392 97. CTPEEACBa:. 



2 long sheaths at the hase. Anth. bearded at the end. Panicle 

 terminal. The hraot sometimes resemhles a continuation of the 

 stem. Sometimes it has long nearly flat fioating leaves. — Rivers 

 and ponds. P. VI. VII. Bulrush. E. S. I. 



6. ? iS. Taberncsmontdni (Gm.) ; st. terete, spilies in a terminal 

 compound panicle, gl. notched mucronate asperous fringed, nut 

 compressed roundish-oblong smooth, stigmas 2. — R. viii. 307. 

 S. glaums 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 preceding. Lower bract short. Fr. convex 

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



** Bristles i: — 6. Spike solitary, terminal. B.ffi)OTHRYON Dietr. 



7. S. caspitosus (L.) ; st. terete striate with many imbricate 

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

 spike ovate few-flowered, gl. ovate membranous pointed, 2 

 outer gl. as long as the spike enclosing it and ending in long rigid 

 leaflihe points, nut obovate oblong mucronate smooth, bristles 

 longer than the nut with a few erect teeth near the tip. — 

 E. B. 1029. R. viii. 300.— St. 3—6 in long, many, erect, many 

 of them barren. Bristles 6. — Barren turfy heaths. P. VI. — 

 VIII. E. S. I. 



8. S. paucifl6rus (Lightf.) ; st. terete striate with a few thin 

 narroiv leafless scales and one tight ah'upt leafless sheat)i below, 

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

 edges, 2 outer gl. blunt shorter than the spike and enclosing it,nat 

 obovate muoronate^n«?j/ netted, bristles shorter than tlie nut with 

 declining Ueth.—E. 3.112% St..\C). i2. viii. 299.— St. 3— 10. in. 

 long, erect, many of them barren, stoloniferous. Bristles 6. — 

 Boggy moors and heaths. P. VI.— VIII. E. S. I. 



9. 8. par'vulm (R. & S.) ; st. round many each with one _ 

 close-pressed leafless sheath, no true leaves, spike oval few- ' 

 flowered, gl. ovate blunt keeled membranous, 2 outer ones 

 rather longer, nut ovate-oblong mucronate smooth, bristles 

 twice as long as the nut with declining teeth throughout. — 

 J. of B. vi. 86. Sy. E. B. 1691. R. viii. 299.— Boot fibrous 

 with capillary stoles ending in ovate-subulate tubers. St. 

 about an inch high, several, with 2 or 3 longitudinal fibres 

 and more or less perfect transverse lines. Bristles 4 — 6. — 

 Lymington, Hants (extinct). Poole, Dorset. Mouth of river 

 Avoca, Co. "Wicklow. Aveton Gifibrd, Dev. A. VII. E. I. 



*** Bristles 0. — f Spike soKtary. Eleogiton Link. 



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

 fl. -stalks alternate with a sheathing 1. at the base, spike terminal 



