TRIANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Cyperus. 53 



Schoenus albus. Linn. Sp. PI. 65. mild. v. 1 . 267. Fl. Br. 46. 



Engl. Bot. v. 14. t. 985. Hook. Scot. 16. Don H. Br. 53. FL 



Dan. t. 320, bad. 

 Scirpus n. 1341. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 179. 

 Cyperus minor palustris hirsutus, paniculis albis paleaceis. Ran 



Syn. 427. Moris, v. 3. 239. sec*. 8. t. 9./. 39. 

 Gramen junceum leucanthemum. Ger. Em. 30.* 

 G. cyperoides palustre leucanthemum. Scheuchz. Agr. 503. t. 11. 



/• n - 

 Gramini luzula? accedens glabrum, in palustnbus proveniens, pa- 



niculatum. Pluk. Phyt. t. 34./. 1 1 . 



On turfy bogs, most frequent in mountainous countries. 



Perennial. July, August. 



Root moderately creeping. Whole plant smooth and slender, 

 from 6 to 1 2 inches high. Leaves erect, shorter under the flower- 

 stalks. Spikes slender, very white when recent ; pale reddish 

 brown when old or dry. Stigm. 2. Seed lenticular, greyish, with 

 a flat beak, one third i'ts own length, and about 10 brown rough 

 bristles from the receptacle, rising above it. 



2. R.fusca. Brown Beak-rush. 



Heads ovate-oblong. Stamens three. Leaves thread-shaped. 



Three bristles at the base of the seed. 



R. alba /3. Vahl Enum, v. 2. 236. 



Schoenus fuscus. Linn. Sp. PI. 1664. Willd. v. 1. 262. Engl. Bot. 



v.22.t.\575. DonH.Br.203. Ehrh. Beitr. v.4. 154. Phy- 



toph.n.l. Roth Germ. v. 2. 48. Schrad. Genn.v. 1. 110. Turn. 



in Bot. Guide 754. Fl. Dan. t. 1562. % 



Cyperus minor angustifolius palustris, capitulis fuscis paleaceis. 



Moris, v. 3. 239. sect. 8. t. 1 1 ./. 40, bad. Dill, in Ran Syn. 427. 



In bogs, rare. ^ T 



On Cromlyn bog, near Swansea. Mr. E. Forster. Near Killarney, 

 Ireland. Mr. Mackay. Originally gathered near the isle of 

 Purbeck, Dorsetshire, by the Rev. Mr. Lightfoot, according to 

 a specimen in the herbarium of the Rev. Mr. Hasted, Bury. 

 Mr. John Denson. 

 Smaller than R. alba. Leaves narrower, of a more even thickness, 

 not tapering. Glumes of a shining reddish brown. Bristles only 

 3, alternate with the 3 permanent stam. Style varying in length. 



24. CYPERUS. Cyperus, or Galingale. 



Linn. Gen. 29. Juss. 27. Fl. Br. 47. Toum. t. 299. /. D— F. 



Lam. t. 38. Gartn. t. 2. 

 Nat. Ord. see n. 22. 

 Spike mostly linear, compressed, of numerous/cW£7S, with 



