MONOECIA TKIANDRIA. 
551 
filiformibus, pedunculis 
cernuis; fructibus dis- 
tantibus, alter nis, ob- 
longis, rostratis, bifi- 
dis, squama ovata mu- 
cronata, duplo Iongiori- 
bus. 
form, peduncles nod- 
ding; fruit distant, al- 
ternate, oblong, beak- 
ed, two- cleft, twice as 
long as the ovate mu- 
cronate scale. 
I Sp. pi. 4. p. 2 97- Pursh, 1. p. 43. Nutt. 2. p. 205. 
C. Debilis, Mich. 2. p. 172. 
Stem about twelve inches high, slender, triquetrous, glabrous, with the 
edges towards the summit slightly glabrous. Leaves linear, rather longer 
than the stem, scabrous along the margins, slightly channelled. Male Spike 
solitary, terminal, slender; scales lanceolate, rather obtuse; stamens three. 
Female spikes four, remote, pendulous, with the base of the peduncles en- 
closed, the lower peduncle four to six inches long, one half or more. inclosed, 
the upper gradually shortening and the sheaths comparatively shorter; 
scales lanceolate, rather obtuse; corolla ovate, striate, when old, somewhat 
oblique, scarcely rostrate, nor are the flowers very distant. Stigmas three. 
Grows in damp soils. 
Flowers April — May. 
43. Digitalis. Willd. 
C. spicis foemineis 
subternis, remotis, fili- 
formibus, pedunculatis, 
cernuis; fructibus ellip- 
ticis obtusis, squama 
oblongo lanceolata 
longioribus. . 
Fertile spikes gene- 
rally three, distant, fili- 
form, pedunculate, 
nodding; fruit elliptic, 
obtuse, longer than the 
oblong lanceolate 
scale. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 298. Pursh, 1. p. 44. Muhl. Gram. p. 255. Nutt. 2. p„ 
205. 
Stem nearly twelve inches high, triquetrous, glabrous. Leaves rather 
broad, acute, longer than the stem. Sterile spike linear, with lanceolate 
scales. Fertile spikes two to three, pedunculate, erect, filiform, about ten- 
flowered, flowers distant. Fruit elliptic, ventricose, compressed, triquetrous, 
very obtuse. Scales oblong lanceolate, shorter than the fruit. Bracteas 
sheathing, broad, leaflike, longer than the stem. Willd. 
This species which I have never seen, I add on the high authority of Dr* 
Schweinitz. 
