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broadly-ovate, flat on the inner side, keeled on the outer, or 
triangular with three flat sides, dark-brown and polished, 
one or two of the bristles winged or dilated at the base. 
Stigmas often 2 only. The spikelets more elongated than in 
S. glaucus. ; 
18. Scirpus glaucus.—Anglesea, July 16, 1826.—Seed con- , 
siderably smaller than in S. lacustris, and more tapering 
above, elliptical, though slightly thickened above, visibly 
compressed, flat on the inner side, convex, but not keeled 
externally, slightly beaked, light-brown, not shining. I have 
not seen more than 5 rough bristles at the base of the seed :— 
doubtful if a distinct species. : 
19. Scirpus sefaceus.—Anglesea, July 8, 1828.—Stems 
tufted, repeatedly branched or subdivided; leaves channelled 
and keeled, hollow, sheathing at the base. Seed nearly 
round, scarcely triangular, not furrowed, reddish-brown, 
granulated, covered with a closely adhering skin. 
20. Scirpus maritimus.—Anglesea, 1826.—4 rough bristles 
at the base of the flower, 3 of them at the exterior base of 
the much broader filaments. 
21. Eleocharis palustris.—Anglesea, July, 1828.—Root 
creeping, black and shining, as well as the external sheaths of 
the stem. Bristles, iñ the flower, only 4, longer than the 
ripe seed, flattened, dilated-at the base, and broader than 
the filaments. Receptacle elongated below the insertion of 
the filaments, so that the flower appears to be not quite 
sessile, as it is in E. multicaulis. Germen shorter and broader 
_ than in the allied species, and the style also shorter. 
~ "The section of the stem is different from that of E. multi- — 
edulis, without any central pith, but with large membranous — | 
tubes, surrounded by smaller onés. d, 
22. Eleocharis multicawlis.—Anglesea, July, 1828.— Root 
‘not creeping. Sheaths of the stem brown, not shining: the 
stems are always inclined, and frequently bent, sometimes 
almost prostrate. Bristles 6, shorter and narrower than I 
the other species, the base not dilated; they are shorter than 
the ripe seed: the receptacle elongated above the insertion 
