ieiRPUS MA&ITIMUS. RotfND £ llOOT£rJ 0& SEA 



Club^rush» 



SCIRPUS Lhi. Gen. PL Triandria MONoGf nIa. 



Ghma; paleacese, tindique imbricate. Cor, o. Sein. i irnberbe. 



Raii Syn. Gen. 28. Herb^e GRAMiNiFdLiiE flore nqn culmiferje imperfeCtq sei; 

 stamine'6. 



SCIRPUS maritimus culmd triquetrb, paniciila cbnglobata fbliacea fpicularum fquamis trifidis : inter- 

 media fubulata* Lin. Syfi. Vegetab. p. 86. tp. PI. p. 74. FL Suec. 11. 47. 



SCIRPUS maritimus > Scopoli Fl. Cam. \\. $j. 



GRAMEN" cyperOides panicula fparfa majus. Bauh.pin. %\ 



GRAMEN cyperbides paluftre panicula fparfa* Parking 1266. Rati Syn. p. 42J. Water of Marfn 

 Cyperus Grafs, with a fpaffed panicle. 



CYPERUS rottindus littoreus inodorus. Lob. ic. jj. rotundus iiiSdoftii Anglicus. C. B. Pin. 14, 

 rotundus littoreus. Ger. em. 3 1. Park. 1264. Rati Syn. p. 426; Round-rooted Baftard 

 Cyperus. Hudfon. Fh Anglic, p. 21. Lightfoot Fh Scot. p. 89. 



RADIX perennis, repens* craffitie calami fcriptorii, pal- 1 ROOT perennial, creeping, the thickiiefs of a goofe- 

 lide fufca, ftolonibus fub finem anni apice| quill, of a pale brown colour, the moots at the 



; bulbofis. ^ I end of the year bulbous at their extremities. 



CULMUS bi feu tripedalis, erectus, foliofus, triqueter, | STALK two or three feet high, upright, leafy* three- 

 angiitis fubafperis. y cornered, the angles fomewhat rough. 



FOLIA plurima, feptem five octo, pedalia aut 4efqui-| LEAVES numerous, feven or eight, a foot or a foot and 

 pedalia, lineas" duas lata, fenlim acuminata, ad | a half in length* two lines in breadth, gra- 



carinam et oras vix afpera, bafi Vaginata, va- ? dually tapering to a point; the keel and edges 



giria minutiffime ftriata, tiitida. J fcarcely rough, forming a fheath at bottom, 



f t which is ftriated and glofly. 



INVOLUCRUM: folia plerumque duo, rarius tfiaj in- | INVOLUCRUM eonfifts generally of two, rarely of 

 sequalia, longa, ad oras et e'aririam afpera. f three leaves^ which are long, unequal and 



, . ^ I rough on the edges and keel. 



PANICULA terminalis, maxime varia, aliquando enim | PANICLE terminal, and extremely various, fometimes 

 conftat fpiculis quinque vel fex conglobatis | it confifts of only five or fix cluftered fbiculseg 



fefhlibuSj faepius veropraeterhas utrinque oritur | but for the moft part, befides thefe, a flower * 



pedunculus, tres quatuor vel quinque gerens'l ftalk arifes on each fide, bearing three, four* 



fpiculas. I or five fpicul<s more. 



P&BUNCULI glabri, nudi ad fpiculas fubinCrarTati. | FLOWER- STALKS fmooth, naked, fomewhat thick- 



I ened at the fpiculfe. 



SPICULE magnae; anciales fere* ovatee; acuta?, primo f SPICULE large, almoft an inch in length, ovate, pointed, 

 atro purpureas, derhum ferrugineae, fquamis tin- 1 at firft of a blaekim purple , colour, afterwards 



dique imbricatae. | ferruginous, covered with fcales on every fide. 



CALYX : Squama fufeae, corrugate, fcariofie, carinatae, f CALYX : Scales brown, wrinkled, fonorous to the touch, 

 apice fiepius tridentatae, dente medio fubulato, X keeled, having the tip generally furnifhed with 



in infimis flofculis longiore; Jig. 1.2. % three teeth, of which the middle one runs out 



I to a long point, in the lowermOft flower! this 



■% is longeft. Jig. 1.2. 



COROLLA nulla. | COROLLA wanting. 



STAMINA: Filamenta tria, alba, latiiifcul?. An- | STAMINA: three Filaments, white and broadim» 

 THER7E, flavas, lineares, membrana alba mi- % Anthers yellow, linear, tipt with a minute 



nuta terminatae. Jig. 3. | white membrane, fig. 3. 



PISTILLUM: GeRmen obovatum, minimum, gla- | PISTlLLUM : Ger men inverfely ovate, very fmall and 

 bruim Stylus fubulatus, longttudine itami- 1 fmooth; Style tapering, the length of the 



iram. Stigmata tria, capillaria; /%-. 4. % ftamina. Stigmata three* capillary, fig. 4* 



VILLI quatifor aut quinque, ad bafin germinis, albij eredti I HAIRS four or five at the bafe of the germen, white* 

 ad lentem retrorfum aculeati, geimini Ion- 1 upright* when magnified having prickles which 



gtores. fig. 5. I crook backward, longer than the germen. fig. 5. 



SEMEN unicum, fubtriquetrum, acuminattimj fufcum, I SEED fingle, fomewhat three-cornered, pointed, brown ^ 

 nitidum, fig* bi % and mining, fig. 6. 



LfNN^us remarks, 1 that this fpeeies cloaths the fea-ihores as the Bulrufh does the borders of the inland fakes f 

 biit it is frequently found where the water is not fait, as in the river Thames, and on the edges of the creeks 

 running from it. In the IJle of Shepey it fills almoft every ditch, and appears to be more perfectly at home. 



It flowers from June to Auguft . 



The older Botanifts made feveral fpeeies" of this plant* which LiNN^us has very properly referred to varieties 

 only. They did not attend to the oeconomy af the plant, of they would have found, that the roots, in every 

 variety,- were bulbous at the extremities in the autumn, nor to the circumftances of fituatidn, &c. or they would- 

 have feeii this plant fometimes fhorter, fometinies taller, fometimes with a fmiple, fometimes with a branched 

 panicle as is reprefented on the plate. 



We Hiiow of no ufe to vvhich this elegant fpeeies of Club'-rum is applied. The roots have a remarkably fweet 

 tafle, and probably are very nutritious. 



Swine are extremely fond of the roots of the Scirpus pdlufiris^ which the Swedifh peafimts collect and fodder them 

 with iil the winter: the roots of the prefeut fpeeies, being much larger* would we conceive be much preferable for 

 this or fimilar purpofes. 



