504 The B R I T I S H HERBAL. 
GENUS XXII. 
c r P E R u s. 
THE cup contains many flowers, and is formed of two valves. The flower is compofed of fix 
valves, which are oblong and convergent : they are placed in an imbricated manner, and the 
outer ones are fmalleft. 
I. Long Cyperus. 
Cyperus longus odoratus. 
The root is irregular, and oblong. 
The leaves are long, broad, ^harp, and of a 
fine green. 
The ftalk is firm, upright, and of a paler 
green ■■, and at its cop there ftand numerous tufted 
Ipikes, compofcd of little ears, on feparatc fpread- 
ing footfialks : thefe are of a fine glofiy brown. 
We have it by pond-fides. It flowers in 
June. 
. G. Eauhine calls it Cyperus odoratus radice knga. 
The root is diuretick and deobftruent. 
, We have, befide this, five fpecies of true cy- 
perus, though fome of them called only cyperus 
graffes. 
2. Marfli Cyperus, with a fcattered panicle, Cy- 
perus falujiris pankula fparfa. The fpikes 
very fhort. 
3. Round-rooted Baftard Cyperus, Cyperus rotutt- 
diis litoreus inodorus. The leaves very broad 
and pale. 
4. Long-rooted Baflard Cyperus, Cyperus lotigus 
hicdorus fylveftris. The ftalk of this is 
round. 
5. Millet Cyperus, Cyperus gra?mnei'.s miliaceus. 
The ftalk three fquare, and the leaves nar- 
row. 
6. Small, round Cyperus, Cyperus Palujlris birfit- 
tus pankuUs albis paleaciis. 
GENUS XXIII. 
BULLRUSH. 
S C 1 R P U S. 
THE Howers are cluftered together, in fingle or divided heads ; and are feparated one from an- 
other by fmalt, ovai, plain, but fomewhat bent leaves. There is no part of a flower, except 
the filaments, which rife at the bafcs of thefe fcales. The feeds are fingle, large, and three- 
cornered, 
Linnffius places this among the triandria ; the filaments, which in a manner conftitute the flower, 
bein'^ three. 
[. The BuUrufii. 
Sc'n-pus fahiftris altijfmus. 
The root is compofed of innumerable thick 
fibres. 
The ftalk is green, thick, a yard high, and 
fpungy. 
It is ufually furrounded at the bafe by a brown- 
ifh membrane, and tip'd with brown at the top i 
a little below the fummit burfl: forth the flowers ; 
ihey arei'mall, brown, and forming a loofc panicle. 
It is common in waters, flowering in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Juncus maximus. 
We have twelve other kinds. 
I, Naked fcirpi. 
I, The Lcffcr BuUrufh, Juncus five fcirpus medius. 
Two feet high, fmooth, and with a flender 
ftalk. 
z. Fluted Rufh, Juncus aqtiaticus medius caule ca- 
rinato. The colour a pale bluifh green. 
3. Three-fquare Rufh, Juncus acutus maritmUi 
canJe trlquetro tnaxlmo tmlli procer'wr. A very 
'all plant. 
4. LeflTer prickly Sea-Rufh, Juncus aculus mari- 
timus caule triquetro nucerone pungente, 
5. Round clufter-headed Sea-Rufli, Scirpus ma- 
rit'mus capitulis rotundioribus conglomeratis. 
6. Club Rufli, or aglet-headed Rufh, Sclrpus 
equifeli capitula majori. Common in brooks. 
7. The leafl: upright Club Rufli, Scirpus minimus 
capitulis equifeli. The flaik not thicker than 
a large briflle. 
2. Scirpi with leaves. 
8. Dwarf Rufh, with fmall aglet heads, Scirpus 
montcinus capitule breviori. In hilly paf- 
tures. 
9. Round, black-headed Marfli Rufh, Juncus 
li£"jii minor capitulo glonierato nigricante. 
10. The leaft Rufli, Scirpus foliaceus humilis. 
Common in damp places, where the foil is 
poor. 
11. Marfh Rufh Grafs, with fleawort heads, 
Scirpus equifeli capitulo minore. In watery 
places. 
12. Many-headed leafy Rufli, Gramen junceum 
polyftachion. The panicle very loofe and 
fcattered. 
GENUS 
