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MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. 
ff Spicis pluribus, 
jloribus superioribus 
masculis. 
f f Spikes numerous, 
the upper flowers ste- 
rile. 
5 . Bromoides. 
C. spiculis oblongis, 
alter nis, remoliuscu- 
lis, sessilibus; capsulis 
oblongis, acuminatis, 
rostratis, bicuspidatis; 
squarais, oblongis mu- 
cronatis. 
Spikes oblong, al- 
ternate, remote, nearly 
sessile; capsules oblong, 
acuminate, beaked, 
two-pointed, scales ob- 
long, acuminate. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 258. Pursh, 1. p. 35. Nutt. 2. p. 204. 
Root perennial. Stem slender, triquetrous, about a foot high, scabrous 
along the angles. Leaves linear, as long or longer than the stem, slightly 
scabrous along the margins. Floivers in numerous, somewhat linear spikes, 
the upper ones crowded, the lower rather distant. (Sterile spike linear, 
inserted beneath the terminal female spike, caducous. Willd.) The fertile 
florets numerous. Bracteal leaf at the base of each spike, small, ovate, with 
a setaceous point, the lowest one much longer than the spike, the upper 
ones shorter. Scales of the fertile florets oblong lanceolate, mucronate, 
membranaceous, shorter than the corolla. Corolla ovate, slightly acumi- 
nate, bifid at the summit, nerved. Stigmas two. Seed oval, compressed. 
Grows ih damp soils — near Ashepoo along the road side. 
Flowers in April. 
6. Retroflexa. Muhl. 
G. spica androgyna, 
composita; spiculis sub- 
quaternis, remotiuscu- 
lis, superne masculis; 
fructibus ovatis, biden- 
tatis, margine glabris, 
reflexo patentibus; 
squamis oblongo-lance- 
olatis. 
Spike androgynous, 
compound; spikes gen- 
erally four, somewhat 
distant, sterile at the 
summit; fruit ovate, 
two-toothed, glabrous 
on the margin, reflex- 
ed; scales oblong, lan- 
ceolate. 
