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31. Scirpus natans.—Culm compressed, leafy, flexuose- 
erect, spikes two, lateral.—This and the next are natives of 
the Cape of Good Hope. 
32. Scirpus vaginatus.—Culm filiform, heads lateral, al¬ 
ternate, shorter than the involucre. 
33. Scirpus tristachyos.—Culm capillary, head three- 
spiked, glumes entire, involucre two-leaved. Head lateral, 
immediately below the top of the culm, composed of from 
three to seven spikes. It varies in size.—Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. 
34. Scirpus uncinatus.—Hairy, culm round, leafy, spikes 
conglomerated into a head terminating and axillary.—Na¬ 
tive of the East Indies. 
35. Scirpus aristatus.—Culm striated, round, leafy, pa¬ 
nicle terminating, two-leaved, spikelets ovate, squarrose- 
echinate.—Native of the East Indies. 
36. Scirpus autumnalis.—Culm ancipital, naked, umbel 
decompounded, spikelets ovate. This has the appearance 
of Juncus pilosus.—Native of Virginia and Jamaica. 
37. Scirpus diphyllus.—Culms semi-cylindrical, striated, 
two-leaved, two or three feet in height, umbel compound, 
with a two-leaved involucre longer than it. Stigma bifid.— 
Native of Tranquebar. 
38. Scirpus fastigiatus.—Culm filiform, head convex, 
compressed, outer glumes mucronate, involucre none.—Na¬ 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope. 
39. Scirpus globulosus.—Culm compressed, naked, pa¬ 
nicle terminating, spikelet single, sessile, several peduncled, 
globular. Culms a span high, the thickness of a coarse 
thread.—Native of the East Indies. 
40. Scirpus globiferus.—Culm naked, round, umbel ter¬ 
minating, compound, heads globular, composed of several 
spikelets closely heaped.—Native of Teneriffe. 
41. Scirpus capillaris.—Culm naked, capillary, spikes 
peduncled in threes, the middle one sessile.—Native of 
Ceylon. 
III.—Culm three-sided, panicle naked. 
42. Scirpus trispicatus.—Culm angular, naked, spikes 
terminating in threes, sessile, naked.—Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. 
43. Scirpus lateralis.—Culms three-sided, naked, filiform, 
a span in height, spikes subtern, lateral, involucre one- 
leafed, short.—Found in Ceylon. 
44. Scirpus triqueter, triangular club-rush or bull-rush.— 
Culm three-sided, straight, naked, acuminate, three feet 
high, spikes lateral, sessile or peduncled.—Native of Ger¬ 
many, England, and some other parts of Europe; also of 
North America. 
45. Scirpus mucronatus.—Culm triangular, naked, acu¬ 
minate, spikes conglomerate, sessile, lateral. This is easily 
distinguished from the preceding by its greater stature, its 
thicker culm with the sides hollowed, its thicker ovate spike¬ 
lets, twenty or more collected into a head, finally by the 
point or upper part of the culm not being upright but bent 
horizontally.—Native of Switzerland, the south of France, 
Carniola and Italy. 
46. Scirpus dichotomus.—Culm three-sided, naked, um¬ 
bel decompounded, spikes in the forks sessile.—Native of 
Ceylon. It is an annual plant, which few of the scirpi are. 
47. Scirpus echinatus.—Culm three-sided, naked, a span 
high, umbel simple, spikes ovate.—Native of both Indies. 
48. Scirpus retrofractus.—Culm three-sided, umbel simple, 
floscules of the spikes retrofracted.—Native of Virginia. 
49. Scirpus ferrugineus.—Culm three-sided, almost naked, 
involucres length of the panicle and ciliate. This species 
varies remarkably, from a span to two feet in height. It is 
easily distinguished by its unequal ciliate involucre.—Native 
of Jamaica and other islands of the West Indies, both in 
dry and wet situations. 
50. Scirpus spadiceus.—Culm three-sided, naked, two feet 
in height, umbel almost naked, spikes oblong, sessile and 
terminating.—Native of South America, Virginia, and Ja¬ 
maica. 
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IV. —Culm three-sided, panicle leafy. 
