CYPERACE.E. 



901 



in a compound cluster, the outer ones 

 stalked. The leaf-like outer bract con- 

 tinues the stem, and sometimes one or 

 two other bracts have leafy points. 

 Glumes notched, with a fine point. Style 

 3-cleft. Hypogynous bristles few. 



In salt-marshes, and occasionally up 

 the banks of large rivers in most parts 

 of the world, though less frequent with- 

 in the tropics. Common all round the 

 coasts of Britain. Fl. summer. 



Fig. 1087. 



14. Wood Scirpus. Scirpus sylvaticus, Linn. (Fig. 1088.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 919.) 



Stems triangular, 2 or 3 feet high, 

 with long, grass-like leaves. Spikelets 

 ovoid, of a dark shining green, not above 

 2 lines long, very numerous, in clusters 

 of 2 or 3 together, forming a terminal, 

 much branched, compound umbel or pa- 

 nicle, with an involucre of 2 or 3 linear 

 leaves. Glumes keeled and pointed. 

 Hypogynous bristles usually 6. Style 

 3-cleft. 



In moist woods, and on grassy banks 

 of rivers, throughout Europe and Rus- 

 sian Asia, except the extreme north, and 

 in North America. Scattered over Eng- 

 land, Ireland, and southern Scotland, 

 and abundant in some localities, but not 

 generally a common plant. FL summer. 



Fig. 1088. 



