i40 fRlANDRlA DTGYNIA 



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thick, rufous beard ; valves equal, rigid, rufous, a little sliortcr than 

 tlie caljx : the exterior concave, obscurely S nerved, terminatino- jna 

 lono;, spirallj contorted awn, scabrous and bearded with short hairs 

 at the base ; the Interior abruptly acuminate, terminating in a short 

 awn. Filaments 5^ sliort. Jinthers jeWow. Styles short Mf^ma^ 

 plumose, white. JS^ectavies lanceolate, acute, as long as the styles. 

 Seed cylindrical. 



Grows in rich, shaded highlands; flourishing through the winter. 



Flowers March^ — May. 



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Notwithstanding the aw^n in this plant is slightly bearded at base, 

 and the calyx is rather longer than the corolla^ I still believe it to be 

 tlie original species of Clayton. 



^ 2. Stricta. i-aMarck. 



S. panicula elongata, I Panicle long, narrow; 



angustata j pedunculis ar- I peduncles jointed, very 



ticulatis, strictissimis ; a- [ straight ; awns naked, 



aristis nudisj subflexuosls. | somewhat flexuous. 

 La M. 



Enc. Met. 1. p. 153. 

 This plant has the aspect of an Andropogon. La Mark* 

 Collected in Carolina, by Mr. Fraser. 



3. C\piLL.ARis. La Marck. 

 . S. panicnla capillacea, | Panicle capillary, spread- 



effiisa ; calyce corolla ing ; corolla three times 

 friplo breviore ; aristis [ as long as the calyx ; 

 nudis. LaM. [a^nsnaked. 



Collected in Carolina, by Mr. Fraser. 



Of these two species, inserted from La Marck, I have no correct 

 knowledge. The last seems to resemble the S. sericea of *^''^"; 

 (Agrostis sericea of this work). I have seen in this country no gras? 

 that appears to be a real congener of the S. avenacea. 



ARISTIDA. 



Cfl/z/a:bivalvis. Corol- I Calyx 3 valved. 



(/(?. 



/fl2-valvis;vaIvainteriore rolla two valved ,• ^h^ '"' 

 minima, exteriore aristis, j terior valve very snia») 

 tribu3 terminalibus, I the exterior with 3 ^^^' 



minal awns. 



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