Box 15, Folder 12: Grass-Like Plants of Wisconsin

[Index Page of Grass Like Plants].

[Index Page of Grass Like Plants].

26 Genus VI. Scirpus Linneus. (Latin Scirpus the Bulrush)

Spikes many=flowered, mostly clustered; scales regularly imbricated all round in several ranks; perianth of 3-6 bustles stamens 3; styles 2 or 3 cleft, simple, not bulbous at the base; achenium mucronate, lenticular or triangular.

26-(b) S. planifolun Michigan Cooly

26 Scirpus caespitosus Linneus Eleocharis caespitosa Nees.

London, Says (Enc p. 49) this is the principal food of cattle & sheep in the Highlands of Scotland in March, April, and May.

Sault de Ste Marie-Torrey Lake Superior Agassiz.

27. Scirpus subtermmalis, Torrey

Michigan-Wright Dr. A. Gray