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the first from England, the others from Scandinavia: To these 

 may be added a form of ^. trifaria (Brid.), called by me var. /5. 

 patula in my essay on the Scandinavian Seligeride ; Mr. SuUivant 

 has given the same in his beautiful Muse. Alleg. ii. no. 142 

 (with a few individuals oi S, Donii in a bad state), under the 



JVeissia 



trifc 



by its short stem with shorter setse, and the leaves not trifarious, 



not 



and thick nerve occupying nearly the whole subula. It may be 



trifaric 

 mined. 



(S, patula, Lindb. MS 



Mr. Wilson gathered, May 



(/3. longiseta), of my S. acutifolia 



which may now be described, 



Seligeria acutifolia, Lindb. Autoica, perpauca ; foliis viridissimis, 

 supremis ut et bracteis perichsetii e basi plus minusve vaginante ab- 

 rupte angustatis in subulam subteretem, setiformem, acutissimam et 

 pungentem, fragilem, crenulatam, nervo totam fere subulam formante ; 

 seta gracillima, brevissima, 1 mm. alta; capsula parva, apices bractea- 

 rum orificio vix supjerante, leptodermi, pallida et pellucida, breviter 

 pyriformi, coUo brevi ; dentibus peristomii brevibus, fere obtusiusculis ; 

 rostro operculi brevissimo, capsula quadruple breviore,vix obUquo. 



S. ACUTIFOLIA, Lindb. in Hartm, Sk. FL ed. 9, ii. p. 75, no. 4 (1864), 

 et in Not. SdllsL F. FL Fenn. Fork. ix. p. 261. no. 4 (1868). 



Delia. — FL Dan. {nondum edita). 



Var. /3, longiseta {Lindb,). Planta major, seta 2-3 mm. alta, capsula 

 alte emergente, rostro operculi longiore et magis oblique. 



S, pusilla, var. foliis perichsetialibus longioribus setaceis, Wils. MS. 



S. acutifoUa, var. /3, longiseta, Lindb. in Not. Sdllsk. F. Fl. Fenn. Fiirh. 

 L c. 



This species has the leaves and bracts of S. paucifolia (Dicks.) 

 Carruth. (>S^. calycina. Mitt-, S. mhcernua^ Schpr.), but the fruit of 



S. pmilla (JE^ivh,) B. S. 



NecTcera 



Wilson 



/3. ohtum (Brid.), Wils 



hy its " stems shorter, irregularly branched, branches obtuse at 

 the summit.'* It was found on the ground near Howth by Mr. 

 Scott, and first commemorated by Mr. Turner in his Muse. Hib. 

 Spic. p. 145, in a note, and afterwards called LcsTcea {Omalia) 



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