14 TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Eriophorum. 



commonly longer than the general spike : this bractea trian- 

 gular, and rough at the end. 



*** Stem triangular. Panicle leafy. 



S. syhdticiis. Wood Club-rush. Millet Cypress-grass. 

 Stem triangular, leafy throughout. Panicle terminal, 

 leafy, cymose, repeatedly compound. Flower-stalks 

 sheathed at the base. Spikes clustered. E. B. 919^ 

 Cyperus grammeus miliaceus. G. E. 30. 5. 



Moist woods. ** Heythorp Woods. Sb. Beyond South Hinksey. 

 Bx. 



Per. July. 



ELEO'CHARIS'. Spike-rush. 



E. palustris. Creeping S. R. Culm round, naked, 

 with leafless sheaths at the base ; spike naked, oblong- 

 egg-shaped. Root creeping. Stigmas two. Seed 

 roundish, most convex at one side. Scirpus palustris. 

 E. B. 131. Juncus minor, capitulis equiseti. G. E. 

 S5. f. at p. 1631. 



Banks of rivers, marshes. 

 Per. June. 



Three stigmas are erroneously represented, in Engl. Bot. 

 Culms erect. Ls. none. Spike brown. 



The fresh herb is greedily devoured by swine. 



E. aciculdris. Least Spike-rush. Stem four-cornered. 

 Stigmas three. Seed numerously furrowed, without 

 bristles at the base. Filaments permanent. Scirpus 

 acicularis E. B. 749. H. L. 49. 



In damp spots, upon heaths, where tvater has stagnated during winter. 

 * Binsey Common. Near Ensham bridge. Sb. Port Meadow, 

 near Medley Lock. Side of Canal, going from Oxford to Wol- 

 vercot. B.v. 



Per. August. 



Base invested with a light, blunt, beardless sheath. Spike termi- 

 nal, of few flowers. Culms very slender. " Fruit oblong, 

 beautifully impressed with points in lines, tipped with the sphe- 

 rical base of the style." H. 



ERIO'PHORUM \ Cotton-Grass. 

 (E. vagindtum. Hare*s-tail C. Stem triangular above j 



' Gr. Delighting in marshes. ='Gr. wool-bearing. 



