Genus V. Hemicarpha Nees, p. 137
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GENUS V. HEMICARPHA, Nees
(Greek, hemi (half) and karphos, straw or chaff)
Spikes ovoid, many flowered, sessile, one, or few
in a lateral cluster; scales very numerous, imbricated on
all sides, ovate or obovate, finally deciduous; flowers
with a very thin valve situated opposite the scale, sometimes
adherent to the achenium; stamen one; style 2-cleft;
achenium oblong, flattish, naked. -- Culms naked,
with bristle-like leaves at the base.
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