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MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. 
marginatis, compressis, | compressed, two-tooth- 
bidentatis, ciliato ser- ed, ciliate, serrate; 
ratis; squamis mucro- scales mucronate. 
natis. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 231,. Pursh, 1. p. 36. Nutt. 2. p. 204. 
Root perennial. Stem about two feet high, triquetrous, slightly scabrous 
near the summit. Leaves longer than the stem, linear, scabrous along the 
margin, sheathing the stem nearly to the middle. Spikes numerous, the 
upper ones forming a compact cylindrical spike, the lower distinct. Brac- 
teal leaves setaceous, much longer than the spikes. Scales ovate, mucro- 
nate, longer than the corolla. Corolla ovate acuminate* compressed, slightly 
winged, serrulate along the margin, two-cleft at the summit. Seed nearly 
round, compressed. 
Grows in damp soils. 
Flowers April. 
9. Multiflora. 
C. spica oblonga, 
decomposita, spiculis 
ovatis, androgynis, su- 
perne masculis; fructi- 
bus ovatis, acuminatis, 
bicuspidatis; squamis 
ovatis, mucronatis; 
bracteis foliaceis, fili- 
formibus. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 243. Pursh, 1. p. 36. Muhl. Gram. p. 222. Nutt. 2. p» 
204. 
Stem twelve to eighteen inches high, triquetrous, scabrous, particularly 
along the margins. Leaves narrow, somewhat rigid and scabrous, longer 
than the stem. Spike compound. Spikelets numerous, approximate, form- 
ing a somewhat compact, cylindrical, mass of florets. Scales of the fertile 
florets lanceolate, slightly mucronate, somewhat chestnut coloured, with a 
green midrib. Fruit ovate, compressed, scabrous along the margin, when 
mature diverging and nearly as long as the scale. 
Grows in wet lands. In the upper and mountainous districts of Carolina. 
Flowers May. 
Spike oblong, com* 
pound; spikelets ovate, 
androgynous, sterile at 
the summit; fruit o- 
vate, acuminate, two 
pointed; scales ovate, 
mucronate; bracteas 
leafy, filiform. 
