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150 ' TRTVTs^DRIA DTGYNIA. 



the leaves, yarying^ however in tlieir rouo;hnesg5 villous alon^^tb 



margins. T^lowers in clusteied panicles, terminal and lateral' but 



generally near tlie summit of the stem. Spiken 3—5 or more, from 



each joint, every spike however provided with a linear sheath about 



Its own length. Peduncles hairy below the sheath. Pedicel of the 



neutral floret longer than the hermaphrodite, hairy. Awn straight, 



S or 4 times as long as the calyx, ^tamitn 1. Jiuther and <siis:mas 

 j^ellow. , ® 



Varies, (Glaucopsis), with leaves very glabrous,2;l aucous, and the 

 peduncles less clustered. Perhaps a distinct species. 



Grows in damp soils. 

 ^Flowers October. 



-flowered 



11. Tetrastactiyus. E. 



A. panicula gracili, e- I Panicle slender, erect; 

 recta ; spids soHtaiiis, ( spikes solitary, 4 cleft; 

 quadrifidis;flori!)us gem- flowers by pairs, the 

 inatis, hermapiodito aiis- | hermaphrodite awned ; 

 tato ; fohis pilosis. E. I leaves hairy. 



erally 4, as if twice divided, rarely 2. Valves of the cahjx serrulatt 

 ahtng the margins, surrounded at base with a short iiairy iuvolucrum 

 ■>awn strai<;ht, scabrous, ■'tamen one. 



Grows ill damp pine barrens, near Charleston. 



flowers October. Pour-spiked Judroposoiu 



i3. FuRCATus, Muhl. 



A. spicis digitatis, sub- [ Spikes digitate, gem- 

 quaternis, terminalibus ; | rallv bv fours, terminal? 

 floribus geminatis, her- | flowers in pairs, the her- 



maphrodito sessili, arista- i maphrodite sessile, a wn- 

 to, masculo mutico, pedi- | ed, the male unawti; ", 

 cillato ; rachi pilosa. Sp. | pedicelled ; racliis bairf. 



pi. 4. p. 919. 



Perennial. Stem 2—3 feet high, glabrous. Leave* ..■'—' - - 

 per ones short, somewhat glabrous ; sheaths glabrous. '*'7?'"^'^* ^^ , 

 nal, 3 or 4, 3—4 inches long. Valves of the hermaphrodite Hoj-^ 

 sharply serrulate alon- the angles, equal. Corolla smaUrr. ^' 



Slightly contorted, about 3 times as long as the calyx. i*ediccl ot w"> 



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