370 96. CTPERAOE^. 



2. C. f us' CHS (L. ) ; spitelets linear-lanceolate in small roundish 

 heads at the extremities Of the branches, gl. spreading, stigmas 

 3, root fibrous.— -B. B. S. 2626. St. 52. 6.— A small nearly 

 prostrate' plant, Stems mahy, 2 — 5 in. long. ■ Heads with 8 

 unequal 1. at the base. Gluriies fuscous with green keels. — 

 Little Chelsea, Middlesex ; but the spot is being built over. 

 Shalford Conimbn, Surrey. .lersey. A. VIII. IX. E. 



' '2. Schce'uus iite. Bog-rush. 



1. S. nicfricans (L.) ; st. round naked, spikelets 5 — 10 col- 

 lected into a terminal roundish head overtopped by the lower 

 bract, gl. rough at the keel— ^. B. 1121. -Si!. 40. 9.— Boot 

 of strong black fibres. St. 8 — 12 in. high, clothed at the base 

 with blackish-brown smooth shining scales some of which ter- 

 minate in setaceous erect leaves which are shorter, than the stem. 

 Bristles variable in number, short, rough, with upward spines. 

 Stigmas 3. Anth. ending in a point. Gl. dark brown or black. 

 —Turfy bogs. P. YI. E. S. I. 



Tribe II. Scirpece. 

 ' 3. Cla'ditim Pat. Br. Sedge. 



1. C. Maris' cus (R. Br.) ; panicles lateral and terminal repeat- 

 edly compound, spikelets capitate, at. roundish leafy smooth, 1. 

 finely serrate on the margins and keeL— jB. B. 950. — Creeping. 

 St. 3 — 4 feet high. , L. very long, rigid, narrowed and trique- 

 trous towards the end. Fl. in each spikelet 1 — 3, but usually 

 only one nut is produced. — Bogs and fens, rare. P. VII. Com- 

 mon Sedge. E. S. I. 



4. Ehtnchos'poea VoM. 



1. R. allha (Vahl) ; spikelets in a compact corymb about as 

 lung as the outer bracts, stam. 2, bristles with declining teeth, 

 base of the style without teeth. — E. B. 985. St. 40. 7. — Slightly 

 creej)ing. St. 6 — 12 in. high., L. nan-owly linear. Spikelets 

 whitish. Bristles 9—12. Filatnents slender. — 16. sordida; 

 spikelets brownish, in small oval clusters, often overtopped bv 

 the outer bracts.— Turfy bogs. P. VII. E. S. I. 



2. S. fus'ca (Sm.); spikelets in an oval he&A. considerably 

 shorter than the outer bracts, stam. 3, bristles with asoendiiig 

 teeth, base of the style with erect teeth.-^^. B. 1675. St. 40. 6. 

 — Creeping extensively. St, 6—8 in. high. L. nearly filiforjn. 

 ; Spikelets brown, Bristles 6. Filaments dilated. — ^Bogs rare 

 &'.outh-westofEnf;land. Ireland, P. "\TI.Vni. ' E. L 



