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HABITATS AND LOCALITIES. 

 1. Cladium — {Clddium Mar'iscus.) 

 On the Bowdon side of Rostheme Mere, the only station known in 

 this neighbourhood. Fl. July, August. 



E. B. xiv. 950 (as Schccnus Mariscus). 



2. White Beak-rtjsh — [Rhyncbspora alba.) 

 Wet moors and heaths. Lindow Common. Chat Moss. Barton 

 Moss. (J. S.) Very abundant on Carrington Moss, and on Shaw's 

 Heath, Knutsford. (Mr. Holland.) Fl. August. 



E. B. xiv. 985 (as Schanus albus). 



3. Common Lake Scirptjs — [Scirpus lacusfris.) 

 Edges of ponds and lakes, rare. North-west borders of Rostheme 

 Mere. Edges of Radnor Mere, Alderley Park. Brereton Mere, 

 Congleton. Fl. June, July. 



Curtis, iii. 442 ; E. B. x. G66. 



4. Bristle Scikpus — [Scirjms setdceus.) 

 Moist, sandy, and gravelly places, and by waysides, frequent. Above 

 Jack's Bridge, near Boggart Hole Clough. Banks of the Tame, near 

 Apethome. Alderley Edge. Hale Moss. Pilkington. (J. P.) Fl. 

 July, August. Annual ? 



Curtis, iii. 445 ; E. B. xxiv. 1G93. 



5. Great Panicled Scirpus — {Scirpus sylvdticus.') 

 Marshy places, especially where shaded by trees, common. Abun- 

 dant at the foot of Mere Clough ; in fields between Agecroft ; between 

 Ashley and Cotterill ; near Pendlebury, and in Burley Hurst Wood, 

 Mobberley. Fl. July, August. 



E. B. xiii. 919. 



6. Common Spike-rush — {Eledcharis palusfris.) 



In wet and marshy places, and on the borders of ponds, along with 



rushes and Equisetums, common. Baguley. Chorlton. Hale Moss. 



Fl. June, July. 



E. B. ii. 131 (as Scirjnis j^icilustris). 



7. Many-stalked Spike-rush — {Eleocharis multicaulis.) 

 Similar situations, but rarer. Stretton Moss, near Warrington. 

 Eaton Moss, near Congleton. Fl. June, July, 



E. B. xvii. 1187. 



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