KEY TO PLATE XL!V 



No. I. Arifiiw Head 



, No. 2. flowering Rush 

 / //ifBuiomui htfibellatus. L- 





^, , ,, , No. 3. Bulrush 

 '' {Scirpus iacustris, Lf!f \ 



^ «,^islower,i''il^{fh . plume (js- 

 ,V ^ lobd^, ciliatej; 3 stamens, arid 



-fid 



a, Stamen, ttriamem;-aada^/M Fo.l.cle?, grpup ^f 6. ,,. , .„„^, ..„«t^;; ;, Mii..Ri.s, . 

 thers. fii^^^i -t,/ea+^.- beaked. *, Leaf, yW^^d, '^ O.ajstil, with ova.y, and 2 

 4 Leaf, ^rtbytfehabftd. /■;<,,'/ sheathed below ', Si:at)e. ^^-^ 'stigma. <5. Nu^, wiih 

 Scape, with fl(J>^^in\v^'od3, ' with flowers in unibeSi '• - 



female below^iJi^ shoc{ p^<}i- y' bracts /below, „ 



ceTs, male .•»bov^, cjiv^iqlWe;* / ;' coloiirea pei'iant^>j)(!!;;m^.'fis, 



wlih =^.^ barbed bristles, c, Sectio 



9 sjfamefis, osimnasj 



•"^f nitf^ \ Wi, Leaf, sheathed 



// b'elow.v^ (j^rn^^ with spike 

 !ets\&'«wsters. ;' 



srti^ Flower,; *ithv^'Jniie,^^^ens, ;pjjjitU^,-.|^.> 

 chi^tetii »hi>>vw^^ (i<jj»ers witVi glum^ 



^, FJovrer, wttK palea, fiowetiing glume, w\\ 



•Steerted anthers.' 4 Stem, with kaveOf^S I 3 staraens, and pistil, with !i feathery \;^ 



linalbratached cyme, with fio.*vftrWh- i ^«^X^ ^, Stem, y.ith sheathing ieafi, ^ 



Masters: #|>;biactsbeloW/^Cv'' I <^,-^«^We, with spikeiete ift.-Avhorisi «^^^^ 



