152 TRTA^TIiRIA DIGTNIA. 



Stem 2 feef: liij^h. tcreto. glabrous, naked near tlie summit. Lecm 



setaceous. Fanlck iWii'w^^M ; the primary divisions somewhat verti- 



cillate, the second generally trichotomous. Va!vc« of the calnxmrn- 



branaceous, very acute, unequal ; the interior as long as the florets: 



florets equal in length. Valves of the coro/k equal ; the eitopdr 



valve very acute, haii-y at hasc, v, ith a j^enicidate awn cxtendinji; frfini 



the base nearly twice its ov/n length; interior valve slightly two 

 cleft- " 



I insert this species on the authorlfy of Pursh. Mj spclmensare 

 fro in Pennsylvania. 

 Flowers 



Flexuous Air(L 



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3. PcJRruRE\. Walt. 



A. foliis subulatis ; pani- I Leaves subulate, pai 

 cilia parva.racemosa; co- I cle small, r.^cemose ; co. 

 rolla viHosa-valva cxteri- rolla villous, the cxterioi' 

 ore bifida, aristata. E. | valve two cleft, awned. 



Wak. p. 78. 



jffoof annual ? 5/e?re £feel1iig!i. slender, compressed on one sidc,i 

 little rough on the joints. Leaves Q, — 12 inciics long, 2— 3 lines v.ide» 

 scabrous, liairj on i^we. upper surface, convolute when <lrj ; sheatb 

 shorter than the joints, scabrous; throat hairy. Fankk composed w 

 small racemes, appresscd when young afterwards expanding. Cn^f^'* 

 Talved, 2 flowered, tlse exterior valve small, the inteiior larger: both 

 lanceolate, concave, purple, witli the margins lacerate. Corolla 2 val- 

 vpd ; the exterior valve twice or three times as long as the calyx, nei""' 

 ly lanceolate, deeply two cleft, the midrib extended and form in 2 » 

 short awn, ciliateanti villous along the back ; the interioi a little s.iort- 

 cr, concave, lanceolate, acute, very villous on tiie back ; both purple- 

 tSnthers and stigmas purple. 



This plant has a strong saline taste. 



Grows on the margin of the Ocean among the drift sands. 



Flowers September — October. 



4. Capili.*.cea. LaMarck. 

 A. paniciila capillacea, I Panicle capillary, "'' 

 effusa, ntaxima, fiosculis fuse, very large ; floret 



iiiuticis, calyce lo 



the 



1 ^ 



bus ; altero pediccllato. j calyx, one on a foot 

 La Marck 



stem about 8 inches high, erect. Leavefi narrow, short, gla ^^ 

 .Glunips acute, with the keel rough. Panicle purple, rnrsh. 

 Collected in Carolina, by iVlr.'Fraser, 



Orows on slate hills and sandy pasture?. Pursh-. 



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