j43G triandhia. digynia 



Panicle capillarr. ex 

 ])auding • peduncles strict 



hairy ; calvx 



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30. Strigosum. Miihl. 



P. paniciila capillari, 

 patente ; pediinculis stric- 

 tis, pilosis ; calycibus a- 



cutis, Ja?vi[)us ; foliorum I smooth : slieaths of Ibe 



vaginfs hirsutissimis. | leaves very hirsute. 



P. capillare, Walt. p. 72. Mich ? 1 p. 47. 



Soot perennial. Stem about a foot high, assurgent ar.d erect, some- 

 limes branched, villous. Leaves 2 — 4 incjjes long, 3—4 lines v,iiie, 

 soraetunes acuminate, flat, ciliate and villous ; slieaths as long as the 

 joints, sometimes longer. Panicle, for the size of the plant, veiy 

 large, much branched. Flowers small. Caii/.v 2 flowered, hennaphro- 

 tiite and neuter ; glumes obovate, nearly glabrous. .Corolh, valve of 

 the neutral floret very small. Jlnthers dark purple. Sf^gmas pale 

 purote ? JS'ecfaries 2, obcordate, longer than the germ. 



Vrom the P. pubescens, it dillers in its leaves, which are wider for 

 ■their len-th, more soft and villous; in its panicle, which is much 

 moi e divided ; in its flowers, which are smaller and more numerous, 



^rows in damp soils, flourishing through the winter. 



llowers April. I/airy -stalked Tankm, 



31, ClLIATUAI. E. 



P. culmodecuinbciite; I Stem decumbent J 



foliis vaginisque glabiis, leaves and sheath gla- 



pulchre ciliatis ; panicula | brous. and fmdy ciliate ; 



pauciftora, patente. E. | panicle few flowered, ex- 



^ panding. 



Root perennial. Stem 4-10 inches high, tercle, smooth. U'^f 



1-2 niches long, 4-6 lines wide, pale green ; sheaths as long as tlie 



joints; stipules merely a lacerated margin. Calu.v 2 flowered, bcr; 



maphrodite and neuter ; accessory valve ovnto, acute, more than ha.f 



the length of the proner valves, glabrous ; proper valves obovate, p"- 



cZut' . u7^^V ^^T^ '^^^ *''^ "^'^^^^ ^^'-^^ small. .Sectaries % ob- 

 cordate, half tiie length of the germ. Anthers and sti^^ms dark pur- 



FIoTr!\^™F ''^' .?«^>i^'»^S t'^rough the winter. ' 

 J-lowers March— Aprd. * ° J^YivredTunhwn. 



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3S, Ensi FOLIUM. Bald. 



P. parvuiiim, glabnim : \ Plant sma 



foliis ovato 



a- leaves ovatc-lanccolute? 



cutlssimis; patentibus ;| y^YY acute, expanding- 



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