. 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. 7. Xyris fimbriata Ell. Fringed Yellow-eyed Grass. Fig. 1138. Xyris fimbriata Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 1 : 52. 1816. Scapes rather stout, roughish, straight or some- what twisted, strongly 2-edged above, 2°-4° high. Leaves flat, one-half as long as the scapes or more, 3"-6" wide; head oblong-cylindric, i -1' long or sometimes globose-ovoid and about
. 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. 7. Xyris fimbriata Ell. Fringed Yellow-eyed Grass. Fig. 1138. Xyris fimbriata Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 1 : 52. 1816. Scapes rather stout, roughish, straight or some- what twisted, strongly 2-edged above, 2°-4° high. Leaves flat, one-half as long as the scapes or more, 3"-6" wide; head oblong-cylindric, i -1' long or sometimes globose-ovoid and about ¥ in diameter; scales obovate, their margins entire or the apex lacerate; lateral sepals longer than the bracts, ex- serted, long-fringed on the winged keel above the middle. In wet pine barrens, southern New Jersey to Florida and Mississippi, mostly near the coast. July-Sept. 8. Xyris arenicola Small. Twisted Yellow- eyed Grass. Fig. 1139. Xyris torta Kunth, Enum.' 4: 14. 1843. Not J. E. Smith. Xyris arenicola Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 234. 1903. Scapes stout, much spirally twisted, i-edged be- low, or 2-edged at the summit, smooth or very nearly so, the base conspicuously bulbous-thickened and with the sheathing leaves sometimes 1' in diameter. Leaves narrowh/ linear from a broad shining nearly black base, rigid, rather shorter than the scapes, spirally twisted (very markedly so when old) ; head oblong or oblong-cylindric, acute or subacute, i'-i' long; bracts oblong-obovate, minutely lacerate-serrulate at the apex or entire; lateral sepals linear, exserted, the winged keel fringed with rather short processes above the middle. In dry pine barrens, southern New Jersey to Florida, west to Texas, mostly near the coast. May-Aug. Family 16. ERIOCAULACEAE Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 122. 1847. Pipewort Family. Bog or aquatic herbs, perennial or perhaps sometimes annual, with fibrous knotted or spongy roots, tufted grass-like basal leaves, and monoecious (androgy- nous) occasionally dioecious
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