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TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA.' 



forming racemes on the long; brandies of the panicle, 

 the exterior valve tiansparent, 5 nerved, very acute. 



Grows in cultivated land. 



Flowers throu-rii the summer. 



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13. NiTlDA. 



E. 



he 



V, culmo 



erecto, gla- 



rn (11 o 



Stem erect, very gla* 



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panicula ma- brous ; pnnicle laige.dif- 



juscula, diffusa, capilla- | fuse, capilJarv, somewhat 

 cea, sii!).verticillata;pe(l- verticillate ;* peduncles 

 imculis praelongis: spicu- j lojiir; spikes lanceolate, 



lis lanceolatis, octofloris. eii^ht flowered. 

 E. 



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Root annual ? Stem 1 foot high, and with tlie whole plant, very ?la. 

 brous. Leaves long, linear, involute wlien dry, scabroti, near the 

 points, with a few hairs at the throat of the sheath. Taniclemj 

 lar^e, 12—18 inches high, expanding. Peduncles 1—3 inches Ion-, 

 capilJarj, very jj;{abrous. Calyjv comprcs.sed, very acute, with t!te 

 keel sharply serrulate. Exterior valve of the corolla conipressetr, 

 very acute, transpareaU, 3 nerved ; keel very finely serrulate; mar. 

 gins rounded. S/ALe 7—9 flowered. 



Grows in cultivated land. Common on Paris Island. 



Flowers throu;;h the summer. 



Smooth-shinins^ Too* 



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14. RcFRACTA. Muhl. Cat 



p. cidmo erecto; pani- 

 cilia diffusa, ramiilis diva- 

 ricatis ; spiculis ramosis, 



lineari-Ianeenlnti* 



Ste m 



ect 



panicle 



ffuse, witii the I)ranche9 

 divaricate : spikes in ra* 



floi 



E 



multi- I cemes, Iinear-Iauccolate 



I 



many l!ovvered 



80 



P. spectabilis, Puish, 1. p. 81. 



J2oof perennial. Stem erect. £ feet high, terete, dabrous. X''ff 

 linear, 6— 10 inches Ion?, 3 lines wide, smooth underneath, slight/ 

 scabrous on the the upper surface, a little hairy ; sheath a.s Ions a^ ^'^^ 

 'oints ; stipules very short, membranous, lacerate. Panicle \^^ 

 iairy in the large axils. Spikes nearly sitfing, 15 to 20 flo\*ered. 

 H^xtenor valve of the corolla compressed, acuminate, 3 nerved, i"''' 

 aments2? *tfKi^ers purple. 



Grows in damp i 



Stigmas plumose, white. 



Fluwers August 



soils, in pine ban eus, and common alon^? roads* 

 —September, Refracted ro* 





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