sciEPTJs. 373 



2 long a];ieatlis at the base. Anth. bearded at the end. Panicle 

 terminal. The bract sometimes resembles a continuation of the 

 stem, iSomethnes it has long nearly Jlatjloating leaves. — Rivers 

 and ponds. P. \l. VH. Buh-vsh. E. S. I. 



OP. S. Taberniemontini (Gm.) ; st. terete, spikes in a terminal 

 compound panicle, gl. notched mucronate asperoiis fringed, mii 

 compressed rovndish-oMong Smooth, stigmas 2. — R. -viii. 307. 

 ^. glaiiciis Sm., :E. B: 2321.— Creeping. St. 2 feet high, with 

 1 or 2 long sheaths at the base. Anth. not bearded. Panicle 

 smaller than in the precedihg. Lower bract short. Fr. convex 

 on one side. — Rivers and ponds. P. YI. VII. !E. S. I. 



* * Bristles 4 — 6. Sjnke solitary, terminal. B.aiO'rHBTON Dietr. 



7. S. ccesjntdiit-s (L.) ; st. tetete striate with imbricate leafless 

 acute scales and sheaths with short tubulate I. belo-n", spike ovate 

 few-flowered, gl. ovate membranous pointed, 2 order gl. as l&ng 

 as the^ ^ike enclosing it and etiding in Imig rigid lea/like points, 

 ■nut obovate oblong mucronate smooth, bristles longer than the 

 nut with a few «rect teeth near the tip. — JS. B. 1029. St. 10. 

 ■R. viii. 300. — St. 3 — 6 in. long, many, erect, many of them 

 bairen. ;Biistles6. — Barren turfy heaths. P. YI. — VIII. 



■ ■ ' ' E. S. I. 



8. S. pauci/ldrus (Lightf.) ; st. terete stri,ate with a few thin 

 narrow leafless scales and one tight ahrupt leafless sheath below, 

 spike ovate few-flowered, gl. ovate keeled membranous at their 

 edges, 2 outer gl. hlunt sjioiier than the spike and enclosing it, nut 

 obovate muciimate_/;He/i/ netted, bristles shorter than the nid with 

 declining teeth.— i:.B. 11-22. St. 10. R. viii. 299.— St._ 3— 10 in, 

 long, erect, many 6f them barren, with suckers. Bristles 6. — 

 Boggy moors and heaths. P. VL — YJH. E. S. I. 



9. S. par't'idiis (^. & S.) ; st. round with one close-pressed 

 leafless sheath, /. Jiliform acute radical slightly dilated at the 

 base and clasping the st., spike oval few-flowered, gl. ovate 

 blunt keeled membrajiousj 2 outer ones rather longer, mit obo- 

 vate-oblong mucronate smooth, bristles ticice as long as the nut 

 with declining teeth throughout. — St. 8-5. 1. R. viii. 299. — ^Root 

 fibrous with capillary stoles. St. about an inch high^ several. 

 St. and 1. with 2 or. 3 longitudinal fibres and more or less per- 

 fect transverse hnes. Bristles J^ — 6. — On a mud-flat near Lym- 

 ington, Hants'. Rev. G. B. Smith. A. MI, E. 



*** Bristles O.-^t Spike solitary. Eleogiton Link. 



10. S.Jiuitans (L.) ; st. floating branched leafy, 1. clustered, 

 fl.-staUiS alternate with a sheathmg 1. at the base, spike terminal 

 oVate few-flowered, gl. blunt keeled membranous at their edges, 



