FESTl'CE.E. 



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M. littoralis Mii,i!('liii. 1. c. 



Ciiliiis lii'iii, iiiucli Itraiichi'd, eivct or crocpin;;, 1 '2-20 cm. liigli. 

 Lear-bliuk's rif,M(l, curved, coiulupliciito, obtuse, uiauy-nerved, 

 luostly crowdcil ou tho short bniuches. Floral gluuie.s \)-\)l- 

 uervt'd above. 



Florida. C'lrti.^s ;504(!, (Utrhw; Texas, T. S. Dcpt. Afjrind 

 r)t;0; southern Caliroruia, I'alinrr 123. 



This has been couipared to IJiilhilifi on account of its unisexual 

 spikelets and cree[)ing iiabit, but the two soxes are very similar to 



Fw. S7.—}fonnnt/ioddo(' Uttoralifi. Spikelets, (After Engel.) 



each other in this genus, and there is no indication in the inflores- 

 cence of any afliiuty with ("hloridoiv. 



102. (314). MUNROA Torr. Pac. R. R. Rcpt. 4: 1-58 (185G). 



Spikelet;; 2-3 to<iether. in small sessile leafy clusters at the 

 ends of numerous branches, each about 3-llowered. rachilla articu- 

 late above the lower gUnnes, the upper flower imperfect. Empty 



