340 JUNCACE^E. 



D. III. Marsh, Ernesettle, 1873. 



IV. Chelson Meadow ! ; Keys, Fl. iii. 241. Lane between Elburton 

 and Plympton, in plenty. In the old hmestone quarry at Gore. 

 A few plants about the road by the canal, a little below Cann 

 Quarry, 1870. 

 V. Sparingly between Brixton and Plympton, 1871. 

 \l. Flete. 

 The absence of this common British species from the two Cornish 

 Districts and its general paucity in the area are remarkable facts. 



715. J. acutiflorus, ^ArA. Sharp-flowered Rush. 



Native ; in boggy meadows, damp peaty and swampy places. 



Very common. August, September, or later. Area general. 



An abundant species of the peaty meadows and damp pastures of the 



wilder tracts. In the country nearer Plymouth occurring in a field near 



Beaconsfield, Pennycross (District iv.) ; at many places in Egg Buckland 



parish (iv.), &c. 



716. J. lamprocarpus, Ehrh. Shiny -frvAted Rush. 



Native ; by streams, rills, and in other wet or damp places. Very 

 common. June to September, or later. Area general. 

 Grows at Ford, between Tothill and Laira, and elsewhere near the 

 town of Plymouth. A frequent plant by the roadside di-ains. 



717. J. supinus, Bloeyich. Lesser Jointed Rush. 



Native ; by rills and ponds, also in and by the water of ditches 

 and peaty pools. Common. June to October. 

 c. I. Notter Valley. Vale between St. MelHon and Pillaton. Seaton 

 Valley. A^iverdon Down. 

 II. Near Hatt. Below Kit Hill. 

 D. III. Roborough Down ; Keys, Fl. iii. 242. By the Devonport leat at 

 Pennycross. Tavy Valley. Beer Ferrers. 

 IV. Moor above Shaugh ; Brent, Keys, ih. Derriford, Common Wood, 

 &c.. Egg Buckland. 

 V, Green at Westlake. Between Comwood and Dartmoor. 

 VI. lA^bridge ; Keys, ih. In the Erme Valley on Dartmoor. 



h. Kochii. 

 D. VI. In a bog, Ivybridge ; BIr. Keys, Bah. Man. 341, ed. 4, 1856, et 

 seq. Earlier? "I discovered this in 1848." Keys, Fl. iii. 

 243. 

 In 1871 Mr. Baker and I found a form with six stamens at Common 

 Wood (District iv.), which may be similar. 

 This species is most frequent in the wilder and moory tracts. 



