Scirpus Lineatus Michaux, p. 162

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S.2. Bristles capillary, tortous, not barbed, much longer than the achenium. Styles 3-cleft (Trichophorum, Richard)

35. Scirpus lineatus, Mixhaeux.

Syn. Trichophoniuma? lineatum Pers. Isolepis lineata R. & Schultes.

Leaves flat, rather broad, rough on the margins; umbel terminal and axillary, loosely cymore-panicled, drooping and terminal with a 1 to 3 leaves involucre much shorter than the long and slender rays; spikes oblong, becoming cylindrical, on thread=like parcels; bristles at maturity scarcely exceeding the ovate, green keeled & pointed scales; achenium sharp pointed. Culms 1 to 3 feet high triangular, leafy. Flowers in July.

Low grounds, borders of marshes &c. Milwaukee in Wisconsin; also in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan.

Plate I fig 11. a, the spike; b, a flower; c the scale; d, a stamen; e achenium and bristles.

Extends eastward to West New England, and south to Kentucky.