FLORA OF JERSEY. 49 



3. SciHPUS L. 



1. S. FLuiTANs L. (Eleogiton Link.) 



Native. ^Marshes and ponds. Not common. June to 

 August. 



St. Peter's Marsh. Bab. St. Brelade's Bay. Grosnez. 

 Grouville ^Marsh. 

 Common in France, except on calcareous soils. 



2. S. Savh Seb. and Maur. (S. cernuus Vahl. Isolei'IS Saviana 

 Schult.) 



Native. Damp places on the coast. Local. June to August. 



La Moie Common. St. Ouen's Pond. La Saline, St. 

 John's. 



Guernsey. Alderney. Sark. Prance. A W. European 

 maritime ]plant, extending as far east as Greece in the 

 Mediterranean region. 



The prevalent, if not the only, form is the one with single 

 spikelets, the right name of which is now said to be var. 

 MONosTACHYS Hook. fiL, not var. pygm.eds (Kunth) as 

 in the Enghsh Floras. See Report of Bot. Exch. Club, 

 1901. 



3. S. SETACEUS L. (ISOLEPIS SETACEA K. Br.) 



Native. Damp places. Local. June to August. 



Beau Port, St. Brelade's. Waterworks Valley. Grand 

 Val. St. Catharine's Breakwater. Samares Meadows. 

 Guernsey. Alderney. Sark. France. 



4. S. TABEEXa;MONT.ANI Gmel. 



Native. Ponds and ditches near the sea. Very local. June, 

 July. 



St. Ouen's Pond. Samares Canal. 

 Guernsey (rare). Alderney (one station). France. 



Both Babington and Piquet call the Jersey plant S. lacus- 

 TEis L. The two names probably cover a chain of connected 

 forms. 



5. S. PUNGENS Vahl. (S. Eothii Hoppe.) 



Native. Edges of ponds. Abundant in its only station, 

 round St. Ouen's Pond. Jrdy to September. 

 Normandy (rare). W. France (local). 



6. S. MAEITIMUS L. 



Native. Ponds near the sea. Local and rare. June to 

 August. 



