TRIANDRIA, MONOGYN1A. « 



plant under that name ; for I have accurately co m par ed 

 Willdenow'a specimens, hotli with the ib twt tion, rod 



the plant which rn m \\ this neighbourhood. In bugs, com- 

 mon. Perennial. May, June. 



4. S. culm triquetrous, a span high, nearly naked, piamfoHm. 

 <pitose, leaves nearly radical alternate, linear, Muhl " 

 flat, kneel.; J, scabrous, the lower ones broad, 

 short nerved pointed, the rest, three-nerved, 

 equal ID length to the stem. Spike terminal, 

 ovate, acute, 6-flowered, bracteated ; bractea yel- 

 lowish, ovate, spit- pointed, longer than the spike. 

 CaL glume, ovate, pointed, yellowish, keel green. 

 Pitt* bifid and trifid. Seed brown, triquetrous, 

 bristles 3, as long as the seed. AIuhL 

 This very strongly characterised, and pretty species, is easi- 

 ly recognised by its three-sided culm, flat, broadish, compress- 

 ed leaves, and bay-coloured terminal spikes. In Jersey, near 

 Woodbury, on the margins of the woods, bordering the road, 

 very rare. May. 



o. S. culm 5 feet high, terete naked, attenuated to- lacumy. 

 wards the point (Muhl.); spikes oblong, scales 

 glabrous, mucronate : styles trifid ; umbels de- 

 compound ; culm terete. Vahl. 

 Icon. fl. Dan. t. 1142. 



Tall bull- rush. 



From 3 to 12 feet high, and very thick. Along the margins 

 of the Delaware, both sides of the river, common. Perennial. 

 July. 



6. S. culm 4 feet high, naked, round, equal above (in «eutu«, 

 thickness), not attenuated, full of spots ; the spots Muh ' 

 brown, oblong. Spikes sub-lateral, pedunculated, 

 numerous, oblong, sub-umbelled. Peduncles 

 compressed, unequal. CaL glume brown, keeled, 

 mucronated, pitbeiw. Stum- 3. Pint, bifid. Seed 

 obovate. Muhl. 



ry like No. 5. easily distinguished, however, by the spots 



and spikes. Grows with it. Kure. Perennial. June, July* 



T. S. culm accutely 3-angled, sides concave ; spikes *■«*••», 



ovate, lateral, sessile ; seed accumulate. Elliot. 





