DIADELPHIA OCTANDRIA. 13S 
minent. Stamens 6, very short. Capsule sessile, erect. Seeds slightly 
hispid. 
Grows in soils somewhat sandy. 
Flowers June — July. 
6. Setacea. 
P. caule setaceo, 
subaphyllo, simplici, 
summitate subramoso; 
foliis parvis, setaceis, 
sparsis ; floribus mi- 
nutis, dense spicatis. 
Mich. 2. p. 52. Pursh 2. p. 485 
Stem setaceous, 
nearly leafless, simple, 
sparingly branched 
near the summit ; 
leaves small, seta- 
ceous, scattered; flow- 
ers minute, in a com- 
pact spike. 
Stem erect, angled, divided at the summit into a few long, simple, seta- 
ceous branches, almost aphyllous, bearing a few short scattered bristles., 
Flowers minute, incarnate, not crested. Mich. 
Grows in Carolina. Mich, 
Flowers July — August. 
7 . C RUCIA TA. 
P. caule erecto, ra- 
moso, alato-anguloso; 
foliis quaternis, linear, 
ibus, punctatis ; flori- 
bus confertis, sessili- 
bus, rachi squarrosa. 
Stem erect, branch- 
ing, angled and wing- 
ed ; leaves by fours, 
linear, dotted; flowers 
crowded, sessile, on a 
squarrose rachis. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 897. 
Walt. p. 179. 
Mich. 2. p. 52. Pursh 2. p. 466. 
Stem 8 — 42 inches high, angled, with the angles slightly winged. 
Leaves generally by fours, sometimes an inch and a half long, tapering at 
base. Spike terminal, 1 — 2 inches long. Bracteas persistent. Call/- 
cine wings cordate, ovate, acuminate, mucronate, purple, tinged with 
green. Corolla slightly fimbriate. Capsules small. 
Grows in the upper districts of Carolina and Georgia. 
Flowers June~~Jnly. 
