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2. S. Bahusien 'sis (Fries) ; 1. oblong-lanceolate stalked mucro- 

 nate 1-ribbed faintly veined, st. slightly angtdar usually branched 

 from below the middle panicled, spikeleta 1 — 3-flowered uni- 

 lateral rather distant forming lax erect or incurved spikes, cal.- 

 segments acute denticulate, aider bract pointed keeled on the 

 back—S. rariflora Drej. E. B. 8. 2917.— St. 6—18 in. high, 

 not corymbose, much branched below. Spikes long ; spikelets 

 often 1-flowered, not imbricate. Fl. purplish. — Muddy salt 

 marshes. P. VH. Vni. E. S. I. 



** L. not pinnately veined. Cal.-segm. without interm. teeth. 



3. 8. Dodart'ii (Grir.) ; 1. obovate-spathulate narrowed into a 

 broadly winged stalk S-veined below, st. rigid with thick but 

 Tiot sterile branches, spikelets 2 — 4-flowered densely imbricate 2- 

 ranked forming linear thick suberect spikes, cal.-segments blunt 

 entire. — Sy. E. B. 1160.— St. usually not branched in its lower 

 half; branches often simple, short. Inner bracts obovate, very 

 blunt, with white margins or slightly pink. Fl. pui-ple. Anth. 

 linear.— Eocky shores. Portland. Smslmol P. vn. VIII. 



E. 



4. 8, occidentdlis (Lloyd) ; 1. lanceolate-spathulate rather acute 

 narrowed into a long winged stalk obscurely 3-veined below, 

 scapes slender wavy forked branched from near the base, few 

 loioest branches sterile, spikelets 2 — 4-tlowered imbricate 2-ranked 

 forming linear slender suberect spikes, cal.-segments blunt entire 

 without intermediate teeth. — 8. binervosa G. E. Sm. -B. B. 8. 

 2663. — St. usually branching quite from the base ; branches re- 

 peatedly forked, long, often rough. Inner bracts oval with broad 

 membranous edge, deeply tinged with pink. Anth. oval. — /3. 

 intermedia (Svme) ; all the branches flowering, spikelets stouter. 

 —Eocky shores. P. Vn. VIII. E.S.I. 



5. 8. cas'pia (Willd.) ; 1. obovate or lanceolate-spathulate 

 narrowed into a petiole, st. branched from near the base granular- 

 rough, brandies many slender repeatedly and acutely forked upper- 

 most alone bearing dense terminal spikes of 2— 3-flowered 2- 

 ranked spikelets, cal.-segments ovate cuspidate denticulate. — 8. 

 reticulata Sm. E. B. 328 — Eemarkable by its much divided 

 sterile branches which fork at an acute angle. L. small.^ 

 Muddy sea-shores of Norf., and at Frieston, Line. P. VII. Vin. 



E. 



2. Aeme'kia Willd. Thrift. 



1. A. marit'ima (WUld.) ; I. linear 1-reined, scape downy, inv.- 

 bracts very blunt 1 — 3 outer ones mucronate, cal.-segments 

 acute, cal.-tube hairy or pilose-striate. — L. all radical, many, 

 narrow. Fl. rose-coloured or white, — a, L. flattish above very 



