530 



(6) S, enossirs. flAnn.J 



Idmt. Linn, suppl. 104. — Eetz. — ^VaM. — Eoxb. 



Syn. Hymenocliffite grossa, Wight Contrib. p. 110. 



Spec. Chae. Culm triq-uetrous, leafy at the base : umbel supra- 

 deeompouud, cyme-sbaped : involucre somewhat 3-leaved, very long, 

 scabrous at the margin : spikes solitary, ovate-elliptic, obtuse : 

 scales keeled and convex, sub-mucronulate : style 3 -cleft : achenium 

 obovate, smooth : bristles 5, retrorsfely spinous, hooked at the apex, 

 brown. 



Peninsula, in stagnant waters. 



(7) S. MARTTiMxrs. (lAim.) 



Ident. Linn. spec. I. 74. — N. ab. E. in. "Wight Contrib. p. 111. 



Syn. Scirpus corjrmbosus, Forshh. descr.-rr-S. glaucus, Zam. — 

 III. — 8. macrostachys, do. — S. robustus, Pwrsh. — S. capensis, Bwrm. 

 — Vahl. — S. tridentatus, Roxh. S. affinis, Roth. — Wight I. c. Hi. 



Engrao. Linn. flor. Dan. t. 937. — Engl. Bot. t. 542. — Host, 

 gram. III. t. 67. 



Spec. Chae. Creeping : culms triquetrous : leaves flat, rough on 

 the margin, longer than the culm : umbel simple, few-rayed : rays 

 very unequal, l-]j;iany-spiked, sometimes capitate-contracted : in- 

 volucre 3 — 4-leaved, very long : spikes ovate-oblong, or cylindric : 

 scales 2-lobed at the apex, muoronate. 



Peninsula. 



GEFPS VIII. EEIOPHOETJM. 



Tnandria mConog'ynia. Sex: Systi 



Deriv. Erom M^ion wool, and Phoreo I bear, alluding to the 

 calyx. 



Gen. Chae. Spikes many-flowered: scales imbricated on all 

 sides, some lower ones empty : calyx consisting of many lameUi- 

 form, smooth, persistent hairs, far exceeding the scales, and 

 appearing as down or coma : stamens 3, seldom fewer : style 

 3-cleft, elongated, deciduous : achenium mucronate or muticous, 

 either flattish or more or less convex-angular. — Spikes solitary, 

 fasciculate or supra-decompound, umbelled. 



(1) E. COMOSTJM. C Wall. J 



Ident. Wall. Cat. 3446.— Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 289.— N. ab E. 

 in Wight Contrib. p. 110. 



