TRIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Scirpus. 
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E. Bot. 2321. E)— Ger. 31. 4 —C. B. Th. 181. 
Lesser Bull-rush. (Glaucous Club-rush. Irish: Beug Auhuin. 
Welsh: Tost-frwynen arfor. S. lacustris (3. Huds. Hook. FI. Brit. 
S. glaucus. Eng. FI. Salt marshes and ditches, not uncommon. 
P. Aug. E.) 
Var. 3. (Upper part of the stem bluntly triangular; lower part perfectly 
cylindrical. Sheaths without leaf-like terminations; bracteas pungent, 
channelled, erect. 
Hook. FI. Lond. 79—E. Bot. 1983. E.)— H. Ox. viii. 10. 2. 
Blunt-edged Club-rush. Doody’s Furrowed Bull-rush. Var. 3. 
Huds. S. lacustris. y FI. Brit. S. carinatus. E. Bot. FI. Lond. Rivers, 
pools, fens, and ditches, common. P. July—Aug. 
S. holoschce'nus. Straw cylindrical, naked: spikes nearly globular, 
numerous, closely compacted: involucrum two-leaved, unequal, 
acuminate; (leaves channelled : seed without bristles. E.) 
{E. Bot. 1612. E.)— H. Ox. vii. 10. 17— Mich. 31. ( Scirpoides) — Scheuch. 
8. 2. 5 — Pluk. 40. 4— C. B. 174— Park. 1194. 4. {not FI. Dan. 154.) 
Stems firm, rushy, two or three feet high. Leaves radical, linear, smooth, 
marked with a white channel on their upper side. E.) The globular 
heads larger than large peas, supported on fruit-stalks of various lengths 
from the side of the stem, distinguish this at first sight from every other 
species. (Varies greatly in luxuriance of growth. E.) 
Round-headed Club-grass. Sea coast, rare. Braunton Boroughs, 
Devonshire. Rev. Dr. Goodenough, (covering nearly half an acre. On 
the shores of Hampshire ; and near the sea side below Watchet, Somer¬ 
setshire. Bot. Guide. P. Sept. E.) 
Var. 2. Straw cylindrical, naked; head lateral, compact; floral-leat 
reflexed. 
Jacq. Austr. 448— Barr. 255. 3— Head ; Scheuch. 8. 6— Pluk. 40. 5. 
Straws the thickness of a thread. Linn. Frequently many-headed. Scales 
egg-shaped, sharp, concave. Jacq. 
{S. romanus. Linn, according to Smith; but not to be specifically distin¬ 
guished. E.) Moist meadows. Marshy places near Throgmorton, 
Worcestershire. Hudson. 
S. seta'ceus. Straw naked, bristle-like: spikes lateral, mostly single, 
sometimes in pairs: terminal spike sessile: (seed furrowed, 
without bristles. 
Hook. Pi. Lond. 97 — E. Bot. 1693. E.) — FI. Dan. 311 —Leers, 1. 6 — Rottb 
15. 5 and 6— H. Ox. viii. 10. 23— Park. 1270. 10 and 9. 
Leaves setaceous. Straws numerous; as thick as the leaves, but twice as 
long. Spike one, rarely two, terminal, egg-shaped. Lowermost scale 
awl-shaped, pale, as long as the spike. Linn. Plant from two to six 
inches high. Spikes greenish brown, with a rosy tinge, (surmounted by 
a leafy bractea. Sm. E.) 
Bristle-stalked Club-rush. Small Plymouth Rush-grass. Leasi 
Club-grass. (Welsh: Clwp-frwynenfechan. E.) Wet sandy ground, 
common. A. July—Aug 
