. Flowers of the field. Botany. SEDGE FAltlLY 527 **â * Spiheleis large ; gluxics many ; periantli of iâ6 bristles 8. 5. laciislris (Common Bulrush).âRliizuhie creeping ; stems sometimes as thick as a man's thumb, spongy, erect, 3â8 feet high, cyhndric at the base, gradually tapering upwards, green, usually leafless, or with i or 2 short keeled leaves in still water, or with long, nearly flat, floatuig leaves in running water ; spikeleis numerous, red - brown, ovoid or oblong, ^âl in. long, in a compound, lateral, umbellate cyme, becoming terminal ; outer bract continuing the stem ; glumes bro
. Flowers of the field. Botany. SEDGE FAltlLY 527 **â * Spiheleis large ; gluxics many ; periantli of iâ6 bristles 8. 5. laciislris (Common Bulrush).âRliizuhie creeping ; stems sometimes as thick as a man's thumb, spongy, erect, 3â8 feet high, cyhndric at the base, gradually tapering upwards, green, usually leafless, or with i or 2 short keeled leaves in still water, or with long, nearly flat, floatuig leaves in running water ; spikeleis numerous, red - brown, ovoid or oblong, ^âl in. long, in a compound, lateral, umbellate cyme, becoming terminal ; outer bract continuing the stem ; glumes broad, brown, fringed at the edge, notched at the top, with a little point in the notch, glabrous; perianth of 5 or 6 bristles ; anthers tipped with hairs : nut ^\ed, smooth. Marshes and rivers ; common. The rhizome is astnngeiit, and the stems are largely used for making the bottoms of chairs, has- socks, &c. â Fl. July, August. Perennial. * The name Bulrush is now most commonly given to Tjpha (see p. 5°3)- g. 5. Tabernamonidnt (Glaucous Bulrush).â A closely-allied form with glaucous stems, glumes rough with raised dots, and anthers not bearded, occurring mostly near the sea. 10. 5. carindtus, another closely allied form, has green stems becoming obtusely triangular near the top, smooth glumes, and anthers not bearded.âTidal rners m the south ; rare. 11. 5. triqueter {Thxee-eAgetA Bulrush).âi^/H"20?H(; slender ; stems 2â3 feet high, acutely triangular throughout, leafless, except that I or 2 short sheaths at the base bear a short iplade less than an inch long; spikelets usually 8, 10, or more, ovoid, less than J- sciRPUS ' (Sex Chil-rush).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Chri
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