58 TRIANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Scirpus. 



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



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

 In ISomfersetshire, Hampshire, Dorsetshire, &c. Sherard, Pe- 

 fiver, &c. 



Perennial. Sept. 



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. Siigm. 3. S. ausiralis and romanus of Linnaeus 

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

 son, in the Suppl. 1 04, is an opjjosite variety with about 60. - 



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. Vahl Enum. v. 2. 



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



fasc. 12. 1. Don H. Br. 130. Hook. Lond. t.97. Scot. 19. 



Fl. Dan. t.Sll. Leers 10. t.l.f. 6. Schrad. Germ. v. 1. 137. 



Hofm. Germ, for 1800. t. 2. Ehrh. Phytoph. 51. 

 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 

 hractea, attended occasionally by a small one underneath. Stigvi. 

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

 furrowed lengthwise, destitute of bristles. 



8. S. cariciniis. 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. Wahlenh. Lapp. 16. 



S. caricis. Retz. Prodr. 16. Roth Germ. v. 2. 56. Willd. Sp. PL 



V. 1. 292. 

 Schoenus compressus. Linn. Sp. PL 65. Vahl Enum. v. 2. 2\4. 



FL Br. 44. EngL Bot. v. II. t. 791. Hook. Scot. 1 6. Pollich 



V. 1 . 35. t.\.f. 2, faulty. Leers 9. L \.f. 1, excellent, EhrK 



Phytoph. 11. Dicks. K. Sice. fasc. 3. 2. 



