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MONOECIA TKIANDRIA- 
50. Bullata? 
C. spicis masculis 
tribus, foemineis binis, 
cylindraceis, peduncu- 
latis, erectis; fructibus 
ovato-globosis, rostra- 
tis, bifurcatis, rostris 
hispidis, squama lance- 
olata majoribus. 
Sterile spikes three; 
fertile two, cylindrical, 
pedunculate, erect; 
fruit ovate, globose, 
beaked, two-forked, 
(the beaks hispid,) lar- 
ger than the lanceolate 
scale. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 309. Pursh, 1. p. 45. Nutt. 2. p. 295. 
Stem about two feet high, slender, acutely triquetrous, slightly scabrous 
on the margins. Leaves narrow, longer than the stem, somewhat channel- 
led, scabrous along the edges, with a very short sheath at base. Male 
spikes frequently but two, slender, scales lanceolate, rather obtuse, the sum- 
mit and margins membranaceous. Female spikes two, a little distant, 
erect, cylindrical, on short peduncles merely enveloped at base. Scales 
lanceolate, acute. Corolla ovate, almost globular at base with an attenu- 
ated two-cleft beak, nerved, the nerves pubescent near the summit. Stig- 
mas three. Seed triquetrous. 
This plant differs but not materially from the description of Will denow. 
I have had no opportunity of comparing specimens. 
Grows in bay galls and ditches. Near Beverly, Chatham county, Geo. 
Flowers April. 
SCLERIA. 
Masculi — C alicis 
gluma 2, s. 6 valvis, 
multiflora. Corollee 
glumae muticae. 
Foeminei — C alicis 
gluma 2, s. 6 valvis, 
uniflora. Corolla 0. 
Stigmata 1 — 3. Nux 
colorata subglobosa. 
Gen. Pl. 1408. 
Sterile florets— Ca- 
lyx 2, or 6 valved, 
many flowered. Valves 
of the corolla unawned. 
Fertile florets — Ca- 
lyx 2, or 6 valved, 1- 
flowered. Corolla 0. 
Stigmas 1 — 3. Nut 
generally globular. 
* Nuce Icevi. 
| * Nut smooth. 
