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2 outer gl; larger shorter tliari the spike and enclosing it, nut ob- 

 ovate, siigmas 2.—B. Si 216. iSt. 85. 2. JR. viii. 298. — St. rooting 

 from the lower joinings and spre.iding ' to a |;reat extent in a 

 zigzag manner. — Ditches and ponds. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



tt St. round, leafy at the base. Spikes 1 — 3. Isol'epis E.'Br. 



11. S. setdceus (L.) ; spikes terminal, lower bract long so as 

 ■fp resemble a short continuation of the st., gl. blunt mucronate, 

 nict trigonous obovate longitudinally ribbed, and transversely 

 striate, stigmas Z.—E. B. 1693. St. 10. R. vui. 301.— St. tufted, 

 slender, 3— 6 in. high. Spikes smaU, sessile, considerably shorter 

 than the lower bract. Gl. brown with whitish margins and a 

 green keel. — Wet sandy and gravelly places. P. ? VII. E. S. I. 



.. 12., S. Sav'ii (S. & M.) jlower bract shorter or slightly longer 

 thaji, the terminal spike,, gl. blunt submucronate, nut subglobose 

 rmtgh with minute points, stigmas 3. — E. B. S. 2782. H. viii. 301. 

 .f— Closely resembling iS. setacem. Spikes varying considerably 

 in length, sbmetimes'l in. long. Grl. scarcely mucronate, green- 

 ish, usually with a brown, spot on the upper part of each side.-!- 

 lu many places near the, coast. A. VIL E. S. I. 



ttt Spikes many, clustered. Holoschcentts Link. 



13. S. Holoschoi'nus (L.) ; st. round, spikes in dense globular 

 se'ssUe or stalked clusters, lower bract erect long, gl. obovate emar- 

 ginate mucronate. — E. B. 1612. — St. 3 — 4 feet high, round quite 

 up to the cluster. Upper bract patent or ascending ; lower very 

 long, with a flat open white channel. &1. variegated with fus- 

 cous and white, pilose: Anth.- with a long eiitire or toothed 

 point. — Sandy cOast of Somerset and Devon, rare. P. IX. E. 



7. Blts'mtjs Panz. 



, \. B. compres'sus (Panz.) ; spikelets 6 — 8-flowered, outer gl. 

 shorter than the . spikelet, bristles 8--6 strong persistent with 

 declining teeth, L flat rough on the edges and keel. — Scirpus 

 Sm., E. B. 7,91. St.So. 6. . ii. viii. 293.— St. 6— 8 in. high. 

 Otter gl. of lowest spikelet with a subulate leaflike point which 

 often overtops the spike. Glumes reddish brown, striate. Nut 

 Ijenticular, shortly stalked, , crowned with the long persistent 

 style, shining..— Boggy pastures. ,. P. VL VIL , E. S. 



2. B. n'ifns (Link) _; spikelets 2 — 4-flowered, outer gL as 

 long as the spikelet, bristles 1—6 slender deciduous with patent 

 or ascending, teeth, 1. channelled not keeled smooth. — Scirpus 

 Sm., E'. B. 1010. St. 85. 7. R. viii. 293.— St. slender. Gl. dark 

 brown, polished, not striate. Nut ovate, with a long beak and 

 Very short stalk, opaque. — Marshes near the aea on the Northern 

 and Western coasts. P. VII, E. S. I. 



