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30 cm. high, fruiting-spike long and stout. July 1916. Stem 9 cm. 

 high, with numerous long slender branches and large conspicuous 

 flowers.— Edford, July 1900. Stem 10 cm., simple ; internodes short 

 and flowers small.— Broadlield Down, near Bristol, Oct. 1908. Simple 

 or branched; fruiting-spikes long with short internodes.— Dorset. 

 Scotland Farm, Corfe Castle, June 1916, /. M. Roper. Small, young 

 plants with nearly simple stem, suggestive of E.fennica. 



Scotland. — Perth. Meadow at foot of Ben Lawers, July 1906, 

 C. ^fA/%.— Ki>TARDiXE. Seashore at Bervie, July 1891, C. ^Bailey. 



Ireland. — Cork. Glengarriff, Aug. 1908. 



18. E. FEXNiCA Kihlman. Stem 11-18 cm. high, simple or with 

 1-2 slender branches at the base. Fruiting-spike occupying the 

 greater part of the stem, with internodes long below, regularly 

 decreasing upwards and visible nearly to tlie top. Leaves about 

 5 mm. long, naiTOW wdth 3-4 ovate or lanceolate obtuse teeth on 

 each side, those subtending the branches 7-8 mm. long with ovate 

 teeth. Bracts opjjosite with 4-5 teeth on each s-ide, the lower with 

 ovate, the upper wnth lanceolate or subulate acute subaristate teeth. 

 Corolla about 5 mm. long, with included tube. Capsule shorter than 

 the bracts and calyx-teeth. Glandular hairs long, flexuous, abundant 

 on stem, leaves, bracts and calyx; simple hairs short, setose, principally 

 on the lower leaves. 



Not having seen a description of E. fennica, I have described 

 specimens kindly furnished by Mr. Druce : these were named by 

 Dr. Lindman and corroborated by Wettstein. They diifer from 

 E. Rostl'oviana in the nearly simple stem, the smaller bracts which 

 are regularly disposed in pairs throughout almost the entire length of 

 the stem, and in the small flowers. 



ExaLAND. — Somerset. Exnioor, Druce, det. Lindman. 



Irelaxd. — Galw AY. Clifden, Aug. 22nd, 1911, G. C. Bruce. — 

 Clifden, Aug. 16th, 1907, C. Bucknall., as E. Bostkoviana. 



19. E. SALTSBURGEXSis Funck. Stem simple or branched below. 

 Leaves and bracts narrow, with a few distant spreading teeth and the 

 sides between them nearly parallel. Capsules glabrous or with a few 

 decumbent hairs on the margin. Wetts. Mon. t. x. flgs. 6-10 ; 

 Towns. Mon. t. 376. 



Ireland. — Gal way. Tui-fy ground near the sea. Dog's Bay, near 

 Roundstone, Aug. 1907. Stem not exceeding 6 cm. high, slender as 

 well as the flexuous branches. This dift'ers from Continental forms in 

 the branches spreading nearly horizontally. 



Not having had tlie opportunity during the preparation of this 

 paper of consulting original descriptions, I have taken Wettstein's 

 Monograph as the starting-point, and must refer the student to that 

 work and to Townsend's Monograph of the British species for the 

 ])ibliography and synonymy of the genus. Further, this being solely an 

 attempt to simj^lify the study of tlie species as they occur in Britain, 

 I have omitted any reference to Wettstein's views on the evohition of 

 the species, and have only touched upon his theory of the relationsliip 

 between a^stival and autumnal s])ccies which he calls " jjarallel forms." 

 AVe have, however, one or jjcrhajis two instances of this sujiposed 



