452. 
97. CYPEEACE^. 
stoles ending in ovate-subulate tubers. St. about an inch high, 
several, with 2 or 3 longitudinal fibres and more or less perfect 
transverse lines. Bristles 4 — 6. — Lymington, Hants (extinct). 
Poole, Dorset. Aveton Gifford, Dev. Wicklow. Kerry. 
A. VII. E. T. 
*** Bristles 0. — t Spike solitary. Eleogiton Link. 
10. S.fluitans (L.) ; st. floating branched leafy, 1. clustered, 
fl. -stalks alternate with a sheathing 1. at the base, spike terminal 
ovate few-flowered, gl. blunt keeled membranous at tlleir edges, 
2 outer gl. larger shorter than the spike and enclosing it, nut ob- 
ovate, stigmas 2. — U. B. 216. R. viii. 298. — St. rooting from 
the lower joinings and spreading to a great extent in a zigzag 
manner. On mud it is c^spitose with truly sheathing leaves. — 
Ditches and ponds. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 
tt St. round, leafy at the base. Spikes 1 — 3. 
IsoLEPis K. Br. em. Link. 
11. aS". setdcevs (L.) ; spikes terminal, lower bract long so as 
to resemble a short continuation of the st., gl. blunt mucronate, 
nut trigonous obovate longitudinally ribbed and transversely 
striate, stigmas Z.—E. B. 1693. R. viii. 301.— St. tufted, 
slender, 3 — 6 in. high. Spikes small, sessile, considerably shorter 
than the lower bract. Gl. brown with whitish margins and a 
green keel. — Wet sandy and gravelly places. P.? VII. E. S. I. 
12. S. pyg'moBus (A. Gray) ; lower bract shorter or slightly 
longer than the terminal spike, gl. blunt submucronate, nut 
subglobose rough with minute points, stigmas 3. — E. B. S: 
2782. R. viii. 301. S. cer'nuus (Vahl) ; S. Savii (S. & M.).— 
Closely resembling ^S". setaceus. Spikes varying considerably in 
length, sometimes 1 in. long. Gl. scarcely mucronate, greenish, 
usually with a brown spot on the upper part of each side. — In 
many places near the coast. A. or P. VII. E. S. I. 
ttt Spikes many, clustered. Holoschcenus Link. 
13. S. Holoschcenus (L.) ; st. round, spikes in dense globular 
sessile or stalked clusters, lower bract erect long, gl. obovate 
emarginate mucronate. — E. B. 1612.— St. 3—4 feet high, round 
quite up to the cluster. Upper bract patent or ascending ; lower 
very long, with a flat open white channel. Gl. variegated with 
fuscous and white, pilose. Anth. with a long entire or toothed 
point. — Braunton Burrows, Devon. Somerset. P. IX. E. 
7. Blys'mus Link. 
1. B. compres'sus (Panz. ex Lk.) ; spikelets 6 — g-flowered, 
