PELtueiDunr. E. pusillum , glabrum : foiiis brevi-
bus , subulatis, canaliculatis, peHucidis,
5-nerviis : caulibus solitariis : capitulo
parvulo, subpomiformi : squamis invo-
bicri vix distincti ovalibus, obtusis.
H a b . in septentrionalibus Canada.
viLLOsuar. E. foiiis breviusculis , subulato-linea-
n b u s, pilosis : scapis sub4-sulcis, vil-
losis : capitulo sphseroideo; flosculis sub-
fuliginosis.
E. anceps ? W a i t .
IIa b . in Carolina.
flavjdulum. E. minutissime puberulum : culm is
aggregatis > 5-striatis : foiiis brevissimis,
subulato - ensiformibus : capitulo convex0
: flosculis vix pappulosis.
H ab. in Carolina.
S C L E R I A. Beiig. Gv.ht.
Glumae simplices, undique imbricatee in spiculas.
Spiese masculoe mulliflorse : feminese uniflorae :
femineis stigm. 1 - 3. Semen glpbosuna, sub-
osseum.
r e t icu la r is . S. e r e c t s , g la b e r r im a ls ev is s im aq u e .
fa s c ic u lis la te r a lib u s e t te rm in a li r em o -
t is s im i s , su b s e s s i lib u s , s u b r am o s i s , p au -
c if lo r is : s em in e g lo b o so , r e t ic u la to ,
fo v e o lis c o n sp e r s o .
H a b . in Carolina.
S . g la b r iu s c u la , s t r ic te e r e c t a . : fo iiis
a n g u s t is s im is , lo u g i s s im i s , p a r t im mi-
n u t is s im e c ilia t is : fa s c ic u lo u n ic o t e r m
in a li , f u s c o , p a u c i f lo r o 5 b r a c te is bx s c
te o l isq u e c ilia t is : s em in e g lo b o s o , s c a -
b e r u lo .
H a b . in Carolina.
o l ig a n th a . S . g r a c ilis , d e b ilis , g la b r a : c u lm o
a n g u lis a cu t is s im is ? ls e v ib u s : fo iiis an-
g u s t is .s im is , a sp e r is : p e d u n c u l is la t e r a l
ib u s s o lito d u o b u s , in t e r se d is s it is ,
s e ta c e is , su b u n iflo r is ; f lo r ib u s te rm i
n a lib u s p a u c i s s im i s , a se in v ic em dis-
t in c t is .
H a b . in pratensibus sjlvaticis Carolina;.