. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 14. SEDGE FAMILY. 347 1. Psilocarya nitens (Vahl) Wood. Short-beaked Bald-rush. Fig. 855. Scirpus nitens Vahl, Enum. 2: 272. 1806. P. rhynchosporoides Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3: 361. 1836. Rhynchospora nitens A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 568. 1867. Psilocarya nitens Wood, Bot. & Fl. 364. 1870. Glabrous, culms tufted, slightly angled, 3'-2° tall. Leaves narrowly
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 14. SEDGE FAMILY. 347 1. Psilocarya nitens (Vahl) Wood. Short-beaked Bald-rush. Fig. 855. Scirpus nitens Vahl, Enum. 2: 272. 1806. P. rhynchosporoides Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3: 361. 1836. Rhynchospora nitens A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 568. 1867. Psilocarya nitens Wood, Bot. & Fl. 364. 1870. Glabrous, culms tufted, slightly angled, 3'-2° tall. Leaves narrowly linear, about 1" wide, smooth, sometimes overtopping the culm, sheath- ing at the base, the midvein prominent; umbels mostly loose; spikelets ovoid, 2"-3" long, rather less than 1" in diameter; scales brown, broadly ovate, thin, i-nerved, obtuse, acute or apiculate; achene lenticular, nearly orbicular, light brown, strongly wrinkled transversely; tubercle shorter than the achene, subacute, 2-lobed at the base. In wet soil, Long Island, N. Y., Cape May, N. J., and Delaware to Florida and Texas, near the coast, and in Indiana. July-Oct. '. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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