ELEOCHA.EIS. SCraPTJS. 371 



5. Eleoc'haeis R. Br. 



Spikes terminal and solitary in all oiir species. 



1. E. pah^iris (R. Br.) ; gl. rather acute, lowest gl. ^-sur- 

 rounding tlie spike, stigmas 2, nut roundish plane-convex with 

 rounded edges smooth crowned withthe ovate base of the style 

 and falling short of tte 4 bristles, base of st. clothed mth mem- 

 branous almost transversely truncate sheaths.- — S. B. 131. St. 9. 

 B.. viii. 297. — Often only slightly creeping, 6-^12 in. high- 

 Sheaths with a very blunt point on one side. — ^Wet and marshy 

 places. P. VI. E. S. I. 



2. JS. uniglumis (Link) ; gl. rather acute, loioest gl. almost 

 surrounding the spike, stigmas 2, nut pearshaped blunt rather 

 compressed with rounded edges smooth crowned with the co- 

 nical base of the style and falling short of the bristles, base of 

 st. clothed with Iransoersdy ti~v,ncate sheaths. — S.. viii. 296. — Far- 

 creeping,. 6 — 8 in. high. Nut sometimes punctate-striate. — Wet 

 sandy places, especially near the sea. P. VI. Vll. E. S. 



[-E Watsdni (Bab.); lowest gl rather blunt, nut oblong very 

 blunt a little nan-owed below compressed with rounded edges 

 &a<^ punctate-striate crowned with the broad shortly conicid 

 base of the style and exceeding' the bnsttes. — A. N. H. ser. 2. s. 

 19. — St. 3 — 4 in. high. It differs in no other respect fi-om Sp. 

 2, of which it probably is a form. — Taynloan, Argyleshire. Dr. 

 Balfour, Murrough of Wicklow. Dr. t). Moore^ S.I. 



3. -E muUicatUis (Sm.) ; glumes Vbiat, stigmas 3, nut top- 

 shaped triquetrous smooth crowned with the btoad triquetrous 

 base of thi style Equalling the 6 bristles, bas& of st. clothed with 

 obliquely truncate rather acute sheidhi.—E. B. 1187. St. 78. 11. 

 R. viii. 296. — Slightly creeping, about 6 in. high. — Marshy 

 places. P. ^TI. E. S. L 



4. JE. aciculdris (Sm.) ; glumes blunt, stigmas 3, nut obovate- 

 oblong compressed longitudinallynSSe^aMo transversely striate 

 crowned with the topshapedbase of the style, bristles short de- 

 ciduous.— J?. S. 749. SLJO. R. viii. 294.— Root fibrous with 

 slender runners. St many, slender, erect, 3 — 4 in. high, when 

 growing in water sometimes a foot long. Spikes very small. — 

 In d?.mp places upon heaths. P. ? A, (Koch) XJI. VIII. E. S. I. 



6. SciBPrs Linn. Club-rnsh. 

 * Bf-istles 6. S^nkes many. 



1. S. mariHimus (LJ) ; -spikes stalked or sessile in a dense ter- 

 i&inial cluster, bracts seveHilIeaflike,'gl. bifid with acute lobes 



