362 Nnfh Ain'^rirav Ci/reracrtr. 
5. IsOLEl-IS riLIATlFOLl.A-. 
Culm angular and .^omewhnt coi"npre?;.-ed, striate ; leave.-* se- 
taceous, shorter than the culm, serri.late-ciliate ; nnibel com- 
pound, diverging; rays mostly longer ihan tiie involucre; spikes 
ovate, 5 — 6-flo\vered ; scales ovate, somewhat acute ; stamens 
2 ; nut obovate, trianiJ:ulai'; obtuse, rouuliened uith minme 
papillae. 
Scirpus ciliatitbliut*, Elliott .' ak. 1. p. !^2, (excl. syn.). 
Culm 6 — 12 inches hicb, very slender, n Ijiile seat)roiis towards the 
summit. Leaves setaceous, channelled, inaptly radical, (ringed with 
minute rigid processes. i[.''//(i«'/ lerniinal. 3 — 4-rayed; the priniarv ray.<* 
nearly an inch long; partial umiiels of 3 — 4 spikes. Involucre, 9 — 3- 
leaved, setaceous, one of the leaves about as long as the umhel, the ofhers 
ver}"^ short. Spikes a line in length, rather acute. Scales with a shorf 
abrupt point, ferruginous, ciliate towards the summit. Sfaynens 2. Stytr 
filiform, equally 3-cleft; the divisions glandalarly pubescent. Aut 
acutely triangular, of an obscure bluish colour, roughened with minute 
elevated dots and verj" obscurely rugose transA^ersely. 
Hab. Damp soils in the Southern States. Wilmington, 
North Carolina, J/r. Cmlis!; South Carolina, Elliott!; 
Alabama, Dr. Gates! ; Middle Florida, Dr. C/iajmwti ! 
Obs. Easily distinguished from 1. ctqiilltiris by its larger 
size, compound umbel, much smaller spikes and papillose nut. 
Sprengel refers, with a mark of doubt, Sclrp. ciUatifoUvs of 
Elliott to Firnh. inlosa^ Vahl^ but the two plants are totally 
distinct. 
6- TSOLEPIS COARCTATA. 
Culm filiform, somewhat terete, nearly naked ; leaves seta- 
ceous, with bearded sheaths ; umbel compound, contracted, a 
little shorter than the longest leaf of the involucre; spikes linear- 
oblong, angular, lO — 1-5-flowered; scales ovate, somewhat 
acute ; stamens 2 ; nut triangular, subcompressed, depressed 
at the summit, obscui-ely papillose, shining. 
