592 
MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. 
simplici; seminibus 
compressis, subfalcatis. 
E. 
al; scape pimple; seed 
compressed, slightly 
falcate. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 410. Walt, p.233. Mich. 2. p, 189. Nutt. 2. p. 213. 
S. Falcata, Pursh, 2. p. 397. 
Root somewhat tuberous, creeping. Sap, as in most of this genus, lactes^ 
cent. Leaves large, 10 — 14 inches long, 3 — 5 wide, lanceolate, entire, 
striate, many nerved, coriaceous. Petioles 1 — 2 feet long. Scape 2 — 3 
feet long. Flowers verticillate by threes, the upper sterile. Leaves of the 
involucrum ovate, acuminate, glabrous. Leaves of the calyx round, tinged 
with purple. Petals much larger than the calyx, white as in all of this 
genus. Filaments numerous, (nearly 60) hairy. Gerrhs numerous. Stig- 
ma 3—5 cleft. Capsules collected into a compact globular head. 
Grows in deep marshes and wet and boggy soils. 
Flowers April — -June. 
6. Graminea. Mich. 
S. foliis lineari-lan- 
eeolatis, triplinervibus, 
subperennantibus; sca- 
po simplici; floribus 
monoicis; bracteis ova- 
tis, acuminatis. 
Leaves linear-lance- 
olate, triplinerved, 
somewhat perennial; 
scape simple; flowers 
monoecious; bracteas 
ovate, acuminate. 
Mich. 2. p. 190. Pursh, 2. p. 397- Nutt. 2. p. 213. 
S. Simplex, Pursh, 2. p. 397? 
Root perennial. Leaves linear-lanceolate, entire, glabrous, 3—4 inches 
long, scarcely half an inch wide, many of them living through the winter. 
Petioles about a foot long. Scape rather longer than the petioles. Flowers 
verticillate by threes, the upper sterile. Leaves of the calyx lanceolate, 
small. Petals much longer than the calyx. Filaments about 10, hairy. 
Anthers frequently 2 on each filament. Capsules obliquely mucronate, cob 
lected into a globular head. 
Grows in shallow ponds; very common in pine barrens. 
Flowers April— June. 
QUERCUS. Gen. Pr. 1446. 
Masculi. Amentum 
nudum, lineare. Calyx 
Sterile Jlorets. A- 
ment naked, linear. 
