ANI)HOPO(U)NK.E. 30 



4. E. strictus Hiildwin, Ell. Bot. S. C. juid Gii. 1:30 (181G). 

 fiarc/iarutn .s/ fiction >«utt. (umi. I : <)») (1818). 



Ci'lins sleiuU'r, i:]()-:240 cm. lii^'h, terete, amootli, slii^^htly luiiry 

 ttt the nodes. Sheaths terete, i:lightly keeled ubove, ^diibrous, 

 nodes minutely pubesrent; ligule 1-'^ mm. long, trnneate; blades 

 smooth. Hat, setaeeo-aeiiminate. iJO-OO cm. long, (j-15 mm. widi', 

 with a narrow base. Panicle 20—10 em. long, l-H cm. wide, all 

 ]>arts more or less red or carmine. Sessile spikelets 10 mm. long, 

 linear-ianceolate; first and second glumes about 10 nnn. long, firm. 

 scabrid, round on the back, involucre of hairs very short or none; 

 lirst oblong-lanceolate when spread. K-uerved, 2-toothed. second 

 ovate-lanceolate, '^-toothed, mucroiuite, third memliranous, linear- 

 lanceolate, T mm. long, 2-3-nerved, fourth shorter, hyaline, :}- 

 nerved, '^-toothed with a straight awn about 'i cm. long; palea 

 2-nerved, hyaline, nerveless. Lodicules truncate. 1 mm. long. 



Texas, XvaUcy; Tenn., Oattliujcr; Fla., Clinpiiiiiii. 



KMver banks. North Caroliiui, Tennessee to Florida and Texas. 



!i. (84, 88). ManisUBIS L. Mant. 2: 104 (ITO:) not Sw. 



nulthn'JUa L. f. Diss. Xov. Gram, n (irTO)- /l<'i>iarfliria R. 

 Br. Prod, --ior (1810), Pharehinis Griseb. PeJfuphom Desv. 



Spikelets in pairs in the alternate notches of the articulate or 

 almost entire rachis of a sim})le spike, the first sessile and embedded 

 in a cavity of the rachis, with one perfect flower and sometimes a 

 staminate one below it. the other on a closely a])pressed or adnato 

 ])cdicel, but often spreading with a staminate or rarely a i)erfect 

 ilower, or reduced to 1-2 empty glumes, ^Phe spike single on each 

 ])eduncle above a sheathing bract and cylindrical or nearly so. 

 Glumes in the sessile spikelet 4, the outer one coriaceous, fiat- 

 tt-ned on the back, closely covering the cavity of the rachis, second 

 tliinner but often firm, concave or keeled, third and fourth and 

 the i)alea hyaline, all awidess. Stamens 3. Styles distinct, 

 (iraiu enclosed, but not adherent. 



In addition to the above from Bentham. our 4 species are 

 smooth, tall perennials, blades compressed and pointed. The 

 second glume of the sessile spikelets ovate, acute, compressed, 

 keeled, 3-nerved, third and fourth glumes aiul the palea ovate. 



