73 ' TRIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA 





"Spikes* generally 3 upon each straw, which rises out of a 

 sheath, formed by 3 brownish leaves, the outermost of which is 

 much longer than the rest, and green at the end. Leaves sheath- 

 ing the stem ; semi-cylindrical, and hollow at the lower part, 

 but solid and 3-cornered towards the top ; tapering gradually to 

 a point. In its young state, before the hairs of the seeds grow 

 out, ft may be mistaken for a Scirpus. Mr. Caley tells me 

 Jte has observed the Spikes to be polygamous ♦ and Sir Thomas 

 Franklakd has sometimes found this plant dioicous, in Lord 

 Fauconberg's Park, Yorksh. E. polystachion, Huds. Curt. 

 Light/, hot. art. ed. i. and ii. 



Cottongrass. Moorgrass. Moss-crops. Mc 



grass. Marshes and bogs, not uncommon. 



e Meer, near Newport, Shropshire, covering several 



[Birming. heath 



] 



j 



alpi'mim, E. Straws naked, 3-cornered : spike shorter than the 



• down. 



E. hot. oll-Fl. dan. 62Q-£cheuchz. 7* k~App. %. 



Six or 8 inches high, slender, 3-cornered, jointless ; rough 

 when stroked downwards. Sheaths at the base, scored, pointed. 

 Spike small, downy. Scheuchz. 



[Found in the summer of 1791> on the moss of Restenet, 3 

 miles E. of Forfar. Aneussh. Scot!, by Mr. Brown, in company 



Mr, Do 



p.j. 



une. 



SCIR'PUS. Husks chaff-like, tiled on every side : 

 ♦ Bloss. none : Seed l, 3-cornered, often wool- 



ly : hairs shorter than the spike. 



( 1 ) Spike single. 



palus'tris. S. Straw cylindrical, naked : spike nearly egg-shaped, 



terminating. 



E. hot. 13l-FI.datt.Q73-LoL ohs. 44. l-Ger. em, 1<>31. 7- 

 Pari. 1196. ]. and 2 — H. ox. viii. 10. 32, and row 3, 



jig. between 33 and 3\-Spike only, 

 sected jiower and a spike. Leers 1.3. 



i>/x- 



*'* 



Straws leafless, but sheathed at the base. Leers says there 

 are always 2 summits, never 3 ; but in E, bot. 3 are described 



* This plant is useful in the Isle of Skie, to support cattle in the 

 earlier part of the spring, before the other grasses are sufficiently grown. 

 Pennant's Tour, 1774, p. 308. Poor people stuff their pillows with the 



down, and make wicks of candleB with it, but it becomes brittle when 

 quite dry. _. 



