HEXANDKIA— TRIGYNIA. Triglochiii. 199 



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

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

 Aiith. 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. Ccqjs. 3, roundish, compressed, 

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

 Seeds solitar\^, oblong. 

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

 mose. Z/mt;<?5semicylindrical, sheathing. Fl. of a brownish 

 green. Only 1 species known. 



1 . S. palustris. Marsh Scbeuchzeria. 



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

 mild. V. 2. 263. Engl Bot. v. 26. M801. Comp. .57. Don H. 

 Br. 208. Fl.Dan.t.76, Ehrh. Phijt.2\. Roth Germ. v. I. ]50. 

 v.2.p. 1.419. 



S. n. 1310. H(dl. Hist. V.2. 166. 



Juncus floridus minor. Bauli. Pin. 12. Prodr. 23. Theatr. 190. 



Juncoidi affinis palustris. Scheuchz. Agr. 336. 



Gramen junceum aquaticum, semine racemoso. Loes. Pruss. 1 14. 

 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 ])ore ; spongy within ; sheathing and membra- 

 nous at the base. Fl. about .'), in a terminal cUister, seldom quite 

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

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

 wrinkled. 



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

 mark, Norway and Lai)land. 



207. TRIGLOCIIIN. Arrow-grass. 



Linn.Gcu. 179. ,//m. 47. Fl. lir.lW)^ Lam. f.'270. Caihi. /. 81. 

 Juncago. TotiDi. t.\A2. Midi. Gen. 13./, 31. 



Nnl. Ord. see //. 2()fS. 



