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MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. 
30. Lupulina. 
C. spicis foemineis 
tribus,pedunculatis, ob- 
Jongis, approximatis; 
bracteis longissimis, 
foliaceis; fructibus o- 
vatis, ventricosis, ner- 
vosis, longissime coni- 
co-rostratis, ore bicus- 
pidatis, squama ovata 
mucronata multoties 
longioribus. 
Fertile spikes three, 
oblong, approximate, 
with inclosed pedun- 
cles; bracteas very 
long, leaflike; fruit o- 
vate, ventricose, nerv- 
ed, with long, conical, 
2-pointed beaks, much 
longer thin the ovate 
mucronate scale. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 266. Pursh, 1. p. 41. Mubl. Gram. p. 241. Nutt. 2. p. 
205. 
Stem two to three feet high, triquetrous. Leaves lanceolate linear, with 
the margin and midrib scabrous. Sterile spike solitary, sometimes two, 
scales linear lanceolate, very acute, mucronate. Fertile spikes two to three, 
approximate, ovate, sometimes globose, on short peduncles, the lower en- 
closed in a short sheath, scale lanceolate, acuminate, with the point some- 
what hispid. Corolla ovate, inflated, distinctly nerved, terminating in a 
long, two-cleft beak, much longer than the scale. Stigmas three. 
Grows in swamps and wet soils. 
Flowers April— -May. 
31. Gigantea. Rudge 
C. spicis foemineis 
3 — 4, remotis, cylin- 
dricis, erectis, incluse 
pedunculatis; bracteis 
foliaceis, longissimis, 
glaberrimis; corollis 
ovatis, conico rostratis, 
bifidis, nervosis, ventri- 
cosis, squama ovato- 
lanceolata longioribus. 
Fertile spikes 3 — 4, 
remote, cylindrical, e- 
rect, with inclosed pe- 
duncles; bracteas long, 
leafy, glabrous; corol- 
la ovate, with a coni- 
cal two-cleft beak, ner- 
ved, ventricose, longer 
than the ovate lanceo- 
late scale. 
Trans. Lin. Soc. 7. p. 99. t. 10. f. 2. Muhl. Gram. p. 240. 
