10d 



I*RIANDRIA -DlGYmAt 



POA. 



Calyx 2-valvis, multi- 



Calyx S-valved, many 



floiu 



H. 



Spicula ovata ; flowered. Spikes oyate ; 



valvulisniarginescariosisj valves somewhat acute, 



acutiusculis. 



. 1. Capillaris. 



P. panicula laxa, pa- 

 te ritissi ma, capillari ; spi- 

 culis 3 — 5-flojis; floribus 



and scaiious 

 margin. 



along the 



Panicle loose, expand 



3 



capillary ; 



spikes 



5 -flowered ; flowei-s 



pubescentibus ; foliis pi- j pubescent; leaves hair} ,* 



losis ,• culnio famosissi- | stem much branched. 



1110. 



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Sp. pi. p. 394. Clajt. p. 13. No. 580. 

 Pursh, flor. Araer. Sept. 1. p. 79. 

 Walt. p. 80 ? 



Stem 1<2 — 18 inches high, glabrous. Leaves linear, sliorf, nafj 

 sheaths longer than the joints, hairy at the throat. Panicle diffuse, 



S 



fpreacling, on short, somewhat rigid peduncles. Spikes 

 «d, purple. Valves of the calyx and corolla acute, pubescent. 

 Inhabits Carolina. Muhl. Pursh. 



.5-flo\vtr* 



Flowers June — August. 



Eair-panicUd Foal 



2. Tenuis. 



P. panicula 



E. 



ramosissi 



ma, patentissimay capilla 



31 



spiculis trifloris, gla- 



bris, Jonge pedur 

 is iinearibus 



foliis 

 long 



E 



P 



Panicle branching. 



pandin 



O" 



pillaryjspikf 



s 



flowered, glabrou 



long ped 



leaves 



y Ion 



jsse^ 5 



Boot perennial ? Stem 12 — 18 inches hidi? somewhat coinpre: ^^ 

 glabrous, much branched from the root. Leaves 10 — -15 incn^s &' 

 linear, scabrous, thinly sprinkled along the edges with long ^^_^^ 

 sheath longer than the joints, open, at i\\e, throat hairy, hairs ^-' 



Panicle very large, diffuse, truly capillary. ^^d^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^\^^i 

 verticillate, very loiiy: and fine. S)?i7r^/^f s 5-flowered ; the ^|V^^'gJJ^g.. 



suuietiiaes l-flowered ; florets more remote than usual in tins g 



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