64 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



" bumbles." Gerarde tells us that " the tender leaves that bo next the root make a 

 convenient ointment against the biting of the spider called Phalangium." 



Sub-Species II. — Scirpus Tabernamontanse. Gmel. 



Plate MDXCVn. 



BeicJi. Ic. n. Germ, et Helv. Vol. VIII. Tab. CCCVII. 



Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. E.x;sicc. No. 2147. 



S. glaucus, Sm. Engl. Bot. No. 2321 ; and Engl. FI. Vol. I. p. 57 (non Nees. et Eseh.). 



S. lacustris /3, digynus, Godr. Gren. & Godr. Fl. de Fr. Vol. III. p. 372. 



(H)Eleogiton glaucum, Reich. Fl. Germ. Excurs. p. 17. 



Stem terete throughout, glaucous green; sheaths leafless, or the 

 upper ones terminated by a short Imear-triangular lamina. No 

 floating leaves. Spikelets ovate-ovoid in fruit. Glumes rough on tlie 

 back, with dark brown asperities. Anthers -with the apiculus not 

 ciliated. Stigmas 2. Nut plano-convex. 



In ditches and pools near the sea, or (more rarely) inland. Very 

 common, and generally distributed on the English coasts. Less 

 abundant in Scotland, extending north to Forfar and Islay Frequent 

 in Ireland. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Summer. 



Very similar to S. eu-lacustris, but commonly smaller, being 1 to 4 

 feet high, and of a dull glaucous green, by whicli it is readily distin- 

 guished when growing. The glumes also are thickly studded on the 

 outside with small brown points. The anthers appear to have the 

 apiculus glabrous or slightly scabrous, not fringed at the margins. 

 Styles always 2, and, in consequence, the nut is plano-convex, not at 

 all trigonous. 



Glaucous Bullrush. 



French, Scirpe a Tabemmmontani. German, Taherndmontan's Siinse. 



Sub-Species III.— Scirpus carinatus. Sm. 



Plate MDXCVII. 



Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. VHI. Tab. CCGVIII. 



Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 2148. 



S. Duvallii, Hoppe. Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ, et Helv. ed. ii. p. 856. Gren. & Godr. 



Fl. de Fr. Vol. III. p. 375. Kunth, Enum. Plant. Vol. II. p. 164. Reich. Ic. I.e. 



p. 42 

 (H)Eleogiton trigonum, Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ. Excurs. p. 77. 



Stems terete below, more or less distinctly trigonous in the upper 

 jiart, bright deep green ; sheaths, or at least the uppermost one, with 

 a linear-triangular more or less elonrate lamina. No floating leaves. 



