AMONG THE WILD FLOWERS. 109 
on banks, grow in dense bunches of slender 
but strong stems, the spikelets small, and, in 
divulsa, very distant. 
Several species have an interest from being 
very rare; it may be impossible to determine 
some of the species without patient use of the 
microscope ; but the most common and striking 
ones may easily become familiar by a little 
friendly aid. It is one of the wonders of 
natural history that the ferzanth and nut of 
(ie +70 species of Caréx have, in each ‘of the 
various species, their own peculiar form, which 
does not vary, and can always be recognized 
by comparison with a well-drawn set of 
diagrams of the fruits of these plants. 
There are 9 other genera of the CYPERACEA ; 
Cyperus longus, Galingale, is the one that gives 
name to the Order, and is an elegant and rare 
plant with large umbel of flowers and brown- 
ish-red glumes. 
Several species of E7eocharzs, Spike-rush, are 
frequent; they grow in very wet places, have 
stems like the common Rush, /zzxcus, but in- 
stead of a panicle of flowers springing from 
below the summit of the stem, they have a 
solitary spike terminating it. 
