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has single spikes of brown flowers, and no scales at the base 

 of its stems. 



The second division have round stems and several spikes. 



The tall Bullrush (S. lacustris), belongs to this division, and 

 its compound panicle of spikes rises upon stems eight feet high. 

 Edward has splendid specimens from his beloved Avon. 



The Bristle-stalked Club Rush (S. setaceus), is a very slender 

 plant ; its stems and leaves are like threads. The spikes are 

 few and small, and the whole plant does not attain a greater 

 height than three or four inches. This specimen grew on a 

 dry mud-bank at the mouth of the Loe Pool. 



A specimen of the equally slender Savi's Club Rush (S. Savii), 

 was sent to me the other day from Sandown, in the Isle of 

 Wight. Its mark of distinction is the roundness and roughness 

 of the fruit. 



There are a glaucous Club Eush (S. glaucus), inhabiting salt 

 marshes ; and a Hound-clustered Club Bush (S. holoschoenus), 

 a tenant of the seashore ; and a Brown Club Hush (S. riifus), 

 with smooth fruit, which grows in marshes in the West. All 

 these belong to one division. 



The third division includes all that have triangular stems. 



The Triangular Club Eush and the Blunt-edged Club Eush 

 (S. triquetrus and S. cariiiatus), have no bracts with their 

 cluster ; the former lives on banks of rivers near the sea, and 

 the latter on those of inland rivers. 



The Sea Club Eush (S. maritimus), grows in salt marshes. 

 Fanny found it in Lostwithiel, in Cornwall; and the Wood 

 Club Eush (S. sylvaticus), favours thick woods and swamps. I 

 have gathered it in ditches near Clevedon. These two last have 

 bracts in their panicles ; the former is slender and glaucous, 

 the latter strong in its habit, and with beautiful fresh green 

 sword-shaped leaves. 



The Spike Eushes are very simple plants, with leafless stems 

 bearing a head of three or four florets at the summit. 



The Many-stalked Spike Eush (Eleocharis multicaulis), grows 



