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monly enough made. J. acutiflorus: is the "Closs" of our dales- 

 men, and is often too conspicuous in meadows insufficiently 

 drained. J. squarrosus : is abundant on all moorlands. 



Cyperaceve. Of the Club-Rushes proper only two may require 

 special mention here. The one is Scirpus setaceus : a frequent 

 occupant of roadside ditches, often springing up where water- 

 cburses have been newly cleaned out. Round the base of Easter 

 Mell Fell it is abundant. The other is ^. sylvaticus, by Dacre 

 beck, below Thackthwaite. Of the Cotton Grasses, Eriophorum 

 vaginatum and E. angustifolium are both abundant. Of the 

 Carices or Sedges proper, as many as twenty-five species, 

 exclusive of varieties, are indigenous here. I may here briefly 

 particularise a few of the most remarkable. Carex dioica: is 

 far from uncommon in deep spongy bogs. In " Jamie Gersin," 

 on the Cove estate in Watermillock, it grows in fair abundance, 

 though less plentiful than C.pulicaris. C. muricata: near Waterfoot, 

 also in the woods