362 96. CYPERACE.E. 



wate, stigmas 2.E. E. 216. St. 85. 2. R. viii. 298. St. rooting 

 from the lower joinings and spreading to a great extent in a zig- 

 zag manner. Ditches and ponds. P. VI. VII. 



ft Spikes 13. ISOLEPIS R. Br. 



12. S. setaceus (L.) ; st. round leafy at the base, spikes termi- 

 nal, lower bract long so as to resemble a short continuation of 

 the st., gl. obtuse mucronate, nut trigonous obovate longitudinally 

 ribbed and transversely striated, stigmas 3. E. B. 1693. St. 10. 

 R. viii. 301. St. tufted, slender, 3 6 in. high. Spikes small, 

 sessile, considerably shorter than the lower bract. Gl. brown 

 with whitish margins and a green keel. Wet sandy and gravelly 

 places. P.? VII. 



13. S. Savii (S. and M.) ; st. round leafy at the base, lower 

 bract shorter or slightly longer than the terminal spikes, gl. ob- 

 tuse submucronate, nut subglobose rough with minute points, 

 stigmas 3. E.B. S. 2782. R. viii. 301. Closely resembling S. 

 setaceus. Spikes varying considerably in length, sometimes 1 in. 

 long. Gl. scarcely rnucronate, greenish, usually with a brown 

 spot on the upper part of each side. ft. monostachys (Hook.) ; 

 spike small solitary, bract very short. Isolepis pygm&a Kunth. 

 In many places near the coast. P. ? VII. 



ttt Spikes many, in heads. HOLOSCHCENUS Link. 



14. S. Holoschasnus (L.) ; st. round, spikes in dense globular 

 sessile or stalked heads, lower bract erect long, gl. obovate emar- 

 ginate mucronate. E.B. 1612. St. 3 4 feet high, round quite 

 up to the cluster. Upper bract patent or ascending ; lower very 

 long, with a flat open white channel. Gl. variegated with fuscous 

 and white, pilose. Anth. with a long entire point. Sandy coast 

 of Somerset and Devon, rare. P. IX. E. 



7. BLYSMUS Panz. 



1. B. compressus (Panz.); st. rather triangular, spikelets 6 8- 

 flowered, outer gl. shorter than the spikelet, bristles 3 6 strong 

 persistent with declining teeth, 1. flat rough on the edges and 

 keel. Scirpus Sm., E. B. 791. St. 85. 6. R. viii. 293. St. 68 

 in. high. Outer gl. of lowest spikelet with a subulate leaflike 

 point which often overtops the spike. Glumes reddish-brown, 

 striated. Nut lenticular, shortly stalked, crowned with the long 

 persistent style, shining. Boggy pastures. P. VI. VII. E. S. 



2. B. rufus (Link) ; st. round, spikelets 2 4-flowered, outer 

 gl. as long as the spikelet, bristles 1 6 slender deciduous with 

 patent or ascending teeth, 1. channeled not keeled smooth. 



