TRIANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 
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I plant under that name ; for I Iiave accurately compared 
' Willdenow’s specimens, both with the above description, and 
the plant which grows in this neighbourhood. In bogs, com- 
j! mon. Perennial. May, June. 
1 4. S. culm triquetrous, a span high, nearly naked, pianifoiius, 
j cespitose, leaves nearly radical alternate, linear, 
i| flat, kneeled, scabrous, the lower ones broad, 
! short nerved pointed, the rest, three-nerved, 
^ equal in length to the stem. Spike terminal, 
ovate, acute, 6-flowered, bracteated ; bractea yel- 
* lowish, ovate, spit-pointed, longer than the spike. 
I CaL glume, ovate, pointed, yellowish, keel green. 
Fist, bifid and trifid. Seed brown, triquetrous, 
j bristles 3, as long as the seed. Muhh 
\ This very strongly characterised, and pretty species, is easi- 
ly recognised by its three-sided culm, flat, broadish, compress- 
ed leaves, and bay-coloured terminal spikes. In Jersey, near 
Woodbury, on the margins of the woods, bordering the road, 
very rare . May. 
5. S. culm 5 feet high, terete naked, attenuated to- lacustdso 
wards the point (Muhl.); spikes oblong, scales 
glabrous, mucronate : styles trifid ; umbels de- 
compound ; culm terete. VahL 
Icon. fl. Dan. t. 1142- 
Tall bull-rush. 
From 3 to 12 feet high, and very thick. Along the margins 
of the Delaware, both sides of the river, common. Perennial. 
July- 
6. S. culm 4 feet high, naked, round, equal above (in acutws, 
thickness), not attenuated,^ full of spots ; the spots 
brown, oblong. Spikes sub-lateral, pedunculated, 
numerous, oblong, sub-umbelled. Peduncles 
compressed, unequal. CaL glume brown, keeled, 
mucronated,/»^/6^n5. Stamps- bifid. Seed 
obovate. MuhL 
Very like No. 5 - easily distinguished, however, by the spots 
and spikes. Grows with it. Rare. Perennial. June, July. 
7. S. culm accutely 3-angled, sides concave ; spikes Amerieaims, 
ovate, lateral, sessile \ seed accuminate. Elliot, 
