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IIEXANDRIA TRIGYNIA. ^ 



sula oblonga, apicihus ap- [ long, with 'the summit 

 pressis ; seminibus li- appressed ; seeds linear. 

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Mich. 1. p. £12. Pursh, l.p. 242. ■' \ : ' 



Root fibrous, perennial. Stem about 2 feet liigli, terete, <rhhmt 

 /.eaves very lonji;, Iiuear, acute, much narrower than in the nrece iii<^ 

 species; upper leaves i.inute. Floicers in a terinlnal. simple ra' 

 ceme; peduncles longer than the no^vers. Petals persistent. Va- 

 mens onger than the petals. Capsnles 3, twice as ion? as the ratals, 

 3 an?Ied, acute, coiierui- to the very summit, f'^eeds linear. Mich,] 

 ' (jrows in damp soils, generally in piue barrens. 



r lowers May — June. 



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H. scapo folioso ; ra- I Scape leafy ; raceme 



mo o!)longo, conferto ; \ oblong, crowded ; f)rac- 



bracteis setaceis ; fila- | teas setaceous ; filaments 



wide at base, as long as 

 roUam sequantibas ; fo- ] the corolla ; leaves subu- 



liis subulato-setaceis.-— J late, setaceous. 



Pursh, 1. p. 243. 



Sp. pi. 2. p. 275. 



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Root bulbous .? Flowers white, small. Pursh. 



Grows on tlie sandy plains of New-Jersey and Carolina. Pursh. 



t lowers Mav — June. 



4. DuBiA. Mich. 



H .? foliis angustis- [ Leaves grass-like, verj 

 sime longissiincque gra- | long and narrow ; scape 

 mineis; scapo nudo ; spi- I naked ; spike slender ; 

 ca gracih ; floribus par- | flo^Ver3 small sessile. 

 Vie, sessilibus. Mich. i. 



p. SI3. 



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Pursh, 1. p, 244, 

 ^ Stem 2^2i feet high. Fruit unT^nown. Mich- 



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