360 
96. CTPEEACE^. 
2. E. untglumis (Link) ; gl. rather acute, lowest gl. almost 
mifounding the spike, stigmas 2, nut pearshaped blunt rather 
compressed with rounded edges smooth crowned with the co- 
nical base of the style and falling short of the bristles, base of 
st. clothed ivith transversehj truncate sheaths. — R. viii. 296. — 
Far-creeping, 6 — 8 in. high. Nut sometimes punctate-striate. 
— Wet sandy places, especially near the sea. P. VI. VII. E. S. 
3. E. midticaulis (Sm.) ; glumes blunt, stigmas 3, nut top- 
shaped triquetrous smooth crowned with the broad triquetrous 
hose of the style equalling the 6 bristles, base of st. clothed tcith 
obliquely truncate rather acute sheaths. — E. B. 1187. <S^. 78. 11. 
It. viii. 296. — Slightly creeping, about 6 in. high. — Marshy 
places. P. YII. E. S. 1. 
4. E. aciculdris (Sm.) ; glimies blunt, stigmas 3, nut obovate- 
oblong compressed longitudinally ribbed and transversely striate 
crowned with the topshaped base of the style, bristles short de- 
ciduous.— i^. U. 749. St. 10. R. viii. 294.— Root fibrous with 
slender runners. St. many, slender, erect, 3 — 4 in. hio-h. Spikes 
veiT small. — In damp places upon heaths. P. ? A. (Koch) VII. 
ym. E. s. I, 
6. Scir'pus Linn. Club-rush. 
♦ Eristics 6. Spikes many. — t St. 3-angled ; panicle leafy. 
1. S. inarit'imus (L.) ; spikes stalked or sessile in a dense ter- 
minal cluster, bracts several leaflike, gl. bifid vdth acute lobes 
and a point between them, nut obovate trigonous smooth. — 
E. B. 542. St. 13. 3. R. viii. 310, 311.— Creeping, sometimes 
tuberous. St. 1—3 feet- high, leafy. Spikes large, sometimes 
solitarj-. Stig-mas 3, or rarely 2. — Salt marshes. P. VII. E. S. I. 
2. S. syhat'icus (L.) ; spikes clustered in a large cymose very 
compound terminal panicle, clusters stalked and sessile, general 
bracts several leaflike, gl. blunt apiculate, nut obovate bluntlv 
trigonous.— -E. B. 919. St. 30. 8. R. viii. 313.— St. 2—3 feet 
high. Spikes very many, small, greenish, ovate. L. broad, flat. 
Stigmas 3. — \_S. radicans (Schk.), spikes all stalked, glumes not 
apiculate, stoles long and rooting, may possibly be foundj — 
Damp woods and banks. P. VII. E. S. I. 
tt Stem 3-angled above ; panicle naked. 
3. S. carindtus (Sm.) ; st. round below bluntly trigonous up- 
wards, spikes in a small cjTuose panicle, gl. notched mucrouate 
slightli) asperotis and pUose fringed, nut " convex on the back 
smooth." — JB:.^. 1983. S. Duvalii 30. 2. i2. viii. 308.— 
St. 2 — 4 feet high; with 1 or 2 long sheaths at the base, the 
uppermost ending in a leaf 3 or 4 in. long. Lower bract much 
overtopping the panicle. Stigmas 2. — By rivers, near London 
and in Sussex and Kent. P. N'l. VII. K 
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