

TRIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Schcenus. 7$ 



Sweet Cy perns. English Galingale. Isle of Purbeck, near a 



chapel on the side that looks towards Portland Island, Ray. Syn. 

 — [Not found on St. Faith's bogs, as mentioned by Huds. ed. 2. 

 —A specimen of it was by mistake sent to Mr. Hudson with 

 some of St. Faith's plants. Dr. Smith.] There is great reason to 

 doubt its being a native. P. July. 



SCHCE NUS. Husks chaff-like, of 1 valve, crowded : 



Bloss. none : Seed 1 ; roundish, within the 

 husks. 



S. Straw cylindrical, smooth : leaves prickly at the edge, maris'cus 



and along the back. 



Boccon. 72. 2-Lob. ic. f6t I-Gfo em. 29. 3~C. B. th. 22 l T 

 J.B/n. 504. l-H. ox.viil 11. 24-P«ri. 1264. l-Mich 



31. Pseudo-Cyp.~Fructif. Scheuch. 8. 7— 11. 



Four or 5 feet high, unbranched, beautifully scored, leafy ♦ 

 Lower leaves 2 feet long or more, | of an inch broad, ending in 

 a sharp point : prickles on the edge and midrib short and stiff* 

 Panicles terminating and axillary, consisting of many roundish 

 spiculse ; the lower ones on pedicles, the upper ones nearly sit- 

 ting. Mr. Robsok. Common Calyx composed of scales without 

 any parts of fructification. St am. 2. Scheuch. 



Lang-rooted bastard Cyperus y or Rusbgrass. Marshes ; bogs. 



[Bogs in Norfolk. Mr. Pitchford. — Moss of Restenet, Forfar. 

 Mr. Brown. — Hell kettles, near Darlington. Mr. Robson.] 



P. July Aug. 

 It serves for thatching inftead of straw, and often grows in 

 such quantities in pools as to form floating iilands. It is hurt- 

 ful to cows. 



S. Straw cylindrical, naked : spike an egg-shaped head: nigricans 



involucrum 2 -leaved, 1 valve awl-shaped, long. See 

 Cyperus nigricans* 



S. Straw naked: flowers in a double spike : larger valve of ferrugmcus* 

 the involucrum as tali as the spike. 



H.ox. via. 12.40. 

 Bogs In mountains. Found by Mr, Dickson in Scotland, in 



great plenty 



P. July. 



* The root is agreeably aromatic to the smell, and warm and bitter to 

 the taste. The modern practice disregards it ; but perhaps it is net in- 

 ferior to some of the more costly medicines brought from abroad. 



