380 97. CTPEKACEiB. 



mas 3, root fibrous.—^. JB. S. 2626. St. 52. 5.— A small nearly 

 prostrate plant. Stems many, 2 — 5 in. lone. Heads with 3 

 unequal 1. at the base. Glumes fuscous with green keels. — 

 Formerly at Little Chelsea, Middlesex; but now destroyed. 

 Shalford Common, Surrey. Jersey. A. VIII. IX. E. 



2. Schcb'ntjs Linn. Bog-rush. 



1. S. nig'i-icans (L.) ; st. round naked, spikelets 5 — 10 col- 

 lected into a terminal roundish head overtopped by the lower 

 bract, gl. rough at the keel.— ^. £. 1121. St. 40. 9.— Root 

 of strong black iibrea. St. 8 — 12 in. high, clothed at the base 

 with blackish-brown smooth shining scales some of which ter- 

 minate in setaceous erect leaves which are shorter than the 

 stem. Bristles variable in number, short, rough, with upward 

 spines. Stigmas 3. Anth. ending in a point. Gl. dark brown 

 or black.— Turfy bogs. P. VI. E. S. I. 



Tribe II. Scirpece. 



3. CLA'Droit Pat. Br. Sedge. 



1. C. Maris'ats (B. Br.) ; panicles lateral and terminal repeat- 

 edly compound, spikelets capitate, st. roundish leafy smooth, L 

 finely serrate on the margins and keel. — S. B. 950. — Creeping. 

 St. 3 — 4 feet high, L. very long, rigid, narrowed and trique- 

 trous towards the end. Fl. in each spikelet 1 — 3 ; but usually 

 only one nut is produced. — Bogs and fens, rare. P. VII. Com- 

 mon Sedge. E. S. I. 



4. RmfscHos'poEA VaM. 



1. -B. al'ha (Vahl) ; spikelets in a compact corymb ahoxit as 

 long as the meter bracts, stam. 2, bristles with declining teeth, 

 base of the style without teeth.— ^. £. 985. St. 40. 7.— Slightly 

 creeping. St. 6 — 12 in. high. L. narrowly linear. Spikelets 

 whitish. Bristles 9 — 12. Filaments slender. — ^. sordida ; 

 spikelets brownish, in small oval clusters, often overtopped by 

 the outer bracts.— Turfy bogs. P. VH. E. S. I. 



2. It. fua'ca (Sm.) ; spikelets in an oval head considerably 

 shorter than the outer bracts, stam. 3, bristles with ascending 

 teeth, base of the style with erect teeth. — JE. B. 1575. St. 40. 

 6. — Creeping extensively. St. 6 — 8 in. high. L. nearly fili- 

 form. Spikelets brown. Bristles 6. Filaments dilated. — Bogs, 

 rare. South-west of England. Ireland. P. VII. VIH. E. I. 



