. 



P. culmo erecto, sim- | 8ieni erect, siinp^^ 



plici, glabro ; foliis lato- glabrous ; leaves broafl 



knceolatis, basi pilosis ; | lanceolate, hairy at base; 



panicula ramosisslnia, pa- panicle much l^rancliet' 

 tente; floribus parvidis, 

 pubescentibus. E. 



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pubescent 



^,H.l?^"'^ ^^'f ^"^ ^^^* ^%^ terete, glabrous, learns ^i^ 

 laches long wide, glabrous, smooth, with ?hc edges scabrous, a"*! 



t^T k ''^?'t *'.^''^^''"- ^^''''''' '^^ ^ ^ous panicle, much div'M 



small, lahniif tka oi..^ „f i! r- «i . , . ».* . ' . ...-i Jic 



small, (about the sixe oil 

 c^-sor// valve of the cafn 

 purple. 



Grows in «1 aded, dry soil?. 



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blowers May-July. " " .iravy.Jloivered rankwn. 





