210 Monograph of Nm-th American Rhynchosporce. 
19. Rhyxchosfora Baldv/inii. 
R. foliis acutis, glaucis ; spiculis ovatis, coiymboso-fasciculatis, 
terminalibus ; mice Icevi, (ovata vel suborbiculato-ovata,) len- 
ticular! ; setis duodenis, sursura hispidulis, nucem aequante. 
R. glauca, Baldw. Mess, et Herb. ! 
Culms acutely triangular, 2 — 3 feet high, rather slender and, with the 
leaves, glaucous. Leaves linear, carinate, somewhat narrower than 
in the preceding species, acute, with slightly scabrous margins. 
Corymb terminal, crowded; sometimes with a smaller, rather distant 
pedunculate axillary one. Eracts shorter than the corj'mb, setaceous 
with hispid-scabrous margins and keel. Glumes ovate, cuspidate. 
Bristles 12, minutely hispid upwards, scarcely longer than the mature 
nut. Stamens 3. Nut very smooth, ovate or subrotund, lenticular. 
Tubercle about i the length of the nut, somewhat narrowed at the 
base, compressed. 
Hab. " Georgia, in pine barren swamps, between the Satilla 
and Altamaha riv^ers, December, 1816." Dr. Baldw'm. 
Obs. This species is very similar in habit to the preceding; 
but it differs in having acute, not ciliate leaves, a larger nut, 
and longer bristles. R. ciliata also has six bristles, the ordi- 
nary number for this genus : this species has uniformly 
twelve. R. glauca, of Vahl, a native of Equinoctial Ame- 
rica, has a rugose nut, and is doubdess distinct from our 
plant. I have therefore dedicated this species to the me- 
mory of its enterprising discoverer, who paid much attention 
to the genus Rhynchospora. 
20. Rhynchospora Fascicularis, Nvtt.. 
R. culmo subtrigono ; spiculis oblongis, corymboso-fascicuk- 
tis, pauciuscuHs, terminalibus lateralibusque ; nuce laevi, 
ovata, lenticulari, setis sursum hispidulis duplo longiori ; tu- . 
berculo compresso, nuce breviore. 
R, fascicularis, Nutt. Gen. I. p. 33. Vahl, Enum.ll.p. 334.'' 
Pursh, Fl. I. p. 48 ? 
