Baldwin's Yellow Eyed Grass

Xyris baldwiniana Schultes, in R. & S. Syst. eg. Mant. 1:
351. 1822.
■ a Baldwin: Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 1: 53. 1816. Not X. juncea R. Br. 1810.
■ a Chapm. Fl. S. U. S. ed. 2. 658. 1883.
Perennial, tufted; leaves terete, filiform, 10-20 cm. long, 0.3-0.5 mm. thick, often twisted, smooth; sheath occupying about one sixth the length of the leaf, chestnut-colored and shining below, dilated at the base; peduncles 25-40 cm. tall, 0.7-1 mm. thick, terete, unicostate above, smooth, the peduncular sheath 7-10 cm. long, rusty and opaque below;, spike rather fewflowered, obovoid or ellipsoid, 4-6 mm. long, 3—4 mm. thick, the outer barren bracts ovate or elliptic, 2—3 mm. long, rounded at the apex, the flowering bracts ovate or elliptic, 4—5 mm. long, 3-4 mm. broad, ecarinate, rounded and somewhat lacerate or entire at the apex, tawny or chestnut-colored, with a grayish-green ovate or elliptic dorsal area about 2 mm. long; lateral sepals included, lanceolate, 4-4.5 mm. long, about 0.75 mm. broad, acute; keel lacerate-serrate from the middle to the apex; seeds oblong-ellipsoid, 0.5-0.6 mm. long.
Type LOCALITY: Wet pine-barrens near St. Mary's. Georgia.
Distribution: North Carolina to Florida and Texas.