. 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. 5. Cyperus microdontus Torr. Coast Cyperus. Fig- 725- Cyperus microdontus Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 : 255. 1836. Annual, similar to the preceding species, culms very slender, tufted, sometimes 20' high, usually lower. Leaves about 1" wide, those of the involucre much elongated; umbel commonly simple, sessile, capitate, or 1-6-rayed; spikelets linear, acute,
. 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. 5. Cyperus microdontus Torr. Coast Cyperus. Fig- 725- Cyperus microdontus Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 : 255. 1836. Annual, similar to the preceding species, culms very slender, tufted, sometimes 20' high, usually lower. Leaves about 1" wide, those of the involucre much elongated; umbel commonly simple, sessile, capitate, or 1-6-rayed; spikelets linear, acute, 3"-p" long, less than 1" wide, yellowish-brown; scales ovate, acute, brownish, thin, appressed when young, spreading at maturity; stamens 2; style 2-cleft, its branches much exserted; achene lenticular, linear- oblong, short-pointed, light brown, one-half as long as the scale, its superficial cells quadrate. In wet soil, on or near the coast, New Jersey to Florida and Texas. 6. Cyperus paniculatus Rottb. Panicled Cyperus. Fig. 726. Cyperus paniculatus Rottb. Descr. & Icon. 40. 1773- Cyperus Gatesii Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 : 235. 1836. Annual; bright green; culms tufted, slender, 5 dm. high or less, bluntly 3-angled. Leaves mostly shorter than the culm, 2" wide or less, sometimes very narrow, those of the involucre 3-5, usually much elongated; umbel 2-8-rayed, the rays often 2' long; spikelets linear or linear- lanceolate, 3"-7i" long, about i" wide, greenish- yellow ; scales acute, oblong to oblong-lanceolate; achene oblong, i" long, about one-half as long as the scale, its superficial cells quadrate. Moist soil, Virginia to Florida, Arkansas and Te$as. Also in 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
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