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S. triqucter Sm. — St. from a few inches to 1 ■> foot high, 
slender, with several sheaths at the base terminating in long 
narrow keeled leaves. Lower bract very long and rigid, re- 
sembling a ])rolongation of the stem. Sj)ikelets large, ovate, 
obtnse, all sessile. Anth. with a sid)ulate fringed point. Stig- 
mas 2. — St. Ouen’s Pond, Jersey. P. VI. Vll. O. 
ttt Stem terete. 
fi. S. lacustris (L.) ; st. round, spikes in a terminal twice com- 
)>ound panicle, glumes emarginate mucronate glabrous fringed, 
nut obtusely trigonous obovate, stigmas 3. — B. B. (ififi. St. 3(5. 1. 
R. viii. 722. — St. 4 — (5 feet high, naked, with 1 or 2 long sheaths 
at the base. Anth. bearded at the end. Panicle terminal, the 
bract sometimes resembles a continuation of the stem. Some- 
times the sheaths bear long nearly flat floating leaves. — Rivers 
and ponds. P. VI. VII. Bull Rush. 
7. S. Taberneemonta7ii (Gm.) ; st. round, spikes in a terminal 
compound j)anicle, glumes emarginate mucronate punctate-sca- 
brous fringed, nut compressed roundish-oblong smooth, stigmas 2. 
— R. viii. / 23. S. glaucus Sm., R. R. 2321. — St. 2 feet high, 
witli 1 or 2 long leafless sheaths at the base. Anth. not bearded. 
Panicle smaller than in the preceding. Lower bract short. Fr. 
conve.x on one side. — Rivers and ponds. P. VI. VII. 
** Bristles 4 — 6. Spikes solitary, terminal. Baeothryon Dietr. 
8. S. ccespitosus (L.) ; st. round striated with imbricated leaf- 
less acute scales and sheaths w ith short subulate 1. below, spikes 
terminal solitary ovate few-flowered, glumes ovate membranous 
pointed, 2 outer ones as long as the spike inclosing it and termi- 
nating in long rigid leaflike points, nut obovate oblong mucronate 
smooth, bristles longer than the nut with a few erect teeth near 
the tip.— E. R. 102;). St.\0. R. viii. 710. — St. 3—6 in. long, 
numerous, erect, many of them barren. Bristles 6. — BaiTen 
turfy heaths. P. VI. — VIII. 
9. S. pauciflorus (Lightf.); st. round striated with a few thin 
narrow leafless scales and one tight abrupt leafless sheath below, 
spikes terminal solitary ovate few-flow'ered, glumes ovate keeled 
membranous at their edges, 2 outer ones obtuse shorter than the 
spike and inclosing it, 7iut obovate mucronate reticulate-striate, 
bristles shorter than the nut with deflexed teeth. — E. B. 1122. 
St. 10. R. viii. 707- 708. — St. 3 — 10 in. long, numerous erect 
many of them barren. Bristles 6. — Boggy moors and heaths. 
P. VI.— VIII. 
10. S. panulus (R. and S.) ; st. round with one close-pressed 
leafless sheath, 1. flliform acute radical slightly dilated at the base 
and clasping the st., spikes terminal solitary oval few-flowered. 
