Scirpus. TRIANDRIA MONOGYNTA, 213 
~ This is a native of the same places with the last described. 
Root stoloniferous, &c. as in'S, plantaginus. Culm erect, 
from two to three feet high, naked, three-sided, angles sharp, 
smooth, not articulated, nor interrupted inwardly. Leaves 
none, but a sheath or two embracing the base of the culm. 
Spike as in 8. plantaginus, but the flowers are more numer- 
ous. Scales imbricated seemingly without order, smooth, 
lapped, margins broad, and membranaceous, Stamens, bris- 
tles, &c. as in the two preceding species, 
. §, 8. acutangulus. R. 
Culms from two to three feet high, triangular. Spike 
terminal, tapering, acute; scales somewhat acute ; —— 
bristly. 
Grows in. similar places to those which —— 
last species. 
Root as in the last species, Culm three-sided, fd two 
to three feet high, naked, smooth; angles very sharp, even 
almost winged. Leaves no other than a sheath or two in- 
volving the base of each culm, Spike terminal, &c. as in the 
two former. Scales disposed spirally, oval, somewhat acute, 
striated, mar: ins membranaceous. Filaments membranace- 
ous. Bristles, &e. as in the former two. 
Obs. Kt differs from 8. spiralis in having the angles of the 
culm sharp. In having the flowers few and disposed spiral- 
ly. In having the scales striated, oblong and sgencvionss 
pointed, 
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Culms from one to two feet high, ‘neseeeelge — 
terminal, sub-cylindric. Scales obtuse. Seeds bristly. 
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