433 
■with but slightly eniaiged tip], stigma linear, ripe fr. obpyramidal- 
cuspidate [with short stout beak], seeds few-ribbed. — E. B. 744. 
R. ix. 326. S. ramosum (Huds. em. Beeby). — 8t. erect, about 
2 ft. high ; lower branches with several heads, 1—3 fertile, the 
rest barren. Heads .spherical. L. long linear, erect. — [i^i. micro- 
carpum (Neuiii. under .S'. ramotion); smaller, st. less braiichi^d , i-. smaller 
2. S. neglec'tum (Beeby); root-1. triquetrous at the base, si. biunched above, 
per.-segm. of female fl. narrow nfually l-nerved with much enlarged tip, stigma 
line.'kr-lanceolate, ripe fr. oblong-obovoid obscurely angled narrov:ed gradually 
into a Tinker long tapering beak.— J. <if B. xxiii. (1S85) p. 193, t. 258.— Resembling 
Sp. 1 in habit, iufioresceiice less branched and less spreading. —Wet places. 
P. Vl.— VIII. E. S. I. 
3. S. simplex (Huds.) ; 1. trigonous at the base, at. simple, 
stigma linear-subulate, fr. slightly stalked subfusiform, seeds 
smooth. — E. B. 745. B. ix. 325.— St. 1 — 2 ft. high, long, erect 
or ascending. L. long, often [var. longissimvm Fries] floating 
(and then often mistaken for -S'. apine) ; sheath slightly fur- 
rowed, not inflated. Heads many ; barren several, sessile ; 
fertile shortly stalked, especiaUy the lowest. Fr. narrowed 
into a long beak, elliptic-fusiform. — Ditches. P. VII. E.S.I. 
4. S. affine (Schnitzl.) ; st. simple flaccid, floating 1. very long 
linear flat at the base from a dilated sheathing base, heads many 
distant, lower fertile heads stalked, male heads several sessile, 
stig. linear-lanceolate, fr. stalked oblong not longer than its subv- 
late beak.—S. natam (L. em. Fr.). S>/. E. B. 1389. E. ix. 
417.— St. much thicker than in the next plant. L. grass-gi-een, 
very long. Male heads fewer in our plant than in the Swedish. 
5. S. minimum (Fr.) ; st. simple flaccid, 1. linear floating 
blunt not dilated at the base, heads few racemose or spiked 
distant, ■usuallj/ only 1 male head, stig. short oblong-lanceolate, 
fr. sessile ovoid shortli/ beaked. — S. natans (L. em. Schnitzl.).' 
E. B. 273. R. ix. 324.— St. slender. L. pale, pellucid, long. 
Lowest fertile heads sometimes very shortly stalked. [Often 
2 male heads in Ireland (A. G. More). S. fiuitans Fr. ?] — Lakes 
Fl. monoecious or perfect, placed on a spadix and often in 
a spath. Barren and fertile 11. usually on difl'erent parts of the 
■Lakes, I'aie. P. VIII. 
E. S. I. 
and ditches. P. VII. VIII. 
E. S. L 
Order XCIII. ARACE.E. 
1 This name should perhaps stand, but there is some confusiop as to Linnaeus' 
intention, see VI. swec, ed. 2, 1T55. — A. J. W. 
2 E 
