362 96. CYPERACE^. 



(wate, stigmas 2.—E. B. 216. St. 85. 2. R. viii. 298.— St. rooting 

 from the lower joinings and spreading to a great extent in a zig- 

 zag manner. — Ditches and ponds. P. VI. VII. 



tt Spikes 1 — 3. Isolepis R. Br. 



12. S. setaceus (L.) ; st. round leafy at the base, spikes termi- 

 nal, lower bract long so as to resemble a short continuation of 

 the St., gl. obtuse mucronate, nut trigonous obovate longitudinally 

 ribbed and transversely striated, stigmas 3. — E. B. 1693. St. 10. 

 R. viii. 301. — St. tufted, slender, 3 — 6 in. high. Spikes small, 

 sessile, considerably shorter than the lower bract. Gl. brown 

 with whitish margins and a green keel. — Wet sandy and gravelly 

 places. P. ? VII. 



13. S. Savii (S. and M.) ; st. round leafy at the base, lower 

 bract shorter or slightly longer than the terminal spikes, gl. ob- 

 tuse submucronate, nut subglobose rough with, minute points, 

 stigmas 3.—E.E. S. 2782. R. viii. 301.— Closely resembling S. 

 setaceus. Spikes varying considerably in length, sometimes 1 in. 

 long. Gl. scarcely mucronate, greenish, usually with a brown 

 spot on the upper part of each side.^ — ji. monostachys (Hook.) ; 

 spike small solitary, bract very short. Isolepis pygmcea Kunth. 

 — In many places near the coast. P. ? VII. 



ttt Spikes many, in heads. Holoschcbnus Link. 



14. S. Holoschanus (L.) ; st. round, spikes in dense globular 

 sessile or stalked heads, lower bract erect long, gl. obovate emar- 

 ginate mucronate. — E.B. 1612. — St. 3 — -1 feet high, round quite 

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

 long, with a flat open white channel. Gl. variegated with fuscous 

 and white, pilose. Anth. with a long entire point. — Sandy coast 

 of Somerset and Devon, rare. P. IX. E. 



7. Blysmus Panz. 



1. B. compressus (Panz.); st. rather triangular, spikelets 6 — 8- 

 flowercd, outer gl. shorter than the spikelet, bristles 3 — 6 strong 

 persistent with declining teeth, 1. flat rough on the edges and 

 keel.— Scir7)MsSm.,.B.JB. 791. S^. 85. 6. ii. viii. 293.— St. 6— 8 

 in. high. Outer gl. of lowest spikelet with a subulate leaflike 

 point \ihich often overtops the spike. Glumes reddish-brown, 

 striated. Nut lenticular, shortly stalked, crowned with the long 

 persistent style, shining. — Boggy pastures. P. VI. VII. E. S. 



2. B. rufas (Link) ; st. round, spikelets 2 — 4-flowered, outer 

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

 patent or ascending teeth, 1. channeled not keeled smooth. — 



