390 97. cypEEACEai. 



5, Eieoc'haeis B. Br. 

 Spikes terminal and solitary in all our speciea. 



1. X palm'tris (R. Br.) ; gl. ratter acute, Invest gl. |-sur- 

 rounding the spike, stigmaa 2, nut roundish plane-convex with 

 rounded edges smooth crowned with the ovate base of the style 

 and falling short of the 4 bristles, base of st. clothed with mem- 

 branous almost transversely truncate sheaths. — E. B. 131. St. 9. 

 R. 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. B. unigl4m,is (Lint) ; gl. rather acute, lowest gl. almost 

 surrounding the spike, stigmas 2, nut pearshaped blunt rather 

 compressed with rounded edges very iinely punctate-striate 

 crowned with the conical base of the style and falling short of 

 the bristles, base of St. clothed with transversely truncate sheaths. 

 — % E. B. 1587. R. viii. ^m.— Far-creeping, 6—8 in. high. 

 — Wet sandy places especially near the sea. P. VI. VII. E. S. 



\_E. Watsdni (Bab.) ; nut oblong very blunt a little narrowed 

 below exceeding the bristles. — A. N. H. ser. 2. x. 19. — It is pro- 

 bably a form of Sp. 2. — Taynloan, Argyleshire. Dr. Balfour. 

 Murrough of Wicklow. Dr. D. Moore!] B. S. 



•3. E. multicaiiUs (Sm.) ; glumes blunt, stigmas 3, mit top- 

 shaped triquetrous smooth crowned with the broad triquetrous 

 base of the style equalling the six bristles, base of St. clothed with 

 obliquely truncate rather acute sheaths. — E. B. 1187. iSt. 78. 11. 

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

 places. P. VII. E.S.I. 



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

 oblong compressed longitudinally ribbed and transversely striate 

 crowned with the topshaped base of the style, bristles short de- 

 ciduous.— i^. B. 749. St. 10. R. viii. 294.— Eoot fibrous with 

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

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

 In damp places upon heaths. P. P A. (Koch) VII. VIII. E.S.I. 



6, Scik'ptjs Linn. Club-rush. 

 * Bristles 6. Spikes many. Scmptrs. 



1. S. marit'imus (h.) ; spikes stalked or sessile in a dense ter- 

 minal cluster, bracts several leaflike, gl. bifid with acute lobes 

 and a point between them, nut obovate trigonous smooth. — 



