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TRLVNDRTA DIGYNIA, 



4 



ribiis ovalibiis, liiinutis 



crs 



Sl 



al, rainute, ^la- 



foliis lineari-lan- brous : leaves linear-Ian- 



imis 



E 



olate, very 



Stejii erect, terete, glabrous, villous at tlie joints, with large'leaves 

 t(> tlie base of the panicle. , Leaves 4 inches long, 4 — 5 lines wide, 



finely berru late, very acute, generally reflexe«l : sheatJis shorter than 



tlie joints, a little hairy at the throat. CaUjoc tinged witli purple; 

 accessory valve minute, acute. 



FLoicera oblong, jrlabrous. 



From the P, nitidum, this species differs by its flower?, which are 

 Jarger, 2:labrnu9, and oblong; from P. baibulafum, which it strongly 

 resendiies. it differs by its larger panicles and leaves, its glabrous: 



flowers, and a more leafy stem. 



FJowers 



Small-fl 



85. NiTIDU] 



p. culnio g 



La Marck 



fulii 



^ " 7 



iiean-lanceolatis • pani- 

 ciila ran;osisrima, capilla- 

 ri : floribus obovatis, mi- 



Stem slender, sparing- 

 bran cIieiT, glabrous j 



leaves linear-lanceolate; 



nutis. 



E 



e very mucn 

 pillary; flow 



dlv 



bovate 



Moot perennial. Stem erect, brunchins: near the base, nearly naked 

 at the summit, terete, glabrous. Leaves \evy acute, sharply serru- 

 late, a little scabrous, expanding, sometimes reflexetl ; sheaths shorter 

 than the joints, opesi, hairy at "the throat. Fanicle diffused, eac.i 

 branch much divided from its base. Flowers slightly obovate, nearly 

 spherical, pubescent, very small and numerous." Calyx purple, the 

 accessory valve very minute. Jlnthers and Stigmas dark purple. 



Resembles P. barbulatum in habit, but the flowers arc smaller, more 



numerous, and the joints destitute of a beard. 

 Grows in close, damp soils. 



Flowers April— May. . Smallest -floicered Tanknm. 



86. Melicariu3l 



Mich. 



P. caiile debili ; foUis 



Stem 



weak ; 



leave 



angustis ; panicula con- f narrow ; panicle contract 



tracta; glumis membra- 

 iiaceis, lanccolatis, suba- 

 qualibus ; rudiniento flos- 



ed; glumes membranous, 

 lanceolate, nearly equal; 

 rudiments of a floret on 



culi stipitato. Pers. i. | a short footsalk. 



p. 84. 



Mich. 1 . p. 50. 



