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TIIIANDRIA DIGYNIA. . i23 



23. Ovale. 



R piibescens ; paiiica- | Pubescent ; panicle 

 la diffusa ; floribiis oblon- diflrused ; howers oblon.sj. 



giSj ovalibus, pilosis ; foliis 



ovato^lanceolatis, subcor- 

 daljs. 





oval, hai!7 ; leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, slightly cor- 

 date. 



stem 1 — 2 feet Iiighj terete. Leaves 5 — 4 inches long 4 — 6 HneS 

 M'iile, haiiy at base, and more cordate tlian usual in grasses^; sheatli 

 shorter than the joints, except the upper ones, which arc sometimes 

 crowded, contracted at the throat, l^anich many flowered, hhivevH 

 "when young elliptic. Accessory valves of the cahjx about one third 

 the length of the real valves. ' 



Tliis species is distinguislicd among my specimens by tlie figure of 

 its flowers. It varies mucli in pubescence ; some specimens being 

 villous in every part^ and others almost glabrous j the calyx is always 



hairy. 



Grows in Carolina and Georgia. Sent from St. IMarj's, Georgia, 

 by Or. Baldwin. 



J^lowers ' 



Oi'ol-jiowcred Fa n ic um. 



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P. piibesceas; panicii- ] Pubescent; panide 

 la diffusa, subcapillari ; diiTused, somev/Iiat capil- 

 floiibus ovalibus, parvii- lary : flowers oval, small : 



J'S 5 lOllio uii^UOtU-ltlMtA:- 



oktis; vaginis collo vil- 

 losis. E. ^ 



leaves narrow lasiceo- 

 late; sheaths villous at 

 the throat. 



Kneiinial. Stem 1—2 feet hio-h, pubescent, lioarj. Zrai-es linear 

 or narrow-lanceolate, acute, cloatlied witii s!<.or't down ? slicatlis short^a- 

 ;"^u the joints, very hairy or woglly at and near tlie tliroat. Fanide 

 expaudi.ig. ^lowers Bmall, obovatc, nearly round. 



lais IS an intermediate species between P.vlscidum and P. stri- 

 go^uni smaller tlian the former, and every %vav lar-or than tlio lat- 

 ^«. Ihe pedunc.es, Mhich are bairy in the P. stri.i;os«ui, are smootli 

 ^lhKu^P?''^i • l^^J^'^'P are scarcely half as iaroe as those ol the P. 



ih el?;! 'i '' u-?^' "' ^'""''^ '"'"'' resemblance, and s,ualler thaa 

 niu^e ot the P. luultiflorani. 



lirows in Georgia. Sent to me by Dr. Baldwin. 



Woulbj-.jointed Funic iim. 



ViSClDUM. E. 



P. piibeiitissimum, can- ! Whole plant vcrv 



esccus, viscidum : culmo | downy, hoary, glutinous" 



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