Fig. 195: Eleocharis flavescens: a, habit, showing a tufted plant and rhizomes with 

 single culms arising from the nodes, X %; b, ovate obtuse spikelet, X 6; c, emarginate 

 basal leaf sheaths, X 6; d, mature achene, the tubercle conic and acute, the subtending 

 bristles as long as or slightly longer than achene, X 24; e, elliptic scale with pale mid- 

 vein, X 20; f, flower, showing the bifid style and the 3 stamens, X 20. (From Mason, 

 Fig. 139). 



