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HEXANDRIxl MONOGYNIA. 



composita ; capitulis miil- | panicle decompound 

 *^"—]s ; capsiilis aculis, { heads many flowered 



tifloi 



caljce long 



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. Mich. 1. p. 192 



Perennial, large, 

 sed 



psules acute 

 than the calyx. 



Pursli, 1. p 23 



Ion- 



issiToiius. rursji, 1. p :^o/. ^ 



4 feet high, terete, ghVbrous, compress 



Leaves coinpressedj acute, thick, 6 



24 inches 



long, with a short nudose sheatli at base j heads globese, one sessile 

 in each division of the panicle. Bractea mucronate. Leaves of the 

 calyx very acute, nearly equal, the exterior broader than the interior. 

 Stamens 3. 



Michaux has confounded two very distinct plants under his J. poly- 

 cephalos. I have retained his name to- his first variety, though J. 

 gladiatus would have been nsore characteristick. 



Grows in ditches and wet places ; Chatham county, ueorgia. 



Flowers May — June. 



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J. capitulis panels, g 

 bosis, majuscnliSj subs 

 silibusi multifloris*; ca 

 cis foliolis inteiioribus i 



ibus 



fol i is 



Heads few, globose, large 



ly sessile, many flow 



; interior leaves 

 dyx smallest; leav 



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ed 



nodos 



etibus, terete, 



with 



knot-like 



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192 



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23r. 



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Boot thick, somewhat tuberous, creeping, Stevi about 2 leet lug 

 terete, glabrous. Leaves shorter than the stem, terete, acute, nodose^ 

 ^'ith a short sheath at base. Flowers in a few (3—5) large, terminal 

 heads. Leaves of the calyx narrow, subulate, acute, rigid, btat^^^^ 



Capsule 3 angled, •acute, as long as the calyx. ^ , 



Grpws in wet soils, around ponds, back waters, &c. on some of tnc 

 hunting islands very common. 

 Flowers May — August. 



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*** Capsiilis S'spermis. \ *** Capsules 3 seedel 



13. CAMrESTitrs. 



J. foliis planis, pilosis ; | Leaves flat, hairy ; spil^cs 

 spicis pedunculatisj urn- | peduncled, nmbelied, the 

 bellatis, intermedia ses- | intermediate one sessile; 

 sili ; calycinis foliolismu- I leaves of the calyx n^^^* 



cronatis, capsula longio- j 

 ribus. 



cronate, longer 



Sp. pi. ^. p. 231. I capsule. 



Walt. p. 125. Mich. 1. p. 190. Pursh, J. p. 258. 



than the 



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