HEXANDRIA— TRIGYNIA. Triglochin. 199 



Cal. none, except the corolla be taken for such. Pet. 6, in- 

 ferior, oblong, acute, recurved, firm, permanent. Filwn. 

 capillary, lax, opposite to the petals and not so long. 

 Ant/i. terminal, longer than the filaments, dependent, 

 linear, flattened, of 2 cells, opening at the inner side, by 

 2 longitudinal, parallel fissures. Germens 3, superior, 

 ovate, compressed, nearly the length of the petals. Styles 

 none. Stigmas lateral, oblong, obtuse, at the outer mar- 

 gin of each germen. Caps. 3, roundish, compressed, 

 pointed, inflated, spreading, each of 1 cell and 2 valves. 

 Seeds solitary, oblong. 



Root creeping. Herbage smooth. Stein leafy, simply race- 

 mose. Z,^«t;^5semicylindrical, sheathing. 2^^. of a brownish 

 green. Only 1 species known. 



1. S. palus/ris. Marsh Scheuchzeria. 



S. palustris. Linn. Sp. P/.482. Fl. Lapp. ed. 2. 103. t. 10./. 1. 

 irUld. V. 2. 263. Engl. Bot. v. 26. t. 1801 . Conip. 57. Don H. 

 Br. 208. FL. Dan. t. 76. Ehrh. Phyt. 24. Roth Germ. v. 1. 159. 

 v.2.p. 1.419. 



S. n. 1310. Hall. Hist. V. 2. \ 66. 



Juncus floridus minor. Bauh.Pin.\2. Prodr. 23. Theatr. 190. 



Juncoidi affinis palustris. Scheuchz. Agr. 336. 



Gramen junceum aquaticum, semine racemoso. Loes. Pniss. 

 t. 28. 



In wet spongy mountain bogs, very rare. 



Found in Lakeby Car, near Borough-bridge, Yorkshire, in 1807, 

 by the Rev. J, Dalton ; nor has it been observed in any other 

 spot in Britain. 



Perennial. June. 



Root long, creeping, tough, with a lax, white and shining cuticle. 

 Stems erect, wavy, simple, a span high, round and smooth. 

 Leaves few, erect, alternate, distant, semicylindrical, obtuse, 

 with a terminal pore ; spongy within ; sheathing and membra- 

 nous at the base. Fl. about 5, in a terminal cluster, seldom quite 

 so tall as the leaves. Bracteas solitary, lanceolate, membranous, 

 with a leafy point. Capsules the size of a pea, coriaceous, tumid, 

 wrinkled. 



A very rare plant in Switzerland, more plentiful in Sweden, Den- 

 mark, Norway and Lapland. 



207. TRIGLOCHIN. Arrow-grass. 



Linn. Gen. 179. Juss. 47. Fl. Br. 398. Lam. t.270. Gartn. /. 84. 

 Juncago. Tourn.t.\A2. Mich. Gen. 43. t. 31. 

 Nat. Ord. see ;/. 206. 



