ELEOCHARIS. SCIRPUS. 449 



5. ELEOC'HAKIS K. Br. 

 Spikes terminal and solitary in all our species. 



1. E. palus'tris (R. & S.) ; gl. rather acute, lowest gl. %-sur- 

 rounding the spike, nut roundish plane-convex with rounded 

 ed^res smooth crowned with the ovate base of the style and 

 falling short of the 4 bristles, base of st. clothed with mem- 

 branous almost transversely truncate sheaths. E. B. 131 . St. 9. 

 R. viii. 297. Often only slightly creeping, 620 in. high. 

 Sheaths with a very blunt point on one side. Wet and marshy 

 places. P. VI. E.S.I. 



2. E. uniglumis (Link) ; gl. rather acute, lowest gl. almost 

 surrounding the spike, nut pearshaped blunt rather compressed 

 with rounded edges very finely punctate-striate crowned with 

 the conical base of the style and falling short of the bristles, 

 base of st. clothed with transversely truncate sheaths. 8y. E. B. 

 1587. R. viii. 296. Far-creeping, 68 in. high. Wet sandy 

 places especially near the sea. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



[E. Watsoni (Bab.) ; nut oblong very blunt a little narrowed 

 below exceeding the bristles. A. N. H. ser. 2. x. 19. It is pro- 

 bably a form of Sp. 2. Taynloan, Argyleshire. Dr. Balfour. 

 Murrough of Wicklow. Dr. D. Moore.'] S. I. 



3. E. multicaulis (Srn.) ; glumes blunt, nut topshaped trique- 

 trous smooth crowned with the broad triquetrous base of the 

 style equalling the six bristles, base of st. clothed with obliquely 

 truncate rather acute sheaths. E. B. 1187. St. 78. 11. R. viii. 

 298. Slightly creeping, about 6 in. high. Marshy places. 

 P. VII. E. S. I. 



4. E. aciculdris (R. & S.) ; glumes blunt, nut obovate-oblong 

 compressed longitudinally ribbed and transversely striate crowned 

 with the topshaped base of the style, bristles short deciduous. 

 E. B. 749. St. 10. R. viii. 294. Root fibrous with slender 

 runners. St. many, slender, erect, 3 4 in. high, when growing 

 in water sometimes a foot long. Spikes very small. In damp 

 places upon heaths. P. ? A. (Koch) VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



6. SCIK'PUS Linn. Club-rush. 

 * Bristles 6. Spikes many. SCIRPUS. 



1. S. marit'imus (L.) ; spikes stalked or sessile in a dense ter- 

 minal cluster, bracts several leaflike, gl. bifid with acute lobes 



