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bnso of the style without teeth. — E. B. 98r). 67. -10. 7. — Root 
sliglitly eivepin}^. St. (> — 12 in. hif;h. L. naiTowly linear. 
Spikelets whitish. Rristles 9 — 12. Filaments slender. — /3. sor- 
ditla ; spikelets brownish, in small oval elnsters often overtopped 
by the outer braets. — Tnrfy bogs. P. VII. 
2. R. fiiscn (Sm.); spikelets in an oval head considerably 
shorter than the outer braets, stain. 3, bristles with ascending 
teeth, base of the style with ereet teeth. — E. B. 1575. 67. 40. (i. 
— Root creeiiing e.xtensively. St. (i — S in. high. L. nearly fili- 
form. Spikelets brown. Rristles (!. Filaments dilated. — Rogs, 
riu-e. Sontb-west of England. Ireland. P. VII. VIII. E. I. 
5. Eleocharis R. Br. 
1. E. palustris (R. Rr.); spikes terminal solitary oblong, 
glumes rather acute : low’est ^ surrounding the spike, stigmas 2, 
nut obovate obtuse jilano-conve.x with rounded margins smooth 
erowned with the broadly-oco^e base of the style and shorter 
than the 4 bristles, base of the st. clothed with membranous 
obtusely -truncate sheaths. — E. B. 131. St. 9. R. viii. 704. — Ex- 
tensively creeping. Sheaths almost transversely-trnneate with a 
very obtuse point on one side. — Wet and marshy plaees. P. VI. 
2. E. vniglumis (Link); spikes terminal solitary oblong, 
glumes rather acute : lowest almost surrounding the spike, stig- 
mas 2, nut obovate obtuse rather comjiressed with rounded mar- 
gins smooth crowned with the conical base of the style and 
shorter than the bristles, base of the st. clothed with traiisversely- 
truncate sheaths. — R. viii. 703. — Extensively creeping. — Wet 
sandy j)laces. Aberdeen. Dr. Dickie. Rarvas, Isle of Lewis. 
P. VI. VII. s. 
3. E. rnulticauUs (Sm.) ; spikes terminal solitary oblong, 
glumes obtuse, stigmas 3, nut acutely triquetrous smooth crowned 
with the broad triquetrous base of the style as long as the () bristles, 
base of the st. clothed with obliquely truncate rather acute sheaths. 
— if. R. 1187. SL78.11. R. viii. 702. — Slightly creeping. Sheaths 
truncate so as to form a rather acute point on one side. — Marshy 
places. P. VII. 
4. E. acicularis (Sm.); spike terminal sohtary ovate, glumes 
obtuse, stigmas 3, nut obovate-oblong compressed longitudinally 
ribbed and transversely striated crowned with the turbinate base 
of the style, bristles short deciduous. — E. B. 749. St. 10. 
R. viii. 695. — Root fibrous with slender runners. St. numerous, 
slender, erect, 3 — 1 in. high. S]fikes very small. — In damp 
places upon heaths. P. ?, A. (Koch) VII. VIII. 
