342 HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Juncus. 



cies. Mr. Brown. From 2 to 4 inches high. Leaves few, one 

 third the length of the straw. Outer leaf of the husk much 

 larger than the other, and ending in a pointed substance as long 

 as itself and standing higher than the florets. 



Tnvo flowered Rush. [In bogs on the top of Mal-ghyrdy, a 

 mountain between Glenlochy and Glenlyon, and upon Ben 

 Teskerney, bot\ in Breadalbane. On Craig Cailleach, and on 

 Ben Lawers, precisely in the same situations, but not quite so 

 common as J. triglumis. Mr. Brown.] P. Aug. 



triglu'mis. J* Leaves awl-shaped 5 hollow: husk mostly 3-flowered, 



terminating : florets all sitting. 



Dicks, h. s.-Fl. dan. 132~Lightf. 9- 9*F& lapp. 10. 5.-H. 

 ox. viii. 12. 40. 







I have been favoured with specimens from J. Wynne Grif- 

 fith, Esq. in which the heads contain 2, 3, and 4 flowers. 



Var. 2. Bractea elongated and pointed. 



Occasionally found growing with the more common var. from 

 which it differs in no respect but in the greater length of the 

 Bractea. Mr. Brown. 



Three-flvu>ered Rush. Bogs on mountains. On Trygvylchau, 

 near Llanberrys, and Llyn y Cwn, near Snowdon : East side of 

 Craig-Cailleach above Finlarig, Breadalbane, &c. See Lightf. 

 p. 1120. [In the ascent from Llanberris to Glyder, only in one 

 small spot which lies between a little eminence called Brynbras, 

 and a rivulet called Avon las. Mr. Griffith. — On Ben Lomond. 

 Dr. Hope. — Burrowdale, near Keswick, Cumberland, and fre- 

 quently with only 2 flowers. Mr. Robson,] P» June.— -Aug# 



J. Leaves 



Huds. 



max'i 



E. hot. 736-Curt. 345-Leers 13. 10-//. ox. viii. 9. ronv U 



\. f. 3-Ger. em. }Q. 1-ParL 1184. l-Ger. 17* 1-C. A 

 th. 101. 



Lower branches of the panicle bent downwards. 



Hairy Rush. Woods, common. P. Apr. May. 



Leaves flat, hairy : panicle terminating, very much 

 branched : flowers 1,2 or 3 together. 



E. hot. 737-Curt. 344-.FA dan. 441-//. ox, viii. <?. rov) 



/. 4-7. 



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Three or four feet high. Root-leaves £ an inch or more in 



idth, Mr, Swayne, The flowers not being solitary, b ut 





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