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91. CYPERACE^. 
"linnes ovate olRuse keeled membranous, 2 outer ones rather 
longer, nut obovate-ohlong mucronate smooth, bristles twice as 
long as the nut with detlexed teeth throughout. — St.S5. 1. 
R. viii. 7()b. Eleocharis Hook. S. humilis Wallr. — Root fibrous 
with capillary scions. St. about an inch high, several from the 
same root. St. and 1. with 2 or 3 longitudinal fibres and more 
or less j)erfect transverse lines. Bristles 4 — G. — On a mud-fiat 
near Lymington, Hants. Rev. G. E. Smith. It is feared that 
the station is now destroyed. A. VII. E. 
*** Bristles 0. — f Spikes solitary. Eleogiton Link. 
11. S.jluitans (L.) ; st fio.ating branched leafy, 1. fasciculate, 
fi. -stalks alternate with a sheathing 1 . at the base, spikes terminal 
solitaiy ovate few-fiowered, glumes obtuse keeled membranous 
at their edges, 2 outer ones larger shorter than the sj)ike and in- 
closing it, nut obovate, bristles 0, stigmas 2. — E. B. 21G. St. 85. 2. 
il. viii. 705. — St. rooting from the lower joints and spreading to 
a great extent in a zigzag manner. — Ditches and ponds. P. 
VI. VII. 
tt Spikes 1 — 3. Isolepis R. Br. 
12. S. setaceus (L.); st. terete leafy at the base, spikes ter- 
minal, lower bract elongated so as to resemble a short continua- 
tion of the st., glumes obtuse mucronate, nut trigonous obovate 
longitudinally ribbed and transversely striated, bristles 0 , stigmas 
3 . — jB. B. 1G93. SL 10. B. viii. 71 1. 712. — St. tufted, slender, 
3 — 6 in. high. Spikes small, sessile, considersibly shorter than 
the lower bract. Glumes brown with whitish margins and a 
green keel. — Wet sandy and gravelly places. P. ? Vll. 
13. S. Savii (S. and M.); st. terete leafy .at the base, lower 
bract shorter or slightly longer than the terminal spikes, glumes 
obtuse submucronate, nut subglobose rough with slightly elevated 
points, bristles 0, stigmas 3. — E. B.S. 27S2. B. viii. 714. — 
Closely resembling S. setaceus. Sj)ikes v.arying considerably in 
length, sometimes 5 in. long. Glumes scarcely mucronate, 
greenish, usually with a brown spot on the upj)er part of each 
side. — 13. monostachys (Hook.); spike small solitaiy, bract very 
short. Isolepis pygmaa Kunth. — In many places near the coast. 
P.? VII. 
ttt Spikes numerous, in heads. Holoschcenus Link. 
14. S. Holoschcenus (L.); st. round, spikes in dense globular 
sessile or stalked heads, lower involucral braet ereet long, glumes 
obovate emarginate mucronate. — E. B. 1G12. — St. 3-^ feet 
high, round quite uj) to the cluster. Upper bract jratent or 
ascending ; lower very long, with a fiat open white channel. 
Glumes vai’iegated with fuscous and white, pilose. Airth. with 
