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much overtopping the panicle. Stigmas 2.— By rivers, near 
London and in Sussex, Kent and Cornw. P. VI. VII. E. 
5. S. lacus'tris (L.) ; st. terete, spikes in a terminal twice- 
compound panicle, gl. notched mucronate glabrous fringed, nut 
bluntly trigonous obovate, &t\gma,s,^. — E. 5.666. aS'<. 36. 1. R. 
viii. 306.— Far-creeping. St. 4—6 feet high, naked ; with 1 or 
2 long sheaths at the base. Anth. bearded at tlte end. Panicle 
terminal. The bract sometimes resembles a continuation of the 
stem. Sometimes it has long nearly fia.t floating leaves. — Rivers 
and ponds. P. VI. VII. Bulrush. E.S.I. 
6. 1 S. Tabernaemontdni (Gm. ) ; st. terete, spikes in-a terminal 
compound panicle, gl. notched mucronate asperous fringed, nut 
compressed roundish-obhmg smooth, stigmas 2. — R. viii. 307. 
•S'. glaums (Sm.). E. B. 2321.— Creeping. St. 2 feet high, with 
1 or 2 long 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. E. S. I. 
** Bristles 4 — 6. S2nke solitary, terminal. B^OTHRYON Dietr. 
7. S. caesjritosus (L.) : st. terete striate with many imbricate 
leafless acute scales and sheaths with short subulate I. below, 
spike ovate few-flowered, gl. ovate membranous pointed, 2 
Duter gl. as long as the sjnke enclosing it and ending 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. R. viii. 300.— St. 3—6 in. long, many, erect, many 
of them barren. Bristles 6. — Barren turfy heaths. P. VI. — 
VIII. E. S. I. 
8. S. paucifl6rus (Lightf.) ; st. terete striate with a few thin 
narrow leafless scales and cnie tight abrupt leafless sheath below, 
spike ovate few-fiowered, gl. ovate keeled membranous at their 
edges, 2 outer gl. blunt shorter than the spike and enclosing ii,nut 
obovate mucronate^)?rae^y netted, bristles shorter than the nut with 
declining teeth.— E. B. 1122. St. 10. R. viii. 299.— St. 3—10 in. 
long, erect, many of them barren, soboliferous. Bristles 6.— 
Boggy moors and heaths. P. VI.— VIII. E. S. I. 
9. »S'. par'vulus (R. & S.) ; st. round many each with one 
close-pressed leafless sheath, no true leaves, spike oval few- 
llowered, gl. ovate blunt keeled membranous, 2 outer ones 
rather longer, nut ovate-oblong mucronate smooth, bristles 
tujice as long as the nut with declining teeth throughout. — 
./. of B. vi. t. 85. XX. p. 52. Sy. E. B. 1591. R. viii. 299. 
S. nanus Spreng. not of Poir. — Root fibrous with capillary 
