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viter tried capsula triangulato-prismatica uniloculari ple- 
ue exserta; seminibus hae seu oblongo-linearibus 
multi-costatis minus caudat 
capitulis min ants pauci 
Var. a. acti thaneas phaalibitih humo (Glp-pedalibus) 
erectis; panicule minoris coarctatz ramis erectis ; forum mi- 
» cotinine orr. N. se 2, 327; dom. c. 481; Chap. a 
464, e eh Am. plur. n Michx. 
Vor. 8. brachy pitas: cals elatioribus (13-2}-pedali- 
bus) gradllibus erectis seu descendentibus; panicule majoris 
use ram 
ula 
stramineo fuscata — uscula mucronata breviter exserta 
seminibus ut in var. 
* * Forme capitulis majoribus pluriflori 
Var. as subcaudatus : bagi (1-24-pedalibus) airapostad 
erectis seu decumb $3; panicule effuse ramis pat 
horizontalibas; capitulis pluri-(8-20 )floris ; ‘aati m porn 
sepalis acutissimis ; antheris oblongo-linearibus filamento mul- 
to brevioribus; capsulis demum stramineis plerumque acutatis 
exsertis rarius mucronatis subexsertis; seminibus ber longs 
reticulato-multicostatis in ya ee perbreves atten 
Var. 4. longecaudatus: caulibus (11-3-pedalibus) poets 
ee 
s se obt 
cronatis filamento plerumgue duplo brevioribus; capsulis pris- 
maticis obtusis mucronatis seu rarius acutatis spe fuscatis 
pe in the Gulf States to Louisiana, leaving out the 
This arrangement of the varieties differs somewhat from that previ- 
ously SAODE UE mee vill Meee gweld on herbaria labelled by me. No 
confusion will arise from this if the reader will only substitute “ brachy- 
cephalus” for brevicaudatus patulus 
