214 SPARTINA STRICTA. 
three; stigmas plumose; anthers upright and linear; base cloven; 
apex somewhat pointed; filaments lengthy and plumose. Length 
from ten to twenty inches. Root perennial, fibrous, and creeping. 
Flowers in August, and ripens its seed in the second week 
of September. 
The specimen for illustration was gathered at Camsshore, 
near Fareham, by Mr. W. L. Notcutt. 
