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5. Eleoc'hakis R. Br. 



Spikes terminal and solitary in all our species. 



1. M.palus'tris (R.Br.); gl. rather aaxts, lowest gl. \-swr- 

 rounding the spike, stigmas 2, nut roundish plane-convex -with 

 rounded edges smooth crowned with the ovate base of the style 

 and falling short of the 4 bristles, base of st. clothed with mem- 

 branous almost transversely truncate sheaths. — JS. B. V6\. St. 9. 

 B. viii. 297. — Often only slightly creeping, 6 — 12 in. high. 

 Sheaths with a very blunt point on one side. — Wet and marshy 

 places. P. VI. E. S. I. 



2. JE. uniglumis (Link) ; gl. rather acute, lowest gl. almost 

 surrounding the spike, stigmas 2, nut pearshaped blunt rather 

 compressed with rounded edges very finely punctate-striate 

 crowned with the conical base of the style and falling short of 

 the bristles, base of si!, clothed with transversely truncate sheaths. 

 —Sy. E. B. 1587. R. viii. ^%&.— Far-creeping, 6—8 in. high. 

 — Wet sandy places especially near the sea. P. VI. VII. E. S. 



\E. Watsdni (Bab.) ; nut oblong very blunt a little narrowed 

 below exceeding the bristles. — A. N. E. ser. 2. x. 19. — It is pro- 

 bably a form of Sp. 2. — Taynloan, Argyleshire. Dr. Balfour. 

 Murrough of WioMow. Dr. B. Moore.'] S. I. 



3. E. muMicaulis (Sm.) ; glumes blunt, stigmas 3, nut top- 

 shaped triquetrous smooth crowned with the broad triquetrous 

 base of the style equalling the six bristles, base of st. clothed with 

 obliquely truncate ratlier acute sheaths. — E. B. 1187. St. 78. 11. 

 B. viii. 296. — Slightly creeping, about 6 in. high. — ^Marshy 

 places. P. VII. E.S.I. 



4. E. aciculdris (Sm.) ; glumes blunt, stigmas 3, nut obovate- 

 oblong compressed longitudinally ribbed and transversely striate 

 crowned with the topshaped base of the style, bristles short de- 

 ciduous.— .E. B. 749. St. 10. -ffi. viii. 294.— Root fibrous with 

 slender runners. St. many, slender, erect, 3 — 4 in. high, when 



f rowing in water sometimes a foot long. Spikes very small. — 

 n damp places upon heaths. P. ? A. (Koch) VIL VUl. E. S. 1. 



6. Scir'ptjs Linn. Club-rush. 



* Bristles 6. Spikes many. Scmpus. 



1. S. marit'imus (L.) ; spikes stalked or sessile in a dense ter- 

 minal cluster, bracts several leaflike, gl. bifid vrith acute lobes 

 and a point between them, nut obovate trigonous smooth. — 



