Eleockaris.} CYPERACEJE. 321 



by Mr. Templeton, in 1809. County of Derry ; Mr. D. Moore. 

 FL July. It,.. Root tufted, with many long fibres. Whole plant 

 rather smaller than the preceding. Stems very numerous, eight or ten 

 inches high, sometimes more, spreading loosely, with one or two tight 

 purplish sheaths at the base. Leaves none. Spike smaller, more acute 

 and slender, than in the last, and rather darker coloured. One or two 

 of the lower flowers are often viviparous. Glumes obtuse. 



3. E. pauciflora, Link. Chocolate-headed Spike-rush. Stem 

 rounded, its sheaths leafless ; spike ovate, naked, the two outer 

 glumes the largest, obtuse, shorter than the spike ; stigmas 

 three; style scarcely deciduous, not jointed. Br. FL 1. p. 23. 

 Scirpus pauciflorus, E. Bot. t. 1029. E. FL v. i. p. 55. 



Moory ground, not unfrequent. Fl. July. 1. Much smaller than 

 the last. Fruit pale, obovate, triquetrous, terminated by the withered 

 rigid style, not swollen at the base nor jointed, gradually tapering from 

 the obtuse point of the fruit. Hoots fibrous, sending out jointed 

 runners. 



4. E. c<2spitosa> Link. Scaly-stalked Spike-rush. Stem 

 rounded, or slightly compressed ( Wilson) ; sheaths with subu- 

 late leaves, their two outer glumes (fertile) longer than the very 

 small spikes, and terminating in long rigid points ; stigmas 

 three ; style deciduous ; fruit mucronated with the narrow per- 

 sistent base of the style. Br. FL 1. p. 24. Scirpus ccBspitosus t 

 E. Bot. t. 1029. E. Fl. v. i. p. 55. 



Moors and moist heathy places, common. FL June, July. 1. 

 Stems numerous, from three to twelve inches high, in dense tufts, 

 erect, naked, except at the base, where they bear two or three very 

 short leaves, with long sheaths, besides numerous tumid, furrowed, po- 

 lished, permanent, radical, external scales. Spikes solitary, small, red- 

 dish-brown. 



5. E. acicularis, Roem. et Sch. Least Spike-rush. Stem 

 setaceous, compressed, grooved ; sheaths leafless ; spike ovate, 

 acute ; glumes equal, acute ; stigmas three ; bristles none. Br. 

 Fl. 1. p. 24. E. FL v.i. p. 64. Scirpus acicularis^ E. Bot. 

 t. 749. 



Sides of lakes and rivers. Banks of the Shannon near Portumna. 

 Bann-river near Portglenone ; Mr. Templeton and Mr. D. Moore. 

 Lough Erne ; Dr. Scott. Fl. July, Aug. 3. The most delicate of 

 the Spike-rushes. Root fibrous, with filiform runners. Fruit obovate 

 oblong, pale yellow, beautifully impressed with dotted lines, tipped with 

 the almost globose base of the style. 



6. E. fluitanS) Hook. Floating Spike-rush. Stem com- 

 pressed, branched ; spikes ovate ; glumes nearly equal, obtuse ; 

 stigmas two ; bristles none ; fruit obovate, plano-convex, tipped 

 with the narrow base of the style. Br. FL 1. p. 24. Scirpus 



fluitans, E. Bot. t. 216. E. FL v.'i.p. 56. 



Ditches, still lakes, and pools of water that are sometimes dried 

 up. Marsh on Howth, Cunnamara, &c. Ft. June, July. % . Stem 

 zigzag, most slender in the lower part. Spike small, pale green. 



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