SOIRPTJS. — BLYSMTTS. 393 



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

 2 outer gl. larger shorter than tbe spike and enclosing it, nut ob- 

 ovate, stigmas 2. — U. B. 216. R. viii. 298. — St. rooting from 

 the lower joinings and spreading to a great extent in a zigzag 

 manner. On mud it iscsespitose with truly sheathing leaves. — 

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



tt St. round, leafy at the base. Spikes 1 — 3. Isolepis E.Br. 



11. 8. setdceiis (L.) ; spikes terminal, lower bract long so as 

 to resemble a short continuation of the St., gl. blunt mucronate, 

 nut trigonous obovate longitudinally ribbed and transversely 

 striate, stigmas S.—H. B. 1693. iJ. 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. E. S. I. 



12. S. Sav'ii (S. & M.) ; lower bract shorter or slightly longer 

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

 rough with minute points, stigmas 3. — E. B. 8. 2782. S. viii. 301 . 

 — Closely resembling 8. setaceus. Spikes varying considerably 

 in length, sometimes 1 in. long. Gl. scarcely mucronate, green- 

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

 In many places near the coast. A. or P. VII. E. S. I. 



ttt Spikes many, clustered. Holoschcbnus Link. 



13. 8. Holoschce'nus (L.) ; st. round, spikes in dense globular 

 sessile or stalked chisters, lower bract erect long, gl. obovate 

 emarginate 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. Gl. variegated with 

 fuscous and white, pilose. Anth. with a long entire or toothed 

 point. — Braunton Burrows, Devon. P. IX. E, 



7. Blts'mtjs Panz. 



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

 ribbed shorter than the spikelet, bristles 3—6 strong per.qstent 

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

 Scir2nts Sm., E. B. 791. B. viii. 293.— St. 6—8 in. high. 

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

 often overtops the spike. Glumes reddish brown. Nut len- 

 ticular, crowned with the long persistent style, shining.— Boggy 

 pastures. P. VI. VII. E.g. 



2. B. rufus (Link) ; spikelets 2 — 4-flowered, outer gl. smooth 

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

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

 Scirpus Sm., E. B. 1010. St. 85. 7. R. viii. 293.— St. slender. 



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