51. Scirpus anomalus.—Culm three-sided, leafy, panicle 
terminating, short, spikelets ovate, flowers corolled, the 
lower one-stamened, the upper two-stamened.—Native of 
the East Indies. 
52. Scirpus miliaceus.—Culm three-sided-, naked, umbel 
superdecompound, intermediate spikes sessile, involucres se¬ 
taceous.—Native of the East Indies. 
53. Scirpus maritimus, or salt-marsh club-rush.—Culm 
three-sided, panicle conglobate, leafy, terminating, glumes 
mucronate, lacerate-trifid.—Native of Europe, Barbary, and 
Siberia, on sea-coasts, salt marshes, &c.: common in Eng¬ 
land. 
54. Scirpus pubescens.—Culm three-sided, leafy, pubes¬ 
cent at top, spikelets few, directed one way, terminating, 
ovate, glumes mucronate.—On banks of lakes near La Calle 
in Barbary : flowering in summer. 
55. Scirpus grossus.—Culm three sided, naked, umbel 
superdecompound, spikes pedicelled, involucre three-leaved, 
lanceolate subulate, very long.—Native of the East Indies. 
56. Scirpus luzulse.—Culm three-sided, naked, umbel 
leafy, proliferous, spikelets roundish.—Native of the East 
Indies. 
57. Scirpus sylvaticus, or wood club-rush.—Culm three- 
sided, leafy, cyme leafy, terminating, peduncles naked, su¬ 
perdecompound, spikes clustered.—Native of Europe and 
Siberia, in wet woods and shady places: abundant in many 
parts of England. 
58. Scirpus corymbosus.—Culm three-sided, leafy, co¬ 
rymbs lateral, simple, the terminating one proliferous, spikes 
subulate.—Native of the East Indies. 
59. Scirpus aestivalis.—Culm depressed, three-sided, naked, 
two inches high, umbels compound, involucred, flowers one- 
stamened.—Found abundantly in Ceylon. 
60. Scirpus squarrosus.—Culm three-sided, naked, seta¬ 
ceous, spikes in threes, sessile, ovate, squarrose.—Native of 
the East Indies. 
61. Scirpus dipsaceus.—Culms setaceous, three-sided, um¬ 
bel simple, heads oblong, squarrose, floscules subulate, re¬ 
curved, two-stamened, germ echinate.—Native of the East 
Indies. 
62. Scirpus junciformis.—Culm naked, filiform, subtri- 
gonal, spikelets of the panicle sessile and peduncled, invo¬ 
lucre two-leaved.—Native of China. 
63. Scirpus michelianus.—Culm three-sided, head globu¬ 
lar, involucre many-leaved, long. Flowers one to four.— 
Native of Germany, France about Montpellier, Italy, Media, 
and Morocco by the river Sebon. It is an annual. 
64. Scirpus ciliaris.—Culm three-sided, leafy, umbels scat¬ 
tered, scales of the calyx with ciliate awns.—Native of the 
East Indies. Annual. 
V. —Culm three-sided, head terminating. 
65. Scirpus Hottentottus.—Culm three-sided, leafy, head 
globular, calycine scales lanceolate, rough-haired.—Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. 
66. Scirpus antarcticus.—Culm three-sided, naked, head 
globular, involucre one-leafed.—Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope and Guinea. 
67. Scirpus argenteus.—Culms setaceous, three-sided, in¬ 
volucre four-leaved, very long, spikes cylindrical, very many, 
glomerate into a head.—This and the next natives of the 
East Indies, 
68. Scirpus monandrus.—Culm setaceous, three-sided, 
involucre three-leaved, long, head sessile, glomerate, flos¬ 
cules one-stamened. 
69. Scirpus cephalotes.—Culm three-sided, naked, head 
ovate,. squarrose, involucre three-leaved, long.—Native of 
China. 
SCIRRHO'SITY, s. An induration of the glands.—The 
difficulty of breathing, occasioned by scirrhosities of the 
glands, is not to be cured. Arbuthnoi. 
SCl'RRHOUS, ad;. Having a gland indurated; con¬ 
sisting of a gland indurated.—How they are to be treated 
when 
