332 SUMMER FLOWERS. 



B. rufus : stems J-l foot high, stiff, slender, with few very 

 narrow leaves near the base; spike terminal, consisting of 

 about six sessile 24 flowered spikelets, dark, shining brown, 

 almost black, nearly concealed by the outer bract, which is 

 dark brown, and shining. -Marshy places. Fl. July. 



(301) Eleocharis. 



E. acicularis : plant small, slender, tufted, the fine subulate 

 stems scarcely two inches high, with short sheaths at their 

 base, most of them bearing a single terminal oblong spikelet, 

 of a dark brown colour, the outer bract similar to the glumes ; 

 flowers usually 6-8 in the spikelet. Wet sandy places. Fl. 

 July, August. 



E. palustris : stems numerous, erect, densely tufted, ^-1 

 foot high, leafless ; spikelets solitary and terminal, oblong ; 

 glumes numerous, closely imbricated, brown, with scarious 

 edges, green on the midrib, the outer bract only differing from 

 the glumes in being rather larger. Edges of pools and watery 

 ditches. Fl. June. 



E. multicaulis is very much like this, but smaller, the 

 stems more slender, many of them barren and leaf-like, and 

 the spikelets rather smaller. Marshy places. 



(302) Scirpus. CLUB-RUSH. 

 * Hypogynous bristles none. 



S. fluitans : aquatic ; stems long, slender, branching, either 

 floating in water, or forming soft densely matted masses on its 

 margin; leaves linear-subulate; spikelets solitary, terminal, 

 oblong, greenish, the outer bract without any leafy point. 

 Pools and still waters. Fl. June, July. 



S. setaceus : stems slender, 2-3 inches high, forming dense 



