HEXANDRIA— TRIGYNIA. Triglochin. 199 



ferior, oblong, acute, recurved, firm, permanent. Filam. 

 capillary, lax, opposite to the petals and not so long. 

 Anth. terminal, longer than the filaments, dependent, 

 linear, flattened, of 2 cells, opening at the inner side, by 

 2 longitudinal, parallel fissures. Germe?is 3, superior, 

 ovate, compressed, nearly the length of the petals. Sii/les 

 none. Stigmas lateral, oblong, obtuse, at the outer mar- 

 gin of each germen. Caps. 3, roundish, compressed, 

 pointed, inflated, spreading, each of 1 cell and 2 valves. 

 Seeds solitary, oblong. 

 Root creeping. Herbage smooth. Stem leafy, simply race^ 

 mose. Zraues semicyhndrical, sheathing, i^l of a brownish 

 green. Only 1 species known. 



1 . S. palustr'is. Marsh Scheuchzeria. 



S. palustris. Linn. Sp. PI. 482. Fl. Lapp. ed.2. 103. <• 10. /. I . 



fVilld. V. 2. 263. Engl. Bot. v. 26. M801. Comp. 57. Don H. 



Br. 208. Fl.Dan.t.76. Ehrh. Phyt. 24. Roth Germ. v. I.] 59. 



v.2.p. 1.419. 

 S. n. 1310. Hall.Hist.v.2.l66. 



Juncus floridus minor. Bauh.Pin.\2. Prodr. 23. Theatr. 190. 

 Juncoidi affinis palustris. Scheuchz. Agr. 336. 

 Gramen junceum aquaticum, semine racemoso. Loes. Pruss. 1 14. 



^.28. 



In wet spongy mountain bogs, very rare. 



Found in Lakeby Car, near Borough-bridge, Yorkshire, in 1807, 

 by the Rev. J. Dalton j nor has it been observed in any other 

 spot in Britain. 



Perennial. June. 



Root long, creeping, tough, with a lax, white and shining cuticle. 

 Stems erect, wavy, simple, a span high, round and smooth. 

 Leaves few, erect, alternate, distant, semicylindrical, obtuse, 

 with a terminal pore ; spongy within ; sheathing and membra- 

 nous at the base. Fl. about 5, in a terminal cluster, seldom quite 

 so tall as the leaves. Bracteas solitary, lanceolate, membranous, 

 with a leafy point. Capsules the size of a pea, coriaceous, tumid, 

 wrinkled. 



A very rare plant in Switzerland, more plentiful in Sweden, Den- 

 mark, NoiTvay and Lapland. 



207. TRIGLOCHIN. Arrow-grass. 



Linn. Gen. 179. Juss. 47. Fl. Br. 398. Lam. t.270. Gcertn. t. 84. 

 Juncago. Tourn. 1. 142. Mkh. Gen. 43. ^ 31. 



Nat. Ord. see n. 206. 



