CYFERACEjE. 



895 



On the edges of pools and watery 

 ditches, throughout the northern hemi- 

 sphere, and in some parts of tLe south- 

 ern one. Frequent in Britain. Fl. all 

 summer. Specimens with the outer bract 

 rather broader, so as almost to enclose 

 the base of the spike, have been distin- 

 guished as a species under the name of 

 S. uniglumis. 



Fig. 1076. 



3. Many-stalked Scirpus. Seirpus multicaulis, Sm. 

 (Fig. 1077.) 



(Eng. Bot. t. 1187. Fleoeliaris, Brit. Fl.) 



Very much like the last, and perhaps 

 a mere variety, but smaller, forming 

 dense tufts, with a few creeping offsets ; 

 the stems more slender, often slightly 

 decumbent at the base, many of them 

 barren and leaf-like. Spikelet rather 

 smaller. Styles usually, but not al- 

 ways, 3-cleft, the nut becoming obovoid 

 and triangular. Hypogynous bristles 

 usually 6. 



In similar situations to the creeping 

 S., and often mixed with it, but not so 

 much in the water ; recorded chiefly 

 from northern and western Europe. Not 

 unfrequent in Britain. Fl. summer. 



Fig. 1077. 



