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SCIEPUS— SCLERIA. 
called from its property of drying up hu- 
mors.] 
mariLi'ma, (squill, w.) scape long, naked, 
many-flowered; bracts bent back; root 
bulbous. Ex. 
SCIR"PUS. 3—1. (CyperoidecE.) [An ancient 
Latin name for the Bull-rush.] 
1. Seed surrounded with bristles at the base. 
f Style articulated to the seed ; base dilated 
and persistent. Seed often lenticular. 
Spikes terminal, solitary.) 
capita' lus, (Ju. 2X-) stem terete or sub- 
fompressed ; spike ovate, obtuse ; seed 
oval, compressed, smooth. Wet places. 8- 
18 i. 
terff'uis, (Ju. IX) culm slender, quadran- 
gular ; spike elliptical, acute at each end ; 
glumes ovate, obtuse ; stamens 3 ; styles 3- 
clett; seed rugode. 812 i. 
pusil'lus, (J. 2/.) culm compressed, sub- 
angular; spike ovate, compressed; seed 
obovate ; stamens 3 ; style 2 3-cleft. Salt 
marshes. 1 i. 
acicula'ris, (Ju.) culm setaceous, quadran- 
gular ; spike ovate, acute, 3-6-flowered ; 
glumes somewhat obtuse ; stamens 3 ; styles 
bifid ; seed obovate. 3-6 i. 
planifo'lius, (J.) culm triquetrous ; radicjal 
leaves linear, flat, nearly equalling the 
culm ; spike oblong, compressed, shorter 
than the cuspidate bracts at the base. 8 i. 
Swamps. 
(Style Jiliform, not bearded, deciduous.) 
lacus"tris, (J. ?_(.) culm terete, attenua- 
ted above, naked ; panicle sub-terminal ; 
Bpikes peduncled, ovate. 4-8 f. 
omeHca'nus, (Au. ZJ[.) culm nearly na- 
ked, triquetrous; sides concave; spikes 
lateral, 1-5, ovate, conglomerate, sessile ; 
glumes round ovate, mucronate ; seed tri- 
quetrous, acuminate. 3 5 f. 
debi'lis, (Au. 11.) culms cespitose, deeply 
striate ; spikes about 3, ovate, sessile ; 
glumes ovate, obtuse, mucronate ; margins 
of ponds. 8-12 i. 
brun"ne^is, (Au. 11) culm leafy, obtusely 
triangular; cyme decompound ; involucrum 
3-4-leaved ; spike round-ovate, clustered in 
about sixes ; glumes ovate, obtuse. 2-3 f. 
atrovi'rens, (Ju. 11.) culm triangular, 
leafy ; cyme terminal, compound, prolifer- 
ous ; uivolucrum 3 leaved ; spikes conglom- 
erate, ovate, acute ; glumes ovate, mucro- 
nate, pubescent. Wet meadows. 2 f. 
macrosta' chyus, (Au. 2^.) culm trique- 
trous, leafy; corymb clustered ; involucrum 
about 3-leaved, very long ; spikes oblong ; 
glumes ovate, 3-cleft ; middle segment sub- 
ulate and reflexed ; style 3-cleft. 3-4 f. 
Style Jiliform, deciduous. Bristles much 
longer than the seed. 
eriopho'rvm, (red cotton grass, Au. If.) 
stem obtusely triquetrous, leafy ; panicle 
decompound, proliferous, nodding; spikes 
peduncled ; bristles surrounding the peri- 
carp exsert. 4-5 f. Swamps. 
lineaftus, (leafy scirpus, Ju.) culm trique- 
trous, leafy • panicles terminal and lateral, 
decompound, at length nodding ; involu- 
crum 1-2-leaved ; spikes ovate; glumes Ian. 
ceolate, somewhat carinate ; bristles longer 
than the seed. 2-3 f. 
2. Seed naked at the base. 
( Style simple at tlie base, not articulated to 
the seed, deciduous.) 
auittmna'lis, (flat stemmed scirpus, S. 11.) 
o«lm compressed, ancipitous; umbel com- 
pound ; involucrum 2-leaved ; spikes lance- 
olate, acute, a little rough ; glumes mucro 
nate, carinate. 8-12 i. Low woods. 
sim"plex, (J. 11.) culm columnar ; spike 
somewhat ovate ; glumes sub-ovate, ob- 
tuse ; pericarp obovate, 3-angled. 8-13 i. 
S. 
Jilifor"mis, (Au.) spike cylindric, oblong, 
obtuse ; scales roundish ; pericarp naked at 
the summit ; culm filiform, terete. S. 
tuber cida'tus, (Au.) culm columnar, striate; 
glumes very obtuse, loose, appressed ; seed 
somewhat 3-angled ; tubercle sagittate 
larger than the seed. 12 i. S. 
eqiiisetoi'des, (J.) culm erect, terete, dou- 
bly jointed ; spike cylindric, terminal ; scales 
very obtuse. 18-24 i. S. 
genicula'tus, (Ju.) culm terete, growing in 
distinct clusters ; spike ovate-oblong; scales 
round-ovate. S. 
qnadrangula'tus, (M. 2/.) culm erect 
glabrous, acutely 4-angled ; 3 sides con- 
cave ; one wider, flat; spike cylindric, 
glumes very obtuse. 1-2 f. Swamps. S. 
sylvaf'icus, (wood ru,sh, 2i.) spikes ob- 
long, crowded ; coiymb leafy more than 
decompound ; culmleafy, triquetrous; scaled 
oblong, obtusish, green. S. 
SCLERAN"THUS. 10—2. (Portulaccece.) [From 
skleros, hard, and anfhos, flower, alluding to 
its hard calyx.] 
an"nuus, (knawel, ^.) stems slightly 
pubescent ; calyx of the fruit spreading, 
acute. Stems numerous, procumbent. 
Flowers very small, green, in axillary fas- 
cicles. Dry fields. 
perenf'nis, {11.) calyx of the fruit with 
obtuse, spreading segments. England. 
SCLE'RIA. 19—3. (Cyperoidece.) [Named 
from its hard and polished fruit.] 
tri'glornera'ta, (whip grass, J. ZJ!.) culm 
acutely triangular, scabrous ; leaves lance- 
linear, channeled, a little scabrous, sparing- 
ly pilose ; spikes fascicled, lateral and ter- 
minal ; glumes cili ate ; nut smooth. 2f 
pauciflo'ra, (Au. II) culm triquetrous, 
glabrous; leaves linear, glabrous; spikes 
lateral and terminal, few-flowered, the lat- 
eral ones pendulous, fasciculate ; glumes 
smooth; nut rugose. Wet meadows. 12- 
18 i. 
verti cilia.' ta, (Au. li) stem simple, tri- 
quetrous, smooth; leaves glabrous; spike 
glomerate, naked, clusters alternate ; 
glumes glabrous; nut globose, mucronate, 
transversely corrugate. 1 f. 
oligan"lha, (M.) stem slender, triquetrous, 
: glabrous; leaves narrow, nerved, slightly 
I scabrous; spikes 2-3. sub-terminal, sessile, 
one lateral, one remote, long peduncled ; 
nut very smooth, shining. 12-18 i. (S. 
i gra'cilis, stem filiform, triquetrous, and 
