146 



TBlAKDRlA DTGTNIA* 



of a neufral floret. 1 once intended to insert it as a distinct genuf 

 under t!ie name of AlloiatlieroSj from t^^e dissimilarity of its awns not 

 only in position, but in figure. But T have permitted it to remain, as 

 jnv knowledge of the genus is not sufficiently extensive to divide it 

 Tpvith accuracy, or even satisfaction to myself* 

 Grows in dry soils, particularly piiic barrens. 



Flowers September, 



•imbigtioiis ^inJropogon. 



Sjyikcs clustered ; flow- 

 ers solitary, with an in- 



volucrum ; awn \eiy 

 long. 



4. Mf-LANOCARPUS. 



A. spicis fasciculatis ; 



floribus solitariis involu 



ciatis 5 arista longissinia. 

 E. 



Stipa n olanocarpa, Muhl. Cat. 



Itoot perennial ? Stem 2— S feet high, erect columnar, glabrous^ 

 branching. Leaves 4 — 12 inches long, 2 — 4 lines wide, scabrous, 

 stn)ngly marked with the midrib ; sheaths longer than the joints, 

 contracted and a little hairy at the throat ; stipules membranous la- 

 cerate. Flmvers in simple spikes, lateral and terminal, apparently 

 fasciculatej but probably alternate, on small branches Peduncles 1—3 

 inches long, glabrous, *' Spikes many floweredj; the lowest involucrumj 

 longer than the spike, leaf-like, terminating in a lon2:awn; florets 

 on short pedicels, an involucrum attached to each pedicel, leaf-like, 



3—4 tltnftS lonfrpi- tlmn fhp flnrpf. *lif» nnnoi* t\na rtiminicliino- in SIXC 



Calif, 



times longer than the floret, the upper one diminishing in sr^e, 

 two leaved, lanceolate, rather obtuse, cartilaginous, thickly 



but ultimately of a very dark purple, 

 branous ; fr-.ra the base of one ot its valves 



cl(»athed, as well as the stipes, with a short down, rufous at first 



Corolla very small, mem- 

 proceeds an awii twentj 

 times as loner as tlic calyx, contracted, spiral and hairy. 



My specimens were too imppifoct to enable me to examine accu' 

 rately tlie corolla, stamens or styles. 



From specimens collected by II. Habersham, Esq.in the pine bar- 

 rens between Fort Barringtou on tlie Alatamaha, and Jefferson on tha 

 Satilla, Georcria. 



Fiowezs September — October. 



** Species hahitu co?i- \ ** Species agreeing i^ 



formes. 



habit. 



5. ScopAitius. 



Mich. 



A. spids simplicihus, 1 Spikes simple, on pf<^- 

 pedunculatis, ,s;eniinatis. uncles, l)y pairs, form'nS 

 8tii(te paniculatis ; flori- straidit panicles ; flow^^r^ 



bus g;( minis, hei 



aphro- 



<^liio sessilijIanceolatOjar- 



hy pairs, the bermapln'«- 

 dite sessile, lanceolate. 



-ifc. 



