4t)6 HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



ra;pedunculismultifloris; I peduncles many flower- 

 petalis subulatis. Pers. 1. | ed; petals subulate. 



p. 383. 



J. filifoimis, Walt p. 124. 

 , Mich. 1. p. 191. 



Root creeping, perennial, forniins; small'tufts. Stem filiform, 2—6 



feet hieli. terete. e-Iabroiis. p-enp-r 



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weak to support theniselveSj scarcelj nodding. I^loirers in a small 

 lateral panicle, at some distance below the summit of the stem. Leaves 

 of the cali/x ovate, lanceolate, very acute^ the 3 outer leaves longer 

 than the interior. 



Grows in ditches and boj^gj grounds ; not very rare. It has been 

 separated by Rostock from the European filiformiS", witli wliich by 

 preceding writers it had been confounded. It has however been bad- 

 ly named. 



Flowers June — July. 



** Ctilmisfoliosis^ | ** Ste??z leafy. 



4. Tenuis. 



J. culmo folioso, sim- I Stem leafy, simple, tc^ 

 plice, teretiusculo ; fo- I rctc ; leaves channelled ; 

 liis canaliculatis ; corym- J corymb terminal, dicho- 

 bo terminali, dichotomo, j tomous, shorter than the 

 bracteis breviore ; cap- | bracteas ; capsule oblong, 

 sula oblonga, obtusa, pe- I obtuse, shorter than the 

 talis breviore. | petals. 



Pers. 1. p. 385. Sp. pi. 9. p. 214. 



J. bicornis, Mich 1. p. 191. Pursh, I. p. 236. 



Jtoot perennial, cespitose, forming small tuftg. Stem about a foot 

 high, frequently naked. Radical leaves shorter than the stem, can- 

 line leaves longer, all linear subulate, concave, very acute. Stipules 

 membranaceous, 1—2 lines long, bifid. Flowers in the panicle soli- 

 tary, sessile. Two lower leaves of the invulucrnm much longei- than 

 the panicle. Leaves of the calyx linear lanceolate, very acute, the 

 3 exterior a little longer than the interior. Stamens 6. 



Grows in wet pastures ; very common ; remarkable for the strength 

 of its fibre. 



Flowers April^ — May. 



5, DiCHOTOMUS. E. 



J. caule tereti, plerum- [ Stem terete, generally 

 que nudo 5 foliis subtere- naked ; leaves nearly te- 



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