. 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 12. SEDGE FAMILY 1. Dichromena colorata (L.) Hitchcock. Narrow-leaved Dichromena. Fig. 839. Schoenus coloratus L. Sp. PI. 43. 1753. D. leucocephala Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 37. 1803. Dichromena colorata A. S. Hitchc. Ann. Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 4: 141. 1893. Glabrous, culm slender, erect, rather sharply triangular, ic-2° tall. Leaves distant, narrowly linear,
. 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 12. SEDGE FAMILY 1. Dichromena colorata (L.) Hitchcock. Narrow-leaved Dichromena. Fig. 839. Schoenus coloratus L. Sp. PI. 43. 1753. D. leucocephala Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 37. 1803. Dichromena colorata A. S. Hitchc. Ann. Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 4: 141. 1893. Glabrous, culm slender, erect, rather sharply triangular, ic-2° tall. Leaves distant, narrowly linear, about 1" wide, much shorter than the culm, those of the involucre 4-6, reflexed when mature, yellowish-white at the base; head glo- bose, 6"-io" in diameter; spikelets narrowly oblong, acute; scales membranous, lanceolate, nearly white, i-nerved, subacute at the apex; achene obovate, brown, papillose or wrinkled transversely, nearly truncate at the summit, com- pressed, covered by the truncate-based tubercle. In moist sandy soil, New Jersey to Florida and Texas. Bermuda; tropical America. 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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