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sometimes closclv resembles a continuation of the stem. — Rivers 
and ponds. P. VI. VII. Bull Rush. 
7. S. Taberntcmontani (Gm.) ; st. round, spikes in a terminal 
compound panicle, glumes emarginate mucronate punctate-sca- 
brous fringed, nut compressed roundish-oblong smooth, stigmas 2. 
— E. B. 2321. S. glaucus Sm. — St. 2 feet high, with 1 or 2 long 
leafless sheaths at the base. Anth. not bearded. Panicle smaller 
than in the preceding. Lower bract short. Fr. convex on one 
side. — Rivers and ponds. P. VI. VII. 
** Bristles 4 — 6. Spikes solitary, terminal. 
8. S. ctespitosus (L.) ; st. round striated with imbricated leaf- 
less acute scales and sheaths with short subulate I. below, spikes 
terminal solitary ovate few-flowered, glumes ovate membranous 
pointed, 2 outer ones as long as the spike inclosing it and termi- 
nating in long rigid leaflike points, nut obovate oblong mucronate 
smooth, bristles longer than the nut with a few erect teeth near 
the tip. — E.B. 1029. St. 10. — St. 3 — 6 in. long, numerous, erect, 
many of them barren. Bristles 6. — Barren turfy heaths. P. 
VI.— VIII. 
9. S. paucifiorus (Ltghtf.) ; st. round striated with a few thin 
narrow leafless scales and one tight abrupt leafless sheath below, 
spikes terminal solitary ovate few-flowered, glumes ovate keeled 
membranous at their edges, 2 outer ones obtuse slwrter than the 
spike and inclosing it, nut obovate mucronate reticulate-striate, 
bristles shorter than the nut with deflexed teeth. — E. B. 1122. St. 
10. S. Bffiothryon Ehrh. — St. 3 — 10 in. long, numerous erect 
manv of them barren. Bristles 6. — Bogey moors and heaths. 
P. VI.— VIII. 
10. S. parvulus (R. and S.) ; st. round with one close-pressed 
leafless sheath, /. filiform acute radical slightly dilated at the base 
and clasping the st., spikes terminal solitary oval few-flowered, 
glumes ovate obtuse keeled membranous, 2 outer ones rather 
longer, nut obovate-oblong mucronate smooth, bristles twice as 
long as the nut with deflexed teeth throughout. — St. 85. 1. Lim- 
nochloa R.! Eleocharis Hook. S. nanus Spr. S. humilis Wallr. 
— Root fibrous with capillary scions. St. about an inch high, 
several from the same root. St. and 1. with 2 or 3 longitudinal 
fibres and more or less perfect transverse lines. Bristles 4 — 6. 
Usually described as without sheaths, but I find them always 
present upon the stems in both British and German specimens, 
although the leaves which have probably been taken for stems 
are of course without them. — On a mud-flat near Lymington, 
Hants. -Ret'. G. E. Smith. It is feared that the station is now 
destroyed. It has probably been overlooked in other places. 
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