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mostly in pairs, will readily mark the difference between this 

 and the preceding species. 



Wood Rush. J. syl<vaticus. Huns. Curt. E. Bot. Bot. 



Ark. ed. ii. Woods and hedges, near Hampstead. [Whitsell 

 Gell, near Askrig, Yorkshire, and at the bottom of the Rye-loaf 

 near Settle. Curt. Witchery Hole, near Clifton upon Teme, 

 Worcestershire. Mr. Ballard. — Common in Scotland, near 

 rivulets and in woods. Mr. Browne. — Corby Castle, near Car- 

 lisle. Leighwood. Mr. Swayne.] P. May, June. 



J. Leaves flat, somewhat hairy : spikes sitting, and on campes'tris, 



fruit-stalks. 



Curt. H0-£. bot. 672-Kniph. 12~C. B. pr. 15. 2, and th. 

 103-7/. ox. viii. p. row l.A-Leers 13. 5~J. B. ii. 4?93. 3 

 *Ger. em. If. 2~Park. 1185, 6-Ger. l6. 2. 



Spikes 3 or 4, the central one sitting, the others on fruit* 

 stalks of unequal lengths. 



Field Ruth. Pastures, meadows, and heaths, common. 



May 



J. Panicle larger, more compact than the J. campestris : li'niger. 



spikes globular: straw and leaves as long again. Ray. 



H. ox. viii. 9* ww \.f. 1, the left hand corner.— Ger. \6. 1- 

 C. B. th. \Q±-Park. IV&&-J. B. ii. 46*8. 2. 



This uncommon species ( Var. 2. J. campestris of 3d edition) 

 is much more hairy than the preceding, and at the base of 

 the stem the hairiness looks as if some dressed flax adhered to 

 the plant, whence I have named it tiniger. The leaves are \ of 

 an inch broad, but in the preceding not more than half that 

 breadth. The flowers are much more numerous and closely 

 compacted into globular heads, and it flowers a month later. — 

 Mr. Caley noticed it 3 successive years bearing the same charac- 

 ters ; he observes that J. campestris grows along with it, and 

 attains its height, but is easily distinguished from it by its slen- 

 der habit, and being destitute of the globular head. — Mr. 

 Swayne says it flowers the latest of our leafy- stemmed rushes, 

 and resembles the J., campestris the nearest, but still is very 

 distinct. 



Flaxen Rush. — Turfy boes. fShortwood 



June. Mr 



J 



J. Leaves flat : spike bunch-like, drooping. * spica tus. 



Fl. dan. 2/0-27. lapp. 10. 4* 



Very nearly allied to, if not a variety of J, campestris. Link* 







