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7. S. setaceus. Bristle-stalked Club-rush. 



Stem bristle-shaped, leafy at the base. Spikes about two, 

 sessile, surmounted by a leafy bractea. Seed furrowed, 

 without bristles. 



S. setaceus. Linn. Sp. PL 73. Willd. v. 1 . 298. VahlEnum. v. 2. 



253. FL Br. 54. Engl. Bot. v. 24. t. 1693. Dicks. H. Sice. 



fasc.\2.\. DonH.Br.\30. Hook. Lond. t. 97. Scot.\9. 



Fl. Dan. t. 31 1. Leers 10. t. 1. /. 6. Schrad. Germ. v. 1. 137. 



Hoffm. Germ, for 1 800. t. 2. Ehrh. Phytoph. 5 1 . 

 S. foliaceus humilis. Raii Syn. 430. 



S. omnium minimus, capitulo breviori. Scheuchz. Agr. 358. 

 Isolepis setacea. Br. Pr. 222. 

 Juncellus omnium minimus. Moris, v. 3. 232. sect. 8. t. 10. /. 23. 



In watery places, on sandy or gravelly ground. 



Annual. July, August. 



Stems tufted, about 3 inches high, slender, with 1 or 2, rarely 3, 

 little roundish or ovate spikes, green or brownish, pointing ob- 

 liquely, apparently lateral, but what rises above them is a leafy 

 bractea, attended occasionally by a small one underneath. Stigm. 

 3, downy. Seed turbinate, triangular, slightly pointed, greyish, 

 furrowed lengthwise, destitute of bristles. 



8 S. caricinns. Compressed Club-rush. 



Stem roundish, leafy at the bottom. Spikes aggregate, two- 

 ranked, many-flowered. Leaves flat, with rough edges 

 and keel. Seed with six bristles at the base. 



S. caricinus. Schrad. Germ. v. 1. 132. Wahlenb. Lapp. 16. 



S. caricis. Retz. Prodr. 1 6. Roth Germ. v. 2. 56. Willd. Sp. PL 



v. 1. 292. 

 S. n. 1342. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 179. 

 Schoenus compressus. Linn. Sp. PL 65. Vahl Enum. v. 2. 214. 



Fl. Br. 44. Engl. Bot. v. 11. t. 791. Hook. Scot. 16. Pollich 



v. 1. 35. t. 1. /. 2, faulty. Leers 9. t. 1. /. 1, excellent. Ehrh. 



Phytoph. 11. Dicks. H. Sicc.fasc. 3. 2. 

 Carex uliginosa. Linn. Sp. PL 1381. FL Suec. 325. 

 Gramen cyperoides, spica simplici compressa disticha. Pink. PhyL 



t. 34. f. 9. Raii Syn. 425. Scheuchz. Agr. 490. U 1 1./. 6. 



In boggy meadows, not very uncommon. 



Perennial. July. 



Root somewhat creeping. Stem about a foot high, simple. Leaves 

 grass-green, sheathing, acute, keeled, rough-edged towards the 

 end, nearly as tall as the stem. Spikes of a bright chesnut 

 brown, collected into a flat common spike, in 2 ranks, the outer 

 glume of each shorter than itself, and empty. Stigm. 2, (Pollich's 

 figure shows 3,) downy. Seed lenticular, grey, with 6 rough. 



