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SCIRPUS— SCLERIA. 
called from its property of drying up hu- 
mors.! 
mariti'm-a, (squill, w,) scape long, naked 
tnany-flowered ; bracts bent back ; root 
bulbous. Ex. 
SCIR'TUS. 3—1. {CyperoidecE.) [An ancient 
Latin name for the Bull-rush.] 
1. Seed surrounded with bristles at the base. 
{Style articulated to the seed ; base dilated 
and persiUent. Seed often lenticular. 
Spikes terminal, solitary.) 
capita' tus, (Ju. 11.) stem terete or sub- 
eompressed ; spike ovate, obtuse ; seed 
O'fal, compressed, smooth. Wet places. 8- 
J8 i. 
ten"uis, (Ju. 2^.) culm slender, quadran- 
gular ; spike elliptical, acute at each end ; 
glumes ovate, dbtuse ; stamens .3 ; styles 3- 
cleft; seedrugo.se. 812 i. 
piisil 'lus, (J. 2^.) culm compressed, sub- 
angular; spike ovate, compressed; seed 
jbovate ; stamens 3 ; style 2-3-cleft. Salt 
marshes. 1 i. 
aciculalris, (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 ; radical 
leaves linear, flat, nearly equalling the 
culm ; spike oblong, compressed, shorter 
than the cuspidate bracts at the base. 8 i. 
Swamps. 
( Style fliform, not bearded, deciduous.) 
lacits"tris, (J. 2X.} culm terete, attenua- 
ted above, naked ; panicle sub-terminal ; 
spikes peduncled, ovate. 4-8 f. 
america'nus, (Au. 2^.) culm nearly na- 
ked, triquetrous ; sides concave ; spikes 
lateral, 1-5, ovate, conglomerate, sessile ; 
glumes round-ovate, mucrouate ; seed tri- 
quetrous, acuminate. 3-5 f. 
debi'lis, (Au. 2^.) culms cespitose, deeply 
striate ; spikes about 3, ovate, sessile ; 
glumes ovate, obtuse, mucronate ; margins 
of ponds. 8-12 i. 
bru7i"neus, (Au. 2^.) 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. If.) culm triangular, 
•eafy ; cyme terminal, compo-und, prolifer- 
ous ; involucrum 3 leaved ; spikes conglom- 
erate, ovate, acute ; glumes ovate, mucro- 
nate, pubescent. Wet meadows. 2 f. 
macrosta'chyus, (Au. 24!.) culm triqae- 
troas, 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 JiUform, deciduous. Bristles much 
longer than the seed. 
eriopho'rum, (red cotton grass, Au. 2.^.) 
latem obtusely triquetrous, leafy ; panicle 
decompout7d, proliferous, nodding; spikes 
peduncled ; bristles surrounding the peri- 
carp ex sert. 4-5 f. Swamps. 
linea'tus, (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 lougei 
than the seed. 2-3 f. 
2. Seed naked at the base, 
( Style simple at the base, not articulated tc 
the seed, deciduous.) 
autumna'lis. (flat stemmed scirpus, 8. Zf.) 
culm 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. 2/.) 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 cula' tus, ( Au.) culm columnar, striate; 
glumes very obtuse, loose, appressed ; seed 
somewhat 3-angled ; tubercle sagittate, 
larger than the seed. 12 i. S. 
equisetoi'des, (J.) culm erect, terete, dou- 
bly jointed ; spike cylindric, terminal ; scales 
very obtuse. 18-24 i. S. 
genicnla'tus, (Ju.j culm terete, growing in 
distinct clusters ; spike ovate-oblong; scales 
round-ovate. S. 
quadrangula'tus, (M. 2J[.) culm erect 
glabrous, acutely 4-angled ; 3 sides con- 
cave ; one wider, flat ; spike cylindric ; 
glumes very obtuse. 1-2 f. Swamps. (J? 
sylvaf'icus, (wood rush, 2i.) spikes ob- 
long, crowded ; corymb leafy more than 
decompound; culm leafy, triquetrous; scales 
oblong, obtusish. green. S. 
SCLERAN"THUS. 10—2. (Portulaccea.) [From 
skleros, hard, and anthos, flower, alluding to 
its hard calyx.] 
an"mius, (knawel, ^.) stems slightly 
pubescent ; calyx of the fruit spreading, 
acute. Stems numerous, procumbent. 
Flowers very small, green, in axillary fas- 
cicles. Dry fields. 
peren"nis, (2J[.) calyx of the fruit with 
obtuse, spreading segments. England. 
SCLE'RIA. 19—3. (Cyperoidece.) [Named 
from its hard and polished fruit.] 
tri'glomera'ta, (whip grass, J. 2^.) culm 
acutely triangular, scabrous ; leaves lance- 
linear, channeled, a little scabrous, sparing- 
ly pilose ; spikes fascicled, lateral and ter- 
minal ; glumes ciliate ; nut smooth. 2 f. 
paucifio'ra, (Au. 24-) 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. 
verticilla'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"tha, (M.) stem slender, triquetrous, 
glabrous; leaves narrow, nerved, slightly 
scabrous; spikes 2-3, sub-terminal, &3ssile, 
one lateral, one remote, long peduncled ; 
nut very smooth, shining. 12-18 i. S. 
gra'tilis, stem filiform, triquetro-as. and 
