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2 long sheaths at the base. Anth. bearded at the end. Panicle 

 terminal. The bract sometimes Tesembles a continuation of the 

 stem. Sometimes it has long nearly flat floating leaves. — Rivers 

 and ponds. P. VI. VII. Bidrush. E. S. I. 



6. ? S. Tabemcemontdni (Gm.) ; st. terete, spikes in a terminal 

 compound panicle, gl. notched mucronate iisperous fringed, nut 

 compressed roundish-oblong smooth, stigmas 2. — H. viii. 307. 

 S. glaucus Sm., JS. S. 2.821.— Creeping. St. 2 feet high, Tvith 

 1 or 2 long sheaths at the base. Anth. not bearded. Panicle 

 smaller than in the preceding. Lower bract short. Pr. convex 

 on one side. — Rivers and ponds. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



** Bristles 4 — 6. Spike solitary, terminal. Bjeotheton Dietr. 



7. S. ceespitdsus (L.) ; st. terete striate with many imbricate 

 leafless acute scales and sheaths with short subulate I. below, 

 spike ovate few-flowered, gl. ovate membranous pointed, 2 

 outer gl. as long as the spike enclosing it and ending in long rigid 

 leaflike points, nut obovate oblong mucronate smooth, bristles 

 longer than the nut with a few erect teeth near the tip.— 

 E. B. 1029. R. viii. 300.— St. 3—6 in. long, many, erect, many 

 of them barren. Bristles 6. — Barren turfy heaths. P. VI.— 

 vm. E. S. I. 



8. 8. paueifldrws (Lightf.) ; st. terete striate with a few thin 

 narrow leafless scales and one tight abrupt leafless sheath below, 

 spike ovate few-flowered, gl. ovate keeled membranous at their 

 edges, 2 outer gl. bhmt shorter than the spike and enclosing it, nut 

 obovate mucronate j^Me^j/ netted, bristles shorter than the nut with 

 declining teeth.— E. B. 1122. St. 10. R. viii. 299.— St. 3—10 in. 

 long, erect, many of them barren, stoloniferous. Bristles 6. — 

 Boggy moors and heaths. P, VI.— VIII. E. S. L 



9. 8. par'vulus (R. & S.); st. round many each with one 

 close-pressed leafless sheath, no true leaves, spike oval few- 

 flowered, gl. ovate blunt keeled membranous, 2 outer ones 

 lather longer, nut obovate-oblong mucronate smooth, bristles 

 tunce as long as the nut with declining teeth throughout. — 

 J. of B. vi. 85. 8y. E. B. 1591. R. viii. 299.— Root fibrous 

 with capiUaiy stoles ending in ovate-subulate tubers. St. 

 about an inch high, several, with 2 or 3 longitudinal fibres 

 and more or less perfect transverse lines. Bristles 4 — 6. — 

 Lymington, Hants (extinct). Poole, Dorset. Mouth of river 

 Avoca, Co. "Wioklow. A. VII. E. I. 



*** Bristles 0. — t Spike Solitary. Eleogiton Link. 



10. S.fluitans (L.) ; st. floating branched leafy, 1. clustered, 

 fl. -stalks alternate with a sheathing 1. at the base, spike terminal 



