416 LIST OF BRITISH CYPERACE^ (EXCLUDING CAREx). into the index, I treat the altered generic name exactly as a new name. I do not know what will be thought of this by the "finality " botanists ; but I have found it the only plan to make a large index safe, i. e. so that I may not run danger of oyerlooking a plant in the index. 4th. There is the question of unearthing names buried for a century and more. In the particular cases that arise in the short list below, I think the oldest name, though long buried, may be conveniently unearthed : thus, in the case of Cladium Mariscus E. Br., a large section of authors call it C. germanicum Schrad. ; to fall back on C. jamaicense Crantz, a name much older than either, may settle finally this struggle. Cyperus fuscus (Linn. Sp. PI. p. 69) ; Syme Engl. Bot. v. x. p. 41. C. LONGus (Linn. Sp. PL p. 67, neque herb, propr.) ; Syme I.e. p. 41. Eleocharis acigularis (R. Br. Prod. [1810] p. 224 in adnot.). — Scirpus acicularis Linn. ; Syme I.e. p. 60. E. PALusTRis (R. Br. Prod. [1810] p. 224 in adnot.). — Scirpus palustris Linn.; Syme I.e. p. 51. Syme's subspecies S. uniglumis Link is the true Scandinavian plant, — a form only of E. palustris; but the ^^ uniglumis of Will- komm and Lange, Ball, and some public herbaria, is E. multicauUs Smith ; many authors have proved this Mediterranean uniglumis a species distinct from S. palustris. Eleocharis multicaulis (Smith Engl. Fl. v. i. [1824] p. 64). — Seirpus multieaulis Smith; Syme I.e. p. 63. This species is often cited as E. multieaulis Dietr. ; but Smith's publication under Eleocharis was prior to Dietrich's. Moreover, Scirpus multicaulis Smith was mainly, if not wholly, Eleocharis palustris; as is Syme's S. multicaulis partly, viz. that part which he says has 2-fid style. Scirpus nanus (Spreng. Pugill. i. [1816] p. 4). — ^S'. parvulus Roem. et Sch. ; Syme I.e. p. 66. S. pauoiflorus (Lightf. El. Scot. [1777] p. 1078); Syme I.e. p. 64. S. ciESPiTosus (Linn. Sp. PL p. 71 et herb, propr.); Syme I.e. p. 56. S. fluitans (Linn. Sp. PL 71 et herb, propr.); Syme I.e. p. 67. S. sETACEus (Linn. Sp. PL 73 partim neque herb, propr.) ; Syme I.e. p. 60. S. cERNUus (Vahl Enum. ii. [1806] p. 246). — S. rijmrius Poir. Encyc. Suppl. v. p. 103, non Fresl. S. Savii Seb. et Mauri ; Syme I.e. p. 68. S. setaceus Linn. Mant. p. 321 et herb, propr. S. HoLoscHCENus (Linn. Sp. PL p. 72 et herb, propr.) ; Syme I.e. p. 61. S. Caricis (Retz. FL Scand. [1779] p. 11). — Blysmus eompressus Panz. ; Syme I.e. p. 48. S. RUFus (Schrad. Fl. Germ. v. i. [1806] p. 133, t. 1, fig. 3).— Blysmus rufus Link ; Syme I.e. p. 48.
