Sci'rpttS^. TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 2l7 



R^of of rust« coloured, capillary fibres. — Culms numerous, from 

 their incurved shape forming nearly a globe, leafless, round, smooth, 

 intercepted at every half inch or less ; general length fiom six to eight: 

 inches, and thicker than a crow quill. — Sheathes a few between the 

 spikes and root. — Spikes namerous,.sessile, ovate-oblong, forming a 

 round verticil about an inch and a half above the root. — Scales rouu\J, 

 ovate-obtuse. — Seed ovate, triangular. 



8. S. articulatus. Linn. Sp. Pled. Willd.L^QO. Vahl Enura. ii.'25S. 



Culms from two to four feet high, culumnar, intercepted with con- 

 spicuous partitions. Spikes pointed, crowded into a head near the 

 base. Seed naked, three-sided. 



Tsjelli. Rheed. mal. 12. p. 135. t. 71. 



Hind, and Bejig. Ptttpiftf-chechka. 



Teling. Lulti-pitla-allie. 



This is also a native of standing sweet water. 



Jtoot stoloniferous, and fibrous as in the former. — Culm erect, from 

 two to four feet high, round, smooth, naked, intercepted inwardly 

 by transverse septums at every inch, or half inch; they are conspi- 

 cuous on the outside, even while the plant is growing. — Leaves no 

 iither than a short sheath or two, involving the base of the culm. — 

 Head lateral, near the base of the culm sessile, sub-globular, com- 

 posed of many, (fifty to sixty) oblong-pointed, sessile, many-flowered 

 spikes. — <Sco/es broad-cordate, a little pointed. — Stamens three; the 

 bristles of the foregoing five species are here wanting. — Sti/lc slight- 

 ly two-ckft. — Seed three-sided, smooth, white. 



9« S. suharticulafus. R. 



Culms from two to three feet high ; culumnar, intercepted with in- 

 conspicuous partitions. Spikes obtuse, crowded into a head near 

 the base. Seed three-sided, pointed. 



A native of the same places with the former. 



Boot resembling that of the preceding species Cuhn erect, from 



two to three feet high, round, smooth, naked, intercepted eveiy 



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