TRIANDRIA MOXOGYNIA. Scirpus. IS 



S. paucijlorus. Chocolate-headed Club-rush. Stem 

 round, with a tight leafless sheath at the base. Spike 

 terminal, of few flowers, longer than its blunt, mem- 

 branous-tipped outer glumes. E. B. 11^2. 



Peat bogs, morasses. Peat bogs on BulliDgdon Green. Sb. ** 



Per. June. 



Stems slender. Sjiikes somewhat four-iiowered. 



S.Jluitans. Floating Club-rush. Stem branched, leafy, 

 limber, and floating. Flower-stalks alternate, naked. 

 Spikes terminal, of few flowers. E. B. 216. 



Pools where the water has stagnated daring the winter. South- 



leigh Heath. Sb. ** ^ 



Per. June. 

 Stem branched, sending out roots. Ls. linear. 



** Stem round, tvitli several spikes. 



S. lacustris. Bull-rush. Stem round, naked. Panicle 

 cymose, twice compound, terminal. Spikes egg- 

 shaped. Bracteas generally much shorter than the 

 panicle. E. B. mQ. H. L. 91. 



Rivers, stagnant tvaters. 



Per. July. 



Culm five or six feet high, dark gi-een, simple, leafless. Ls. at the 



base, one or two, short, with long sheaths. 



From its stems, the rush bottoms of chairs are made : cattle in 

 hard seasons will eat it : also, used for thatching, and packages, 

 occasionally. 



S. setdceus. Bristle-stalked Club-rush. Stem bristle- 

 shaped, leafy at the base. Spikes about two, stalk- 

 less, surmounted by a leafy bractea. Seed furrowed, 

 without bristles. E. B. 1693. H. L. 97- 



Wet gravelly grounds. 

 An. July. 



Spikelets generally in pairs, egg-shaped. Plant from two to five 

 inches high. 



S. caricinus. Compressed C. R. Stem roundish, leafy 

 about the lower parts. Spikelets clustered, two- 

 ranked, many flowered. Leaves flat, edges and keel 

 rough. Seed six bristled, at the base. Schcenus com- 



pressus. E. B. 791. 



Boggy meadows. Under Bullingdon Green, &c. B.v. 

 Spikes bright chestnut. Stem about one ft. simple. Style permanent. 

 Stigm. falling off. I/(3wer spikelet sub-tended by a bractea, 



