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remote. Spikehts turgidly ovate, about a line in length. Glumes 

 dark fuscous. Bristles 6, ? very fragile, scarcely equalling the nut, 

 minutely hispid upward. Stamens 3. Nut less than half a line in 

 length, ovate, flattened, transversely rugose, with minute longitudinal 

 strife. Tubercle very short, compressed. 



Hab. In wet .savannahs. Flowers June — July. 8t. Mary's 

 Florida, Dr. Baldwin; Wilmington, N. Carolina, Cr. Miirtis. 



Obs. The bristles in this species, on account of their extreme 

 fragility, are seldom foimd entire when the fruit is mature. 



10. RhYjVCHOSPORA plumosa, EU. 



R. culmo triquetro foliisque setaceis ; glomerulis paucifloris, ad 

 summitatem culmi subcongestis ; bracteis aristatis ; nuce 

 globuloso-obovata, transversim rugosa, setasplumosas aequan- 

 te ; tuberculo brevissimo. 



J\. plumosa, EUiott, ! Bat. S. Car. ^' Georg. I. p. 58. Rcem. 

 Sf Schult. Mant. II. p. 50. Spreng. Sijst Veg.l. p. 195. 



SchcEnus ciliaris, Mnhl. Grain, p. 11. 



Culm 8 — 12 inches high, triangular, smooth. Leaves setaceous and 

 somewhat rigid, shorter then the culm. Flowers in small fascicles, 

 forming a loose cylindrical spike, sometimes furnished with a sub- 

 remote, pedunculate, axillary spike. Bracts setaceous ; the lower 

 ones an inch or more in length. Glumes fuscous, broad-ovate ; the 

 outer ones mucronate. Bristles 6, plumose, as long as the nut. Nut 

 globosely obovate or ovate, about a line in length. Tubercle short, 

 depressed-conic, apiculate. 



Hab. In dry pine barrens. Flowers from June to August. 

 Charleston, South Carohna, Elliott; Flonda., Dr. Baldwin ; 

 Georgia, Le Conte ; Fayetteville, N. Carolina, Schweinitz; 

 Wilmington, N. Carolina, Mr. Curtis. 



11. Rhynchospora punctata, Ell. 



R. paniculis corymboso-fasciculatis, exserte pedunculatis ; nuce 

 obovato-compressa, reticulato-rugulosa, alveolis impressis, 



