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feet high, tapering upwards, and terminating in a short tooth 

 above the flower; scales densely over-lapping each other. 

 Common in wet marshes. 



Scirpus or Eleocharis Melanocarpis. Gr. (spiked rush ) 

 Stem compressed, slender, six to twelve inches high, termina- 

 ting in an oblong, spike one-third of an inch long Florets 

 greenish -brown supported by three or four purple bristles. 

 Common in marshes. Summer months. 



Scirpus Palustris. Probably S. plantagineus of Lefroy. 

 Stem cylindrical, slightly compressed, one to two feet high» 

 not jointed; spike cylindrical about one inch long, bearing 

 numerous flowers. Scales, rusty-brown in colour. Marshes 

 and ponds. Rather rare. November. 



Scirpus or E. Eqaisetorides (jointed rush. ) Stem cylind- 

 rical, erect, two to three feet high, with twenty to thirty joints; 

 stem pithy. Spike scaly, the scales brown, overlapping, ap- 

 pearing like a continuation of the stem, one inch long. Com" 

 mon in marshes. July to October. 



Cladium Occidentale. Scheld. (prickly sedge.) Stem cane- 

 like, six to eight feet high, triangular below, cylindrical above. 

 L/eaves two to three feet long, one-third of an inch wide, rough > 

 serrate. Flowers numerous, protruding from all leaf angles 

 on upper part of stem. Very common in all marshes. May 

 and June. 



Rhynchospora Stellata. Gr. (white sedge; white-headed 

 rush. ) Stem triangular, one to two feet high. Leaves very 

 slender, . six to eight inches long. Flower-heads white, 

 hemispherical, supported by five or six slender leafy bracts, 

 white at their base Spikeless, one-sixth of an inch long. 

 Marshes. Conspicuous by its white heads. Not very common- 

 June and July. 



Natural Order, Gramineae. 



Hambusa Vulgaris or Arundinaceae. Wendl. (bamboo. ) A 

 very graceful tree especially when planted in clumps, its joined 

 stems rising thirty or forty feet, swaying about with every 

 passing breeze. 



