MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. 
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ternis, subsessilibus, 
oblongis; fructibus o- 
vatis obtusissimis, ob- 
tuse triquetris; foliis 
vaginisque hirsutis. 
generally three, nearly 
sessile, oblong; fruit 
ovate, very obtuse, ob- 
tusely triquetrous; 
leaves and sheath hir- 
sute. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 252. Pursh, 1. p. 40. Nutt. 2. p. 204. 
Stem about a foot high, slender, triquetrous, pubescent near the Summit. 
Leaves narrow, rather longer than the stem, somewhat hairy. Spikes three 
to four, the terminal sterile at base, the rest generally fertile, the lower some- 
what cylindrical on short peduncles. Scales of the fertile florets ovate 
mucronate, scarcely as long as the mature fruit. Corolla ovate, nerved. 
In specimens of this plant collected near St. Mary’s, by Dr. Baldwin, the 
leaves are less hairy, and the lateral spikes more nearly sessile, than in those 
I possess from Pennsylvania. 
Grows near St. Mary’s, Georgia. Dr. Baldwin. 
Flowers — 
24. Buxbaumii. Wahlenberg. 
C. spica androgyna 
pedunculata, obovata, 
interne mascula, foe- 
mineis subternis, remo- 
tis sub pedunculatis; 
fructibus ellipticis, tri- 
quetris, obtusis, obso- 
lete bidentatis, squa- 
mam oblongam mu- 
cronatara subaequanti- 
bus. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 252. Pursh, 1. p. 40. Nutt. 2. p. 204. 
Stem one to two feet high, slender, triquetrous, glabrous, somewhat sca- 
brous near the summit. Leaves narrow, long, with the margins scabrous. 
Spikes three or four, the terminal spike with the lower half, or sometimes 
more than half, bearing sterile flowers, the lower spikes generally fertile, erect, 
sessile or on very short peduncles. Scales of both florets in my specimens 
lanceolate, very dark brown, almost black, with a green midrib, very acute, 
rather longer than the fruit. Corolla ovate, compressed, smooth, somewhat 
Androgynous spike 
pedunculate, obovate, 
bearing sterile florets 
at base, fertile florets 
three, remote, on short 
peduncles; fruit elliptic, 
triquetrous, obtuse, 
slightly 2-toothed, as 
long as the oblong, mu- 
cronate scale. 
