. 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. 6. Eleocharis atropurpurea (Retz) Kunth. Purple Spike-rush. Fig. 763. Scirpus atropurpureus Retz, Obs. 5: 14. 1789. Eleocharis atropurpurea Kunth, Enum. 2: 151. 1837. Annual, roots fibrous, culms tufted, very slender, i'-3i' high. Upper sheath i-toothed; spikelet ovoid, many-flowered, subacute, ii"-2" long, 1" in diameter or less; scales minute,
. 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. 6. Eleocharis atropurpurea (Retz) Kunth. Purple Spike-rush. Fig. 763. Scirpus atropurpureus Retz, Obs. 5: 14. 1789. Eleocharis atropurpurea Kunth, Enum. 2: 151. 1837. Annual, roots fibrous, culms tufted, very slender, i'-3i' high. Upper sheath i-toothed; spikelet ovoid, many-flowered, subacute, ii"-2" long, 1" in diameter or less; scales minute, ovate-oblong, obtuse or the upper acute, persistent, purple-brown with green midvein and very narrow scarious margins; stamens 2 or 3; style 2-3-cleft; bristles 2-4, fragile, white, minutely down- wardly hispid, about as long as the achene; achene jet black, shining, i" long, smooth, lenticular; tubercle conic, minute, depressed but rather acute, constricted. at the base. In moist soil, Nebraska and eastern Colorado to Central America, east to Iowa and Florida; widely distributed in tropical America, Europe and Asia. 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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