/ 



^ 



i2% 



TRiANDRIA DIGINIA. 



infra 



labro. 



S 



nodos annuJatim 



E. 



the stem beneath each 



joint 



marked with a 



Mich. I. p. 49. 



smooth ling. 



i feet !)igli,l)rauch- 



ing, v.scirt, particuiarlj near tlie joints, just below each jointarin- 

 a.o a ^ hnes « ide, appears smooth, though it is not entirely so. Lera-es 

 3--t)incIjes long. 1 — li inch wide, a'little cordate, very soft, fringed, 

 sometimes undulate; sheaths \ sdd. Panicle expanding. Flow- 

 ers rather distant, obovate, of a middling sixe. Caht.v 2 flowered, 

 iicmuiplirodite and neuter, pubescent. Coro/Zo, valve*'cf the neutrid 



H 



. Anthers and Stiz'mas purple, 



^ro'.vs in damp, close soils. -Stem sometimes perenniaf. 

 flowers June. Viscid Fanicim 



26. DiCHOTOM 



P. procumbens 



Pl 



; pani- 



cidmo sii- 



I'rocumbent 



J 



panicle 



perne dicliotomo ; 

 lis fascicidatis. E 



Sp. pl. l.p. S46. 

 t^lajton, p. 12. No. 458. 



J 



stem dichoto 



mo 



above 



fascicul 



? 



bi 



* 



fiooi perennial. &tem somewhat perennial, 9 feet high, geniciilafe, 



llnZT,^' o "'^V ^^}''^ ^""P'^' 'n«ch branclicd towards the summit. 

 demies 1 — o incUes lonir. 2 — 4 IJ.ipc x.,«u fi«„i^ »„„..,.io+„ flnf. rloafn- 



i L!3 I'.l^ •J" 



■4 lines wide, finely serrulate, flat, cloaW' 



p,l p„„. , ' — -""J ; sheath short and hair/; stipules beard/ 



d itV nnH n "." ""^"n ,^"^"^-^'"« Small. CV,/».r 2 floNvered, hermaphro- 

 dite and neuter, .lathers and Sti'nna^ nurnle 



^:Stua';•"" ^^^^ P'^"* '^ al.m:t'7ab;o«s ; in pastures and 

 poi^ea situations verv n., «.l:^«.,* * ' * 



exposed situations very pubescent. 

 iTrovvs in pastures and woods. 

 V lowers June— October. 



Common. 



»Muny-hranched FunicuW' 



27. ViLLOSlJM. 



K 



P. villosum ; cubiio e- 



Wbole plant villous; 



recto, subramoso ; pani- stem erect, a little branch 



tula paiiclflora ; floribus 



€bovatis 



plains, rigidis. 



foliis 



ed ; panicle few flowered j 



erectis, flovvers obovate 



9 



leaved 



Jloot perennial. Sinn erect, 1 



^ery villous at the jo nts. Leca-es 

 ^•^t, erect, hnely berruhif 



erect, fiat, rigid. 



2 feet high, srightlj gcDiculajJ' 



fin.i - , . , - - ^^5 inches long, 3—4 lines f 'Jf- 

 hnely serrulate, hairy} sheaths shot te? than the J0i«^'' 



