TRIAND. MONOG. iy 



Hab. Margins of lakes and jjonds. — /3. Coast of Angus, G. Don. 

 Banks of the Tav below Newburgh, and other parts of Fifeshire, 

 D. Don. Fl. July. 11 . 



Rvot creeping. Culms 3 — 8 feet high, rounded all the way up, slightly 

 tapering ; outer or lower sheaths brown, leafless, upper ones end- 

 ing in a linear subulate channelled leaf 3 — 4 inches long. The 

 Livolucres of 2 leaflets, varying much in length ; in general one is 

 nearly as long as the cyme, and ends in a green rigid point, the 

 other much shorter and more membranous, brown. There are be- 

 sides what may be called par^JaZ Involucres to the clusters of spikelets, 

 larger than the glumes and often with a rigid point. Glumes 

 brown, fringed, often emarginate, the nerve running up between 

 the notch into a macro. Stigmas 2 — 3. Fruit obovato-triquetrous, 

 surrounded by 6 bristles. The culms are much used for mats, 

 chair-bottoms, &c., and form an article of trade. 



7. So. setaceus {setaceous Club-ruih) , culms setaceous rounded 

 or very slightly compressed, sheaths leafy, spikelets terminal 

 germinate, involucrum I- leaved. Lig/itf. p. 88. E. B, tA693. 



Hab. Moist gravelly places, common. i7. July, Aug. ©. 



C«/m5 tufted, 2 — .5 inches high, slender. Leaves ] or 2 with sheathing 

 bases. Involucre of 1 subulate Ipaflet, green, dilated at the base, 

 erect and so appearing a continuation oi' the lulm, having lateral 

 fructification. Spikelpfs 1 — 2. Glumes broadly ovate, acute, 

 smooth, brown, with green margins and nerve. Stam.2. Stig- 

 mas 3. Fruit broadly obovatCj beautifully longitudinally striated. 

 ft Culms triangular. 



8. Sc. maritimus, {Sait-marsli Club-rush), culm leafy, spike- 

 lets terminal clustered pedunculate and sessile, involucre of 

 many foliaceous leaflets, glumes with a mucYo between the 

 acute segments of a notch. Light/, p. 89. E. B. t. 542. 



Hab. Salt marshes near the coast, not uncommon. Fl. July. % . 

 Root creeping, often swelling into knots or tubers. Culm 2 — 3 feet 



high, leafy. Leaves linear flat acuminate, often exceeding the culms. 



Leaflets of involucrum variable in number and size, mostly much 



larger than the cluster of spikelets. Spikelets large, ovate, brown. 



Stigmas 3. Bristles 3 — 4 at tlie base of the smooth obovato-trian- 



gular seed. 



9. Sc. sylvaticus {Wood Club-rush), culm leafy, cyme terminal 

 many times compounded, involucrum of many foliaceous leaf- 

 lets, glume entire acute. Lightf. p. 89. £. B. t. 919. 



Hab. Edge of Cum Burn, opposite Lochrighead, in the parish of 

 Kirkmichael, Dumfries-shire, and Killin, Breadalbane, Lightf. Moist 

 woods near Rosslyn Castle, Dr. Parsons in Lightf. Damp woods 

 frequent, as in woods Bothwell, Hamilton and LanarK, Kelvinbank 

 and Woodhall ; in which latter place is found a var. with striped 

 variegated leaves, Hopk. Wet woods between Laswade and 'Ross- 

 lyn, by the river, Messrs. Arnott and Greville. Fl. July. "2/ . 



Culm 2--n3 feet high, very leafy. Leaves broadly linear, acuminate, 

 reaching bevond the culm. Leaf eta of the involucre, ^ — A, one 



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