40S 



hexandbia monogynia. 



panicula 



ta, 

 bjfl 



pa 



E 



§ 



d 



g 



5 decoinponn'^ 

 fascicles 2-floweii 



Roof bulbous or tuberous, perennial. Stem terete, frequently fnr- 

 rowed on one side, leafy, glabrous, 

 what rigid, eiect, acute, sheathing at base. 



Leaves nbout a foot long, soine- 

 ^ ^u ^^^^, Stipule short, membra^ 

 Jiaceous. ramcle 6 8 inches long: fiiscicles terminal, and in cacli 

 division of the panicle. Involucrnm shorter than the panicle. Leave* 

 of the calyx lanceolate, green along the midrib, ferruginous on the 

 sides, the S inteiior shorter than the exterior, and membranous along 

 <he margins. Stamens 3. Capsule obovate, truncate, a little sliorter 

 liian the calyx. 



Fascicles containing 3 flowers sometimes occur. 



Grows in ditches, around ponds, &c. 10 miles from Savannali, on 



(he road to Augusta. 



Near Charleston. 



May 



8. AnisT 



JVJich 



J. radice hulbosa ; cuK 

 mo ereclo, cojiinresso ; 



foli 

 culati 



r> 



? 



bcanali 

 panicula compo 



6ita ; floi'ibus triandris ; 

 foliolis calvcis exterioii- 



% 



Root bulbous ; stem e, 

 rcct, compressed ; Itaves, 

 narrow, sligbtly cliannel- 

 led ; panicle conipound ; 

 floweis triandrous ; exte- 



w 



lior leaves of the i'aI)X 

 and the biactcas a^viied. 



;.V' 



bus bracteisque arista 

 Mch. 1 p. iu^. 



Pursh, 1. p. 237. 



J. triglumis, Walt, p 124. 



J. ma>giiiatus, Muhl. Cat. 



Bt^em 2 -3 feet high, a little compressed, ternanating at base in 8 

 amall solid hulb or tuber. Leaves flat, nerveiL t'-labrous, with a short 

 flheath at base Howern in a termiiial nauicle: the fascicles 3— 5 

 flowered. The exterior leaves (»f tl ' ' " " ' * ^"-^'■'' 

 Capsule obovate. 



Gro^vs in damp soils. Common, 



Flowers Maj 



•»i 



une 



^ 



\ 



f 



1 



-J 



9. Repens. 



Mich. 



A 



J. repens ; culmo gen- 

 iculato, ramoso ; foliis li- 



iieaiibus, planis : fascicu- 



Creeping ; stem 



fljeni 



culate, branching ; leaves 

 linear, flat : fascicles iat- 



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