TRIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Scirpus. 



and represented. Seed surrounded at the base by* four white 

 bristles, shorter than the calyx. Leers. Authors have attempted 

 to point out 2 varieties, but there seems to me no other difference 

 than the size and height, which varies from 6 inches to 2 feet 

 or more. 



Club -ruth* Aglet-headed Rush. Common Club -grass. Banks 



of rivers, ponds, and ditches ; frequent* [Near Stafford, and 



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Severn Stoke, Worcestershire. St.] 



P.July* 



S. Straw scored, naked : spike 2-valved, teniiinating, ascoespito'sus 



long as the involucrum : roots separated by scales. 



Scheuch. 7. 1S-J. B. ii. 533. ?-C. B. th.79-Fl. dan. 167- 



H. ox. 8. 10. row 3. 35-PluL 40. 6. 



From 2 to 6 inches high. Sheaths at the base of the straw, 

 terminating in short leaves- Seeds with hairs at the base. St* 

 Length of the spike and of its lower scales, called in the specific 

 character a calyx or involucrum, extremely uncertain, sometimes 

 this involucrum is as long as the spike, sometimes not half so 

 long, and in other instances considerably longer, the point of the 

 outer valve being lengthened into a kind of awn. This species 

 is therefore best distinguished from the preceding by the green 

 and leaf-like appearance of the upper sheaths at the bottom of 

 the straw. 



brush. Deers hair. D-warf Club- 

 bogs and dry heaths. [Bogs in the New Forest.] 



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S. Straw scored, naked : spike terminating ; with few 



flowers ; longer than the valves of the calyx. Lightf. 

 and Haller. 



Scheuch. 7. 19-Ger. em. 21. 3-Park. 1270.7- 



Root -leave s as high, or higher than the stalks, which they 

 resemble. Stalks and leagues sheathed. Sheaths lopped, and not 

 ending in a projecting point as in the S. caespitosus. Calyx % 

 valves ?, oval, not ending in a rigid point. Hall. Lightfoot. 

 But Scheuchzer describes them as ending in a sharp point. — 

 Scirpus Baothryan Ehrh. and Gmelin, bears a character in all 

 points corresponding with this plant, but no figure is referred to. 

 Hudson supposed it might be a variety of Scirpus ccespitosus, but 

 does not assign his reasons. I am of the same opinion, because 

 the number of florets in a spike is in a great measure accidental, 

 and in the present instance does not form any exact line of sepa- 

 ration j and the proportionate length or shortness of the lower 



* Swine devour the roots greedily when fresh* but will not touch them 

 vhendry. Goat*, horses, and hogs eat it. Cows and sheep refuse it. 



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