Scirpus. ‘TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA, - o *»- 
- Root of rust-coloured, capillary fibres.—Cudms numerous, from, 
their incurved shape forming nearly a globe, leafless, round, smooth, 
iuterceptéd at every half inch or less; general length from six to eight 
inches, and thicker than a crow quill.— Sheathes a few between the 
spikes and root.—Spikes numerous, sessile, ovate-oblong, forming a 
round verticil about an inch and a half above the root. — Scales round, 
. ovate-obtuse.—Seed ovate, triangular. : | 
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8. S. articulatus: Linn. Sp. Pl.ed. Wilid.i.290. Vahl. Enum. ii.258. 
Cuims from twoto four feet high, culumnar, intercepted with con- 
spicuous partitions. Spikes pointed, crowded Se a head e ihe 
hase. Seed naked, three-sided. t s a ae 
— Tsjell. Rheed. mal. 19. p. 135. t. 71 aie quu. 
Hind. and Beng. Putputi-chechka. ea 
Teling. Lutti-pitta-allie. 
"This is also a native of standiag sweet water. 
Root :toloniferous, and fibrous as in the former.—Culm erect, from. 
two to four fect high, round, smooth, naked, intercepted inwardly 
by transverse septums at every inch, or half inch; they are conspi- . 
cuous on the outside, even while the plant is growing.— Leaves no 
other than a short sheath or two, involving the base of the culm.— - 
Head lateral, near the base of the culm sessile, sub- globular, com- ; 
* posed of many, (fifty to sixty) oblong-pointed, sessile, many-flowered e 
spikes.— Scales broad-cordate, a little pointed.— Stamens three; the 
bristles of the foregoing five species are here wanting.—Style slight- 
y two-cleft. —Seed three-sided, smooth, white. 
9 s. subarticulatus. ER. T 
from two to three feet high; culumnar, intercepted edi ie 
conspicuous partitions. Spikes obtuse, crowded into a head near 2: 
the base, Seed three-sided, pointed: 
-A native of the same places with the former. 5 
Root resembling that of the preceding species. —Culm re 
two to three feet high, round, smooth, na 
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