525 CVPERACE« 



smaller, less slender, darker plant, 2—6 in, high, with _ r or 2 

 short, subulate leaves on each stem ; spikelets usually 2—3 -^ — 4 m. 

 long, ovoid, lateral ; outer bract long, subulate, resembling a con^ 

 tinuation of the stem ; glumes ovate, blupt, dark brown, with green 

 midribs ; style 3-cleft ; ntd very small, riiarked with about S longi- 

 tudinal ribs and furrows.— Moist sandy places ; common.— Fl. 

 July, August. Perennial. 



SCfPPUS HOr.OSCHCENUS 



{Round- ht:<uU'd Mud-rush). 



SCIRPUS LACUSIKIS 



{C<y'iijHon Buintsh). 



7. »S'. Holuschi'rnus (Round-headed Mud-rush). — Sle)}is stiff, 

 cylindrical, 1 — 4 feet high, with i or 3 stiff leaves sheathing their 

 bases ; spikelets very numerous and small, upwards of 30 together 

 in compact globular heads, each 4—2 in. diameter, of a light 

 brown colour, forming a lateral umbel ; the largest outer bract 

 stiff, forming a continuation of the stem. — Sandy sea-shores in 

 Somerset, North Hevon, and the Channel Islands. — Fl. September, 

 October. Perennial. 



