58 TRIANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Scirpus. 

 5. S. glaucus. Glaucous Club-rush. 



Stem round, naked, glaucous. Panicle cymose, not higher 

 than the bractea. Spikes ovate, conglomerate. Stigmas 

 two. 



S. glaucus. Comp. 10. Engl. Bot. v. 33. t. 2321. 



S. lacustris /3. Ft. Br. 52. Hud*. 19. Hook. Scot. 18. 



5. palustris humilior. Scheuchz. Agr.356. 



Juncus sive Scirpus medius. RaiiSyn. 428. Bauh. Theatr. 181./. 



In salt-marshes, and salt-water ditches, not uncommon. 



On the west of Ardbigland, Galloway, Scotland. Mr. J. Mackay. 



Shoreham, Sussex ; and Cley, Norfolk. Mr. Borrer. 

 Perennial. August. 

 Two feet high, of a glaucous hue. Pan. less compound. Spikes 



more crowded, darker, with broader glumes dotted with purple. 



Stigm. never more than 2. A very distinct species. 



6. S. Holoschcenus. Round-cluster-headed Club- 

 rush. 



Stem round, naked. Spikes numerous, in globular, sessile 

 or stalked, heads. Bracteas two, unequal, leafy. Leaves 

 channelled. Seed without bristles. 



S. Holoschcenus. Linn. Sp. PL 72. mild. v. 1.297. VahlEnum. 



v. 2.264. Fl.Br.53. Engl. Bot. v. 23. 1. 1612. Fl.Dan. t.454, 



bad. Dicks. Dr. PL 2. Schrad. Germ. v. 1. 135. 

 S. maritimus, capitulis rotundioribus glomeratis. Raii Syn. 429. 

 Scirpoides maritimum, capitulis sparsis glomeratis. Scheuchz. Agr. 



371.*. 8./. 2— 5. 

 Juncus maritimus capitulis rotundis. Moris, v. 3. 232. sect. 8. t. 10. 

 /. 17. Pluk.Phyt.t. 40. / 4. Rel.Rudb. 22. /. 1, and 25./. 3. 



Bauh. Theatr. 174./ 

 Holoschcenus. Dalech.Hist.9S7 './. 



On sandy sea shores, in the south of England, rare. 



At Braunton Boroughs, Devonshire, found by Mr. Stevens. Ray. 

 In Somersetshire, Hampshire, Dorsetshire, kc. Sherard, Pe- 

 ttier, &c. 



Perennial. September. 



Roots tufted. Stems firm, rushy. Leaves and bracteas acute, with 

 a white furrow along the upper side. Heads sessile or stalked, 

 brown, opaque, varying from 1 to 12 or 15 in England, and to 

 more than 60 in warmer climates. Glumes obovate, with a point, 

 keeled, fringed. Stigm. 3. S. australis and romanus of Linnaeus 

 are varieties of this, with 1 or 2 heads, and S. globiferus of his 

 son, in the Suppl. 104, is an opposite variety with about 60. 



