TUIANDRIA PIGYNIA. 127 



panicle small, few flowerb- 

 ed ; flowers somewhat 



ovatC) pubescent. 



|)aTricula parviila, pauei- 

 flora ; fioribiis subovatis, 

 pubcscentibus. E, 



Perennial. Stem slender, 12 — 18 inches high, naked" near the snm- 

 teit. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, tapering to an acute point, glabrous ; 

 shcatiis short, ghibrous. Fanicle vo^ry small. Flowers small, ovate or 

 oval, slightly pubescent. 



This seems to be an intermediate species between P.ciliatum, and 



P. nitidum. 



Grows in damp soils, flonrishinj; tliroudi the winter. Georiiia, Dr.- 



alwii). 



Flowers Anril—:Maj. SworiUleaved FanUim, 



33. Barbulatum. Mic 

 P. panicuk composita, 

 patentej foHis ovato-lan-' 

 ceolutis,' puulo acumina- 

 tis, sulxlivaricatis ; culini 

 nodis barbatis. E. 



Midi. 1. p. 49. 



Panicle conipoiindj ex- 

 panding ; leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, sligbtly acii- 

 Hiinatc, somewhat diva- 

 ricate ; joints of the stem 

 bearded. 



Itoot perennial. Stem slender, generally erect, sometimes -enlcti 

 late branchm? near the base, glabrous except at the joints. %ave 



^Ir^r V ^^' I^^K'f ' "°* ^'^-^""^"^'J' frequentl/nndulate, hori- 

 Irm "r^,^'7™^^,«'.^t base contracted, almost cordafe ; sheath .L 



W ' l\ *''" 'f^f ^"^' "^"^^ ^''^ **'™'^t ciJiate. Flowns .mall 

 talljx 2 flowered, hennaplirodite and neuter, pubescent. Co X 



*.um.,bma!l. JlnthersvLnA stigmas ^wvvAg. 



cleSS . f V? '"r 'r ^ ^''^^^'- "'' "^^'' ^"^ ^^^^^ ^hc size of thr plant 

 P f lA;U>7stSr" 7.r'^ >:"^f resembUn. the BarbulK 



rlceS '"''"^ -il«. around pine barrcnponds. Along the dams of 



^'lowers April~J 



iCHW 



31. MiCROCABPOW. Mulll 



P- panicula capillaii, 



van-o.; nv, . "T.' P^'"'''' capillary, li^ucli 

 rai.iosi.s,nia,patcntc; flo- I diviaeil, expindins; flow- 



