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96. CTPEKACE^. 
8. «S'. paudfArus (Lightf.) ; st. terete striate with, a few thin j 
narrow leafless scales and one tight abrupt leafless sheath below, a 
spike ovate few-flowered, ffl. ovate keeled membranous at their ^ 
edges, 2 oute?- r/l. blunt shorter than the spike and inclosing it, j| 
nut obovate mucronate finely netted, bristles shoi-ter than the nvt 
xvith dcclininy teeth.— E. B. 1122. St. 10. R. viii. 299.— St. 3— 
10 in. long, erect, many of them barren, with suckers. Bristles 6. 
— Boggy moors and heaths. P. VI.— Vm. E. S. I. | 
9. & par'vuhcs (R. & S.) ; st. round with one close-pressed si 
leafless sheath, I. filiform acute radical slightly dilated at the base k 
and clasping the st., spike oval few-flowered, gl. ovate blxmt I 
keeled membranous, 2 outer ones rather longer, nut obovate-ob- o! 
long mucronate smooth, bristles twice as long as the nut with de- o; 
dining teeth throughout. — >S'if. 85. 1. M. viii. 299. — Root fibrous ac 
with capillary stoles. St. about an inch high, several. St. and i 
1. with 2 or 3 longitudinal fibres and more or less perfect trans- 
verse lines. Bristles 4 — 6. — On a mud-flat near Lymington, 
Hants. Rev. G. E. Smith. A. YJl. E. " 
Si 
*** Bristles 0. — t Spike solitary. Eleogiton Link. ^ 
10. S.fiuitans (L.); st. floating branched leafy, 1. clustered, | 
fl.-stalks alternate with a sheathing 1. at the base, spike terminal if 
ovate few-flowered, gl. blunt keeled membranous at their edges, 
2 outer gl. larger shorter than the spike and inclosing it, nut ob- 
ovate, stigmas 2.—E. B. 216. St. 85. 2. R. viii. 298.— St. rooting 
from the lower joinings and spreading to a great extent in a zig- 
zag manner. — Ditches and ponds. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 
tt St. round, leafy at the base. Spikes 1 — 3. Isolepis R. Br. * 
11. S. setdceus (L.) ; spikes terminal, lower bract long so as 
to resemble a short continuation of the st., gl. blunt mucronate, ft 
nut trigonous obovate longitiulinaUy ribbed and transversely 
striate, stigmas 2,.—E. B. 1693. St. 10. R. viii. 301.— St. tufted, 
slender, 3—6 in. high. Spikes small, sessile, considerably shorter ; 
than the lower bract. Gl. brown with whitish margins and a d] 
green keel. — Wet sandy and gravelly places P. ? VII. E. S. 1. jp 
12. S. Sav'ii (S. & M.) ; lower bract shorter or slightly longer ^ 
than the tenninal spike, gl. blunt submucronate, nut subo'lobose 
rough idth mimde points, stigmas 3. — E. B. S. 2782. R. vni. 301. jl), 
— (Closely resembling S. setaceus. Spikes varying considerably 
in length, sometimes 1 in. long. Gl. scarcely mucronate, green- ^ 
ish, usually with a brown spot on the upper part of each side. — 4 
In many places near the coast. A. Vu. E. S. I. 
ttt Spikes many, clustered. Holoschcenus Link. 
13. S. HoJoschce'nus (L.): st. round, spikes in dense globular . [\ 
sessile or stalked clusters, lower bracterect long, gl. obovate emar- ^ 
