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4. S. ramosissima Woods ; erect branches ascending, ster. 
segm. dai-k ajyple green with red upper margin, spikes (in fl.) 
tapering acute terminal ones not long (12 — 16 mm.) tvith 4 — 6 
elliptical fert. segm. (2 — 3 x 2 — 3 mm.) fi. 3 lateral ones about 
half as large as central, stam. 2. — Middle and upper levels of 
salt marshes. A. VIII.-IX. E.S. 
5. S. pusillaWoods ; usually erect branches graceful curved- 
ascending, ster. segm. grej/ green (or red) 4—8 mm. 1. often 
.subglobular, spikes short (5 — 12 mm.) fert. segm. 2 — 4 inflated 
almost globular in fr., fl. 3, seeds with comparatively long 
slightly coiled hairs. — Upper levels of salt marshes and muddy 
gravel of foreshores, rare, endemic,and critical. A. VIII.-IX. E. 
6. S. gracillima (Woods) Moss ; erect, branches parallel 
mostly short (2 — 2\ mm.) lower ones rarely twice or thrice as 
long, usually red or reddish, terminal spikes short (6 — 10 mm. 1.) 
stout, /er<. segm. 2 — 4 (3 mm.) ivith strengthening stereids in 
parenchyma, fl. 3, seeds ivith crozier shaped hairs. — Upper 
levels of salt marshes, local, 1 endemic. A. VIII.-IX. E. 
7. S. prostrata Pallas emend. Moss & E.J.S. ; prostrate 
procumbent or ascending from a procumbent base, lowest 
branches bent backwards and usually approximately equal 
in length to the main stem green dingy red or bright red, 
term, spike short (to 20 mm. often shorter) acute or obtuse, 
fl. 3, lateral' ones often much smaller than central one. — 
a. Smithiana Moss & E.J.S. : sometimes procumbent or 
ascending from proc. base, lowest branches not always long, 
term, spikes blunt (10—20 mm.) central fl. f as high as the 
segm. and twice as large as the laterals. — /3. appressa (Dum.) 
Moss & E.J.S. ; prostrate, frequently ciimson or dingy red, 
upper branches ascending at a narrow angle, lower long and 
bent back, term, spike v. acute small (-12 mm.) fert. segm. 
3 — 4, central fl. much larger than laterals and frequently 
reaching almost to top of segm. [7. Pallasii Moss & E.J.S. ; 
-S'. prostrata Pallas ; prostrate green frequently turning dingy 
red, all branches spreading at wide angles, term, spike short 
(6 — 12 mm.) blunt, central fl. half as large again as laterals.] — 
Upper levels of salt marshes, on reclaimed saltings and in salt 
pans behind the sea walls ; [7. occurs in N. Brittany and 
should be looked for along the south coast.] A. VIII.-IX. E. 
8. S. disarticidata Moss ; erect rigid, branches numerous 
arising at acute angles, ster. segm. yellowish green fading to 
brownish short (5 — 8 mm.) spikes very short disarticulating as 
a whole before the seeds are ripe, term, ones (about 6 mm.) 
with 2 — 4 fert. segrm., lateral ones (-3 mm.),with'l — 2 fert. segm. 
