642 ORONTIACE^;. SWEET SEDGE TRIBE. 



used to strew the floor of the cathedral at Norwich 

 on festival-days. 



1. Aconus (Sweet Sedge). Sheath leaf-like, not 

 convolute, overlapping the spadix. (Name in Greek 

 denoting that the plant has the power of curing diseases 

 in the pupil of the eye.) 



ACORUS CALAMUS (Sweet Sedge). 



ACORUS (Sweet Sedge). 



1. A. Calamus (Sweet Sedge). The only British 

 species. Watery places in Norfolk and Suffolk. An 



