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** Stigmas 3. Achenes triquetrous. 
| Spikes 1 — 3, often apparently lateral , from the lower hractea being a 
continuation of the stem. 
2. I. setdcea R. Br. ( Bristle-stalked, M.) ; caespitose, stem 
filiform with 1 or 2 leaves at the base, spikelets about 2 terminal, 
bracteas 1 or 2 very unequal lower one erect leafy much longer 
than the spikelets, achene mucronate ribbed obovate and marked 
with transverse lines. Scirpus L. : E. B. t. 1693. 
Moist gravelly places, frequent. If.. 7, 8. — Stems 2 — 5 in. high, 
very slender. Siam, usually 2. Stigmas 3. 
3. I. Sdvii Schultes ( Savis M .) ; caespitose, stem filiform 
leafy below, spikelets 1 — 3 terminal, bracteas 1 or 2 and unequal 
— 14 times) as long as the spikelets, achene subglobose mi- 
nutely dotted not furrowed. Scirpus Seb. et Maur. : E. B. S. 
t. 2782. Scirpus filiformis Savi. — a. spikelets 2 — 3 shorter 
than the 2 -leaved bractea. — (3. monostachys; spikelet solitary 
longer than bractea. Hook. I. pygmsea Kunth. Fimbristylis 
Vahl. Scirpus leptaleus Koch. 
Wet bogs, Ireland, and in the west of England and Scotland ; 
Shanklin, Isle of Wight, plentiful. Jersey. — /3. Dorsetshire; North 
Devon ; near Ilyde, Isle of Wight, not uncommon. Cork, and other 
places in Ireland. If.. 7. — In habit the var. a. much resembles 
the last species, as the var. fi. does the Eleocharis acicularis. Stigmas 
3. Achene usually rough, with slightly elevated points, but in some 
specimens from Galloway, Scotland, it only appears to be rough on 
account of numerous impressed dots, like a thimble. 
Spikes numerous, collected into globular heads. 
4. I. Holoschce'nus Roem. et Sch. ( cluster-headed M.) ; stem 
terete, spikelets lateral collected into compact globular sessile 
or stalked heads, leaves subulate channelled. Scirpus L. : 
E. B. t. 1612. 
Sandy sea-shores, very rare. Braunton, North Devon ; Watchet, 
Somersetshire. 7f. 9. 
8. Scirpus Linn. Club-rush. Bulrush. 
Spikelets solitary or fascicled, many-flowered. Glumes im- 
bricated on all sides, equal, one or two lowest the largest, some- 
times empty. Hypogynous bristles about 6, usually retrorsely 
I toothed, scarcely so long as the glumes, sometimes 0. Style 
I deciduous ; its base not jointed upon the germen. Achene tip- 
ped with the narrow base of the style, or pointless — Name, ac- 
I cording to Theis, from cirs, Celtic, which makes cors in the 
plural, whence chorda in Latin, and cord in English ; the stems 
having been formerly employed for the same purposes as those 
of Schamus. 
