MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. 
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h 17. Scop aria. 
C. spiculis subquinis, 
alternis, ellipticis, ob- 
tusis, subapproximatis; 
fructibus ovato-Ianceo- 
latis, marginatis, bicus- 
pidatis; bracteis ob- 
longis, raucronatis. 
Spikes generally 5, 
alternate, elliptic, ob- 
tuse, approximate; 
fruit ovate lanceolate, 
winged, two-pointed; 
bracteas oblong, mu- 
cronate. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 230. Pursh, 1. p. 37* Nutt. 2. p. 204. 
Stem one to two feet high, obtusely triquetrous. Leaves linear, channel- 
led, with the margins and keel scabrous towards the summit, closely sheath- 
ing the stem at base. Spikes five to eight, approximate, distinct, lanceolate, 
sessile, all surrounded at base with a few sterile florets. Lower bracteal 
leaves longer than the spikes, the upper shorter. Scales ovate, membrana- 
ceous, rather acute, white with the midrib green, about as long as the corol- 
la. Corolla ovate, compressed, tapering at the summit, slightly two-cleft, 
acutely serrulate. Stigmas two, long. 
This species, perhaps the most common in our low country, appears to 
vary with spikes lanceolate, nearly round, (perhaps from age,) and some- 
times obovate. It appears almost to be intermediate between the C. Sco 
paria and Straminea of the northern states. 
Grows every where in damp soils. 
Flowers April — June. 
18. Festucacea? 
rl 
C. spiculis subocto- 
nis, subapproximatis, 
alternis, cylindraceis; 
fructibus subrotundo- 
ovatis, rostratis, biden- 
tatis, margine ciliato- 
serratis, squama lan- 
ceolata mucronata ma- 
joribus. 
Spikes generally 8, 
approximate, alternate, 
cylindrical; fruit ovate, 
nearly round, beaked, 
two-toothed, ciliate ser- 
rate along the margin, 
larger than the lanceo- 
late, mucronate scale. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 242. Pursh, l. p. 38. Nutt. 2. p. 204. 
Root perennial. Stem twelve to eighteen inches high, very slender, tri- 
quetrous, scabrous on the margins. Leaves narrow, about as long as the 
stem. Flowers in linear spikes, generally approximate, sometimes patent, 
