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es, 



[Scirptis, 



with 1 or 2 leaves at the base, spikelets about 2 terminal, o-ene- 

 ral bractea erect leafy much shorter than the stem, achene 

 mucronate ribbed obovate and marked with transverse liu 

 J^. B. t. 1G93. 



Moist gravelly places, frequent. 2/. 7, 8. 

 high, very slender. Stam. 2, Stigmas 3, 



3. I. Sdvii Schultes (Savi's M,) ; stem round leafy below 

 spikelets 1 — 3 terminal shorter than the unequally two-leaved 

 involucre, fruit subglobose minutely dotted not furrowed. Scir- 



^ " Roem. et Sch. Sclrpus fili- 



Sd 



Stems tufted, 2 — 5 in 



HooJi 

 fornus Savi, — ;3. monostachys ; spikelet solitary with a'^shorter 



Hook. 1. c. I. pygma^a Kiinth. Fimbri- 



involucral bractea. 



stylis VaJiL Scirpus leptaleus Koch. 



Wet bogs, Ireland, and in the west of England and Scotland; 

 Shanklin, Isle of Wight, plentiful. Jersey. — j8. Dorsetshire ; North 

 Devon ; near Ryde, Isle of Wight, not uncommon. Cork, and other 

 places in Ireland. 2JL. 7- — In habit much resembling the last 

 species, as the var, jS. does the Eleocharis acicularis; the fruit is, how- 

 ever quite peculiar. Stamens 3. Fruit usually rough, with slightly 

 elevated points, but in specimens from Galloway, Scotland, it only 

 appears to be rough on account of numerous impressed dots, like a 

 thimble. The name pygmcea is the oldest, but is not always applicable. 



•[•■j- Spikes numerous, collected into globular heads, 



4. I. Holoschoe'mts^oem, and Sch. (round cluster-headed M,) ; 

 stem rounded, spikelets lateral collected into compact globular 

 sessile or stalked heads, leaves subulate channelled. Sci'rpusZ. ; 

 E. B. t. 1612. 



Sandy sea-shores, only found in the extreme southern and western 

 parts of England. 2/.. 9. 



8. Scirpus Linn. Club-rush. Bull-rush, 



Spikelets solitary or fascicled, many-flowered. Glumes im- 

 bricated on all sides, equal, 1 or 2 of the lowest sometimes 

 sterile. Hypogynous bristles about 6, usually retrorsely toothedj 

 scarcely so long as the glumes. Style not jointed at the base, 

 deciduous. Achene tipped with the narrow base of the style, 

 or pointless. — Name, according to Theis, from Cirs^ in Celtic, 

 which makes Cors in the plural, whence chorda in Latin, andcor^i 

 in English ; the sterns having been formerly employed for the 

 same purposes as those of Schcenus. 



Spikes numerous. Stem rounded. 



1. S. lacustrisL. (Lake C. or B.)-, spikelets in compound 

 lateral umbels mostly shorter than the rounded almost leafless 

 stem, glumes notched mucronate smooth ciliated^ anthers bearded 

 at the end, style trifid, achene bluntly trigonous obovate shin- 

 ing and polished. £. B. t. 666. 



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