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SCl'RPUS* * 
Linnean Class and Order. Tria'ndria f, Monogy'nia. 
Natural Order. Cypera'ce.e, Juss . — Lindl. Syn. p. 278. ; 
Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 304. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 392. — 
Loud. Hort. Brit, p.541. — Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 318. — Cyperoi- 
de.f, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 26. — Sm. Gram, of Bot. p. 68. — Cypera- 
les; sect. Cyperin.e ; type, Scirpace.f. ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. 
v. i. pp. 354, 356, & 357. — Calamari.e, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Spikes (fig. 1.) lateral or terminal, of numerous 
florets, all perfect. Glumes (fig. 2.) of 1 valve, imbricated on all 
sides, equal, 1 or 2 of the outer ones sometimes sterile. Corolla 
none. Filaments (see figs. 3 & 4.) 3, flat. Anthers strap-shaped. 
Style (see figs. 4 & 5.) neither jointed nor dilated at the base, deci- 
duous, leaving only a small mucro. Stigmas (see figs. 4 & 5.) 2 
or 3, downy. Seeds (fig. 6.) with or without rough bristles be- 
neath (see fig. 4.) ; often pointed. 
Distinguished from other glumaceous genera, without a corolla, 
in the same class and order, by the glumes being imbricated on all 
sides, uniform, concave, and expanded ; and by the style being 
simple at the base, and deciduous. 
Seven species British. 
SCl'RPUS MAR I' TIM US. Sea Club-rush. Salt-marsh 
Club-rush. 
Spec. Char. Stem leafy, triangular. Spikelets terminal, 
clustered, stalked, and sessile. Involucrum of many foliaceous 
leaflets. Glumes with a mucro between the pointed segments of 
the notch (see fig. 2). Stigmas 3. 
Engl. Bot. t. 542. — Curt. FI. Land. t. 284. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 74. — Huds. FL 
Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 21. — YVilld. Sp. PI. v. i. pt. i. p. 806. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 
56. ; Engl. FI. v. i. p. 61. — With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 104. — G ray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. 
p. 76. — Lindl. Syn. p. 281. — Hook. Brit. FI. p.21. — Liglitf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 89. — 
Purt. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 64. — Relh. FI. Cant. (3rd ed.) p. 24. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 
19. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 12.— Rev. G. E. Smith’s PI. of S. Kent, p. 5. — FI. Devon, 
pp. 8 & 116. — Johnst. FI. of Berw. v. i. p. 16. — Winch’s FI. of Northumb. and 
Durham, p. 4. — Mack. Catal. of PI. of lrel. p. 11. ; FI. Hib. p. 323. -Grame/i 
cyperoides palustre, panicula sparse, Ray s Syn. p.425. — Gramen aquati . 
cum cyperoides vulgatius, Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 22. — 3. Scirpus tuberoses, 
Desfont. Atlant. v. i. p. 50. — Scirpus maritimus, FI. Dan. t. 937. — Cyperus 
rotundus littorius , Johns. Gerarde, p. 31. — Cyperus rotundus littorius in~ 
odorus, Ray’s Syn. p. 426. 
Localities. — I n salt-marshes, and about the banks of great rivers exposed to 
the tide; frequent. — Cambridgesh. Stretham Ferry; Littleport ; Isle of Ely; 
Westbeach : Rev. R. Relhan.— Cornwall ; On the shore near Falmouth : Mr. 
Watson, in N. B. G. At Swan Pool, Falmouth: Supp. N. B. G. — Cumber - 
Fig. 1. The Spikes of Florets. — Fig. 2. A Glume. — Fig. 3. A single Floret. — 
Fig. 4. Stamens and Pistil ; accompanied by the bristles at the base of the Germen. — 
Fig. 5. Germen, Style, and Stigmas. — Fig. 6. A Seed. — Figs. 2, 4, & 5. magnified. 
* According to Tiieis from cirs, in Celtic, which makes cors in the plural, 
whence chorda in Latin, and cord in English ; the steins having been formerly 
employed for making a kind of cordage. 
+ See folio 56, note +. 
