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2. i.gluvcus {common hard Rush), scape deeply striated (rigid), 

 panicle very much branched erect, leaves of the perianth lan- 

 ceolate subulate membranous longer than the elliptical capsule. 

 Lighif. p. I S3 (J. mflexus). E. B. t. 665. Bich. in Lhm. 

 Trans, v. 12. p. 300. 



Hab, Wet pastures and road-sides, occasionally, Hopk. Not uncom- 

 mon about Edinb., Mr. Arnott. Shores on the coast of Fife (?), 

 Lightf. Fl. July, 1/ . 



Boot creeping. Scapes 1 foot to 2 feet high, glaucous, rigid, at the base 

 covered v>'ith deep purple brown membranaceous shining sheaths. 

 Panicle lax, erect. Flvwer slender, pale brown, with a broad green 

 line down the middle of each leaflet of the perianth. Bracteus also 

 small and acvmiinate. Stain. 6 in my specimens. 



3. J. effusiLS {soft Rush), scapes very faintly striated (soft), pa- 

 nicle loose very much branched spreading, leaflets of the pe- 

 rianth lanceolate acuminate, rather longer than the obovate 

 obtuse capsule. Lighff. p. 1S3. E. B. t. 836. Bich. in 

 Linn. Trans, v. 12. p. 303. 



Hab. Wet and marshy grounds, common. Fl. July. 1/ . 



Distinguished from the last by its soft, pliable, almost smooth, green 

 scapes, and spreading denser and shorter panicles, in which last par- 

 ticular it seems intermediate between that and the following. — Ex- 

 cellent for plaiting into mats, chair-bottoms, &c., and wicks of can- 

 dles are made of the pith. 



4. J. conglomerahis {round-headed Rush), scapes very faintly 

 striated (soft), panicle much branched very dense globular, 

 leaflets of the perianth lanceolate acute about as long as the 

 broadly ovate very obtuse capsule, stani. 3. Light/, p. 183. 

 E. B. t. 1S35. Bich. in Linn. Trans, v. 12. p. 302. 



Hab. Wet and marshy ground, frequent, Fl. July. 1/ . 

 Panicle very dense. Scajjes much like the last, and employed for tlie 

 same purposes. 



5. } . Jiliformis {slender Rush), scapes filiform, panicle of very few 

 flowers (from nearly the middle of the culm), capsules rotuii- 

 dato-ovate shorter than the perianth. E. B. t. 1 175. Bich. 

 in Linn. Trans, v. 12. p. 30J. 



Hab. Several parts of Scotland, G. Don. Its natural situation is the 

 stony margins of lakes. Fl. July, Aug. it . 



Boot creeping, throwing up many slender culms, 6 — 10 inches high. 

 Panicle of few flowers, pale green. Lea/lets of the perianth lanceo- 

 late, subacuminate. There is a small lanceolate bractea tapcrmg to 

 a long and sharp point. The floral bracteas are few and small, ob- 

 tuse, pale green as is the whole flower. 



** Leaves all radical {Jlowers terminal). 



6. J. squarrosus {Heath Rush), leaves setaceous (rigid) grooved, 

 panicle terminal elongate compound, cajjsulcs elli[)tical ovate. 

 Lightf. p. 1 81 . E. B. i. 933. 



Hab. Moorish heathy ground, common, Fl. July. 11 . 



