ial 
rvs ystyus 
-—-~v--~ weatuug. INUT Ob1ONg, obtuse, not trigonous, white. 3. S. Carsei. 
Stems 1-3 ft., slender. Spikelets few (2-8), tin. Hypogynous 
bristles present, very long. Nut elliptic, trigonous, pale-brown.. 4. S. pauciflorus, 
** Stems shorter, not so rigid, often diffuse. Leaves well developed. Spikelets 
fascicled or umbelled, sometimes solitary. 
Stems 2-6in., creeping or diffuse. Leaves alternate, spreading. 
Spikelets 1-3 in the axils of the leaves ; 33 +. 
Stems 6-14 in., slender, diffuse. Leaves mostly at the base of the 
stems, linear, Spikelets in irregular umbels or fascicles 
Stems 1-12 in., slender, wiry, rigid. Leaves few at the base of the 
stems. Spikelets sessile in a dense head, sometimes few or solitary 7. 
». S. axillaris. 
6. 8. apogon. 
S, nitens, 
1. §. brevifolius R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 231.—Rhizome short, stout, 
creeping. Stems rush-like, densely tufted, rigid, erect, terete, smooth 
and polished, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves reduced to 3 or 4 dark red-brown 
appressed sheaths at the base of the stem, the uppermost of which has a 
short rigid erect subulate lamina 1-1 in, long. Panicle narrow, 3-8 in. 
long ; branches slender, erect ; bracts at the base with appressed sheaths 
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