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feet liigh, tapering upwards, and terminating in a short tooth 

 above the flower; scales densely over-lapping each other. 

 Common in wet marshes. 



Scirpiis or Eleocharis Melanocarpis. Gr. (spiked rush ) 

 Stem compressed, slender, six to twelve inches high, termina- 

 ting in an oblong, spike one-third of an inch long F'orets 

 greenish -brown supported by three or four purple bristles. 

 Common in marshes. Summer months. 



Scirpus Palustris. Probably S. plantagineus of L e f r o y. 

 Stem cylindrical, slightly compressed, one to two feet high, 

 not jointed; spike cylindrical about one inch long, bearing 

 numerous flowers. Scales, rusty-brown in colour. Marshes 

 and ponds. Rather rare. November. 



Scirpus or E. Eqaisetorides (jointed rush. ) Stem cylind- 

 rical, erect, two to three feet high, with twenty to thirty joints! 

 stem pithy. Spike seal)', the scales brown, overlapping, ap- 

 pearing like a continuation of the stem, one inch long. Com- 

 mon in marshes. July to October. 



Cladium Occidentale. Scheld. (prickly sedge. ) Stem cane- 

 like, six to eight feet high, triangular below. Cylindrical above. 

 I/caves two to three feet long, one-third of an inch wide, rough > 

 serrate. Flowers numerous, protruding from all leaf angles 

 on upper part of stem. Very common in all marshes. May 

 and June. 



Rhynchospora Stellata. Gr. (white sedge; white-headed 

 rush. ) Stem triangular, one to two feet high. Ivcaves very 

 slender, six to eight inches long. Flower-heads white, 

 hemispherical, supported by five or six slender leafy bracts, 

 white at their base. Spikeless, one-sixth of an inch long. 

 Marshes. Conspicuous by its white heads. Not very common- 

 June and July. 



Natural Order, Gramiiieae. 



Hambusa Vulgaris or Arundinaceae. Wendl. (bamboo. ) A 

 very graceful tree especially when planted in clumps, its joined 

 stems rising thirty or forty feet, swaying about with everj' 

 passing breeze. 



