By Thomas Bruges Flower, Esq. J 83 



insertion of the filaments, so that the flower appears not quite sessile. 

 (Mermen shorter and broader than in the next species, the style is 

 also shorter. 



2. E. multicaulis, (Sm.) many-stalked Spike-rush. From multus, 

 many, and caulis, a stem. Engl. Bot. t. 1187. St. 78, 11. Reich 

 Icones, viii., 296. 



Locality. Bog's and marshy places. P. Fl. July. Area,!,**** 



South Division. 



1. South-east District. " Bogs at Alderbury," Mr. James Hussey. 

 Very local in Wilts, or else passed by for -E. palustris, of which 

 Kunth seems disposed to consider it a variety. Root not creeping*. 

 Sheaths of the stem brown, not shining; the stems are always in- 

 clined, frequently bent, and almost prostrate. Bristles 6, shorter 

 and narrower than in the former species, the base not dilated, shorter 

 than the ripe fruit. Nut top-shaped, triquetrous, smooth. 



Scirpus, (Linn.) Club-Rush, Bulrush. 

 Linn. CI. iii., Ord. i. 

 Name. According to Theis, from cirs, Celtic, which makes cors 

 in the plural, whence chorda in Latin, and cord in English ; the 

 stems having been formerly employed for the same purposes as those 

 of Schcenus. 



1. S. sylvaticus, (Linn.) Wood Club-rush. Engl. Bot. t. 919. 

 St. 36, 8. Reich Icones, viii., 313. 



Locality. Moist woods and banks of the Avon and canal. P. Fl. 

 July. Area, * * * 4, * 



North Division. 



4. North-west District. By the side of the brook at Rudloe, and 

 Box. Bogs at South Wraxhall, and by the Avon, and canal at 

 Melksham, Whaddon, and Bradford. Not a common plant in the 

 county. A handsome species, bearing innumerable small, greenish, 

 ovate spikelets. Rhizome creeping. Stem 2 to 3 feet high. Leaves 

 broadly linear. Additional localities for this species would be desirable. 



2. S. lacustris, (Linn.) Bul-rush, Chair-bottom-rush. Engl. 

 Bot. t. 666. St. 36, 1. Reich Icones, viii., 306. 



Locality. River Avon, and ponds. P. Fl. June, July. Area, 1, 2, 3, 



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