SCIRPUS. 351 
gl. ovate obtuse keeled membranous, 2 outer ones rather longer, 
nut obovate-oblong mucronate smooth, bristles twice as long as 
the nut with declining teeth throughout.— St. 85. 1. R. viii. 299.— 
Root fibrous with capillary scions. St. about an inch high, several 
from the same root. St. and 1. with 2 or 3 longitudinal fibres 
and more or less perfect transverse lines. Bristles 4—6.—On a 
mud-flat near Lymington, Hants. Rev. G. E. Smith. A. VII. E. 
*** Bristles 0.—t Spikes solitary. Enzociton Link. 
11. S. fluitans (L.); st. floating branched leafy, 1. fasciculate, 
fi.-stalks alternate with a sheathing 1. at the base, spikes terminal 
ovate few-flowered, gl. obtuse keeled membranous at their edges, 
2 outer gl. larger shorter than the spike and inclosing it, nut ob- 
ovate, stigmas 2.—E. B. 216. St. 85.2. R. viii. 298.—St. rooting 
from the lower joinings and spreading to a great extent in a zig- 
zag manner.—Ditches and ponds. P. VI. VII. 
tt Spikes 1—3. IsoueEpis R. Br. 
12. S. setaceus (L.); st. round leafy at the base, spikes termi- 
nal, lower bract elongated so as to resemble a short continuation 
of the st., gl. obtuse mucronate, nut trigonous obovate longitudi- 
nally ribbed and transversely striated, stigmas 3.—E. B. 1693. St. 
10. R. vii. 301.—St. tufted, slender, 3—6 in. high. Spikes small, 
sessile, considerably shorter than the lower bract. Gl. brown 
with whitish margins and a green keel. Wet sandy and gravelly 
places. P.? VII. 
13. S. Savii (S. and M.); st. round leafy at the base, lower 
bract shorter or slightly longer than the terminal spikes, gl. ob- 
tuse submucronate, nut subglobose rough with minute points, 
stigmas 3.—E. B. S. 2782. R. viii. 301.—Closely resembling S. 
setaceus. Spikes varying considerably in length, sometimes ! in. 
long. Gl. scarcely mucronate, greenish, usually with a brown 
spot on the upper part of each side.—f. monostachys (Hook.) ; 
spike small solitary, bract very short. I. pygmea Kunth.—In 
many places near the coast. P.? VII. 
+t Spikes numerous, in heads. Hotoscua@nus Link. 
14. S. Holoschenus (L.); st. round, spikes in dense globular 
sessile or stalked heads, lower bract erect long, gl. obovate emar- 
ginate mucronate.—E. B. 1612.—St. 34 feet high, round quite 
up to the cluster. Upper bract patent or ascendmg; lower very 
long, with a flat open white channel. Gl. variegated with fuscous 
and white, pilose. Anth. with an elongated entire point.—Sandy 
coast of Somerset and Devon, rare. P. IX. E 
