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sheaths bear long nearly flat floating leaves. — Rivers and ponds. 

 P. VI. VH. Bull Rush. 



7 ?. S. TaberncEmontani (Gra.) ; st. round, spikes in a terminal 

 compound panicle, gl. notched mucronate punctate-scabrous 

 fringed, nut compressed loundish-oblong smooth, stigmas 2. — R. 

 viii. 307. S. glaucus Sm., E. B. 2321.— St. 2 feet high, with 1 

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

 smaller than in the preceding.' Lower bract short. Fr. convex 

 on one side. — Rivers and ponds. P. VI. VII. 



** Bristles 4 — G. Spike solitary, terminal. B^othryon Dietr. 



8. S. ccespitosus (L.) ; st. nearly round striate with imbricate 

 leafless acute scales and sheaths with short subulate I. below, 

 spike terminal solitary ovate few-flowered, gl. ovate membranous 

 pointed, 2 outer gl. as long as the spike inclosing it and termi- 

 nating in long rigid leaflike points, nut obovate oblong mucro- 

 nate smooth, bristles longer than the nut with a few erect teeth 

 near the tip.— JB. B. 1029. St. 10. R. viii. 300.— St. 3—6 in. 

 long, many, erect, many of them barren. Bristles 6. — Bai-ren 

 turfy heaths. P. VI.— VIII. 



9. S. pauciflorus (Lightf.) ; st. round striated with a few thin 

 narrow leafless scales and one tight abrupt leafless sheath below, 

 spike terminal solitary ovate few-flowered, gl. ovate keeled mem- 

 branous at their edges, 2 outer gl. obtuse shorter than the spike 

 and inclosing it, nut obovate mucronate finely reticulate-striate, 

 bristles shorter than the nut with declining teeth. — E. B. 1122. 

 St. 10. R. viii. 299. — St. 3 — 10 in. long, erect, many of them 

 barren. Bristles 6.— Boggy moors and heaths. P. Vl. — VIII. 



10. S. parvulus {'R. and S.) ; st. round with one close-pressed 

 leafless sheath, I. filiform acute radical slightly dilated at the base 

 and clasping the St., spike terminal solitary oval few-flowered, 

 gl. ovate obtuse keeled membranous, 2 outer ones rather longer, 

 nut obovate-oblong mucronate smooth, bristles twice as long as 

 the nut with declining teeth throughout. — St. 85. 1. R. viii. 299. 

 — Root fibrous with capillary stoles. St. about an inch high, 

 several. St. and 1. with 2 or 3 longitudinal fibi-es and more or 

 less perfect transverse lines. Bristles 4 — 6. — On a mud-flat 

 near Lymington, Hants. Rev. G. E. Smith. A. VII. E. 



*** Bristles 0. — t Spike solitary. Eleogiton Link. 



11. S. fluitans (L.) ; st. floating branched leafy, 1. fasciculate, 

 fl. -stalks alternate with a sheathing I. at the base, spike terminal 

 ovate few-flowered, gl. obtuse keeled membranous at their edges, 

 2 outer gl. larger shorter than the spike and inclosing it, nut ob- 



