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Ambcrley, Sussex. If. 8. — “Anthers with a short beardless 
point,” Bab. ; “ denticulate at the point,” Kunlh. 
5. S. prngens Yahl {sharp C.) ; stem triquetrous straight at 
the point, sheaths with long narrow keeled leaves, spikelets few 
sessile lateral, glumes bifid mucronate smooth slightly fringed 
their lobes acute, stigmas 2, achenes smooth. E.B. S. t. 2819. 
S. Rothii Hoppe. S. tenuifolius DC. S. triqueter /5. Sm. 
On the wet sandy banks of St. Ouen’s Pond, Jersey, y. 6, 7. 
— Distinguished from S. triqueter, by its acutely lobed glumes. 
“ Anthers with a subulate fringed point : ” Bab. 
*** Spikelets numerous. Stem triangular. Panicle leafy. Style usually 
3 -fid. Achenes somewhat trigonous. 
6. S. marUinius L. ( Salt-marsh C .) ; stem leafy triangular, 
spikelets terminal clustered stalked or sessile, bracteas several 
foliaceous, glumes with a inucro between the acute segments of 
the notch. E. B. t. 542. 
Salt-marshes, frequent. If.. 7,8. — Rhizome creeping, sometimes 
swelling into knots or tubers. Leaves frequently longer than the 
stem, Hat, acuminate. Stigmas 3, sometimes 2. Achene smooth, 
obovate. Bristles 1 — 6, sometimes entirely wanting : Kunth. 
7. S. sylvaticus L. ( Wood C.) ; stem triangular leafy, cyme 
terminal many times compound, bracteas several foliaceous, 
spikelets 3 or 4 together, glume entire obtuse with a small sharp 
point. E. B. t. 919. 
Moist woods and banks of rivers. Not generally frequent in 
England, although abundant in South Kent. About Killin, Perth- 
shire; Lanarkshire, and in many places in the south of Scotland, y. 
7. — A handsome species, bearing innumerable small, greenish, ovate 
spikelets. Rhizome creeping. Stem 2 — 3 feet high. Leaves broadly 
linear. Bristles 6, scarcely longer than the obovate achene, straight 
and sharply toothed, the teeth pointing downwards. The allied S. 
radicans Schk. is stoloniferous ; its spikelets are much larger and 
solitary, the glumes pointless, and the bristles long, capillary, flexu- 
ose, and puberulous at the apex. 
**** Spike solitary, terminal. Style 3 -fid. Achene trigonous. 
Bseothryon. 
8. S. pauciflorus Lightf. ( Chocolate-headed C .) ; caespitose, 
stem terete striate with a tight leafless sheath at the base, spike 
few-flowered ovate naked about twice as long as the two low- 
est obtuse glumes, achene reticulate-striate longer than the 
retrorsely hispid bristles pointed with the longish base of 
the style. E.B. t. 1122. S. Bseothryon Ehrh. Eleocharis 
pauciflora Link. 
Moors in Scotland, not unfrequent. In England, rare ; near 
