CYPEIUGE.E. 



383 



Glumes torn, with an intermediate point, p. 



7, 8. Ditches on the Coast. 



24. sylvaticus. Spikelets very numerous, 

 in small clusters, stalked, and sessile in a 

 lax, decompound panicle. Stalks sheathed. 

 Stigmas 3. Bristles of Seeds with reversed 

 prickles. Glumes obtuse, mucronulate. L. 

 of Invol. flat. p. 6, 7. Wet shady, u. Eng. 

 and as far s. as Tuscany. 



25. radicans. Spicules all stalked, in a 

 decompound corymb. Stigmas 3. Bristles 

 of Seed twisted, smooth, three times as long 

 as seed. Glumes, obtuse, pointless, p. 7, 8. 

 Moist sandy meadows, s. and e. G. rare. 



26. pubescens. Invol. of 2 L., about 

 equalling spicule. Spicules few, pubescent, 

 ovate, crowded in a spm'ious umbel. Stigma 

 trifid. Bristles of Seed 0. Glumes ovate, 

 awned. Seeds globose, retuse. p. 6. Near 

 the sea. Ajaccio. 



27. naichelianus. Invol. of many L., 

 many times longer than spicules. Spicules in 

 a sessile, terminal head. Stigmas 2. Bristles 

 0. Glume lanceolate, tapering into a spread- 

 ing mucro. Seeds nearly linear, acute, a. 7, 



8. Moist sandy and banks of streams. Elbe. 

 Morav. Po. 7-9. Rous. Pdni. Aust. Sil. 



D. Stems branched, leafy. Flowers solitary, 

 on axillary stallcs. 



28. fluitans. Stems rooting at base, pros- 

 trate or floating. Stigmas 2. Bristles 0. p. 

 6-9. Wet. 



The following I do not know lohere to j)lace. 



29. panormitanus. Spicule solitary, very 

 small, sessile. Invol. of 2 L. : the lower ex- 

 ceeding the spicule ; the upper resembling a 

 very long continuation of the stem. Glume 

 ovate, mucronulate, concavo - carinate, hispid 

 on the l)ack. Stem creeping, terete at base ; 

 upper part semiterete, with rough angles. L. 

 many, rigid, semiterete, channeled, rough on 

 the margin, p. 7- Marshes. St. Giro near 

 Pal."— Parl. 



831. EIMBRISTYLIS. 



1. dichotoma. Culm 3-edged. L. seta- 

 ceous, pubescent. Spicules stalked, solitary, 

 in a spurious umbel ; central one sessile. Seeds 

 with longitudinal ribs and transverse wrinkles. 

 Glumes ovate, mucronate. a. 6-8. Moist. 

 s. Tyr. Tess. It. 



^. annua. Umbel simple, with about 5 

 spicules. 



832. POGONOSTYLIS. 



1. squamosa. Very small, tufted. Spi- 

 cules solitary, sessile and stalked, in an irre- 

 gular umbel. Invol. of 5 L., falling short of 

 umbel, a. 6. Bitches and moist grass. Alto- 

 pascio and Poggio a Cujano, Tusc. 



833. ERIOPHORUM. 



A. Spike solitary, terminal. 



1. alpinuiu. Stem 3-edged. L. much 

 shorter than their sheaths. Spike oblong. 

 Bristles 4-6, lengthening into flexuose hairs. 

 p. 6, 7. Boggy mountains of m. Eur. and 

 on flain, n. G. 



2. capitatum. Stem altogether round, with 

 an inflated sheath. Spike globular. Hairs 

 very numerous. Root extensively creeping. 

 p. 6, 7. Very high moist. Pyr. Alps. So. 



3. vaginatum. Stem 3-edged at top, with 

 an inflated sheath, somewhat oblong. Hairs 

 very numerous. Root hai'dly creeping, densely 

 tufted, p. 3-5. Bogs. 



S. Spikes several. Hairs of Seeds very 



numerous. 



4. pubescens. Stem 3-edged at top. L. 

 (lanceolate, Sm.) linear, flat, triangular at top. 

 Spike-stalks rough. Seeds 3-edged, pyriform. 

 Haii's about three times as long as spikes, p. 

 4, 5. Boggy meadovjs. 



5. gracile. Stem round, with 3 slight 

 angles. L. very narrow, 3-edged, channeled 

 at base. Spike-stalk finely 'do wuy. Seeds ob- 

 longo-linear, 3-edged, somewhat narrowed at 

 base. Hairs about twice as long as spikes. 

 p. 7- Very loet bogs. 

 Mont Cenis. 



Sc. e. G. e. Liguria. 



6. angustifolium. Stem nearly round. 

 L. linear, channeled, 3-edged at top. Spike- 

 stalk smooth. Hairs four times as long as 

 spike. Seeds all acutely 3-edged. p. 4. 

 Bogs. 



834. ELYNA. 



1. spicata. Spike solitary, simple, terete. 

 p. 6, 7. Very high. Alps. Pyr. 



835. KOBRESU. 



1. caricina. Spike subovoid, compound, 

 compact. Spicules tiled, alternate, p. 8. 

 Springy. Teesdale. Perthsh. Glaciers of Aar 

 and Rhone, e. Alps. 



