68 TRIANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Eriophorum. 



E. alpinum. Linn. Sp. PI. 77. Wdld. v. 1.314. Vahl Enum. 



v. 2. 388. FL Br. 60. Engl. Bob v. 5. t. 31 1. 7/ooA\ &»*. 20. 



Didfef. 7V. of Ltn». .Nor. r. 2. 290 ft 356. F/. Dan. t. 620. Dtcfo. 



J/. Sicc.fasc. 8. 3. Dow //. £ri/. 26. Schrad. Germ. v.\. 149. 



Host Gram. v. 1.31. /. 10. 

 Linagrostisjunceaalpina.,capitulo parvo, tomcntornriore. Scheuvhz. 



Agr.305. t.7.f.i. 

 Juncus alpinus bombycinus. Bank. Prodr. 23. Bauh. Hist. v. 2. 515. 



Scheuchz. Prodr. 27. t.S.f. I. 



On turfy alpine bogs in Scotland. 



On a moss 3 miles east of Forfar. Mr. Brown, 8s Mr. G. Don. On 

 the mountains of Breadalbane ; Mr. Somerville. Hooker. 



Perennial. June, July. 



Hoot creeping, throwing up a row of crowded stems, destitute of 

 joints, 4 — 6 inches high, with 3 rough angles. Leaves few, very- 

 short, channelled, rough-edged, with long, striated, smooth 

 sheaths. Spike erect, very small, of a few ovate, rusty, chaffy 

 glumes, each with a strong, green keel, and quite unlike the 

 grey, filmy, tapering scales of the 2 preceding species. Hairs 

 white and shining, few in each spike, erect, not concealing the 

 glumes. 



The late Mr. G. Don justly pointed out to us that the shoot with 

 long leaves, annexed to the figure in Engl. Bot., belongs to 

 Carex dioica, a plant frequently intermixed with this Eriophorum. 



** Spikes several. 



4. E. polystachwn. Broad-leaved Cotton-grass. 

 Stem round. Leaves flat, lanceolate, with a triangular point. 



Stalks of the spikes smooth. Hairs thrice the length of 



the spike. 



E. polystachion. Linn. Sp. PL 76. Willd. v. 1.312. Vahl Enum. 



v. 2. 389. FL Br. 59. Engl. Bot. v. 8. t. 563. Dicks. Tr. of 



Linn. Soc. v. 2. 289. H. Sicc.fasc. 4. 1 . Hook. Scot. 2 1 . Roth 



Germ. v. 2. 63. Leers 1 1. 1. I./.5. Hoffm. Germ, for 1800. t. 3. 

 E. latifolium. Schrad. Germ. v. 1. 154. Poit. % Turp. Par. *.50. 



Ft. Dan. t.\38\. 

 Linagrostis panicula minore. Vaill. Par. 117. t. 16./. 2. 

 L. panicula ampliore. Scheuchz. Agr. 306. 

 Gramen tomentosum pratense, panicula sparsa. Bauh. Theatr. 6 1 ./. 



Moris, v. 3. 224. sect. 8. t. 9.f 1. 

 In boggy meadows. 

 In Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Yorkshire, Cumberland, and 



very common in Scotland. Dickson. In Shropshire. Rev. E. 



Williams. 

 Perennial. April. 

 Root fibrous. Stem 2 feet high, jointed, striated, smooth, leafy, 



somewhat angular at the top, but otherwise quite cylindrical. 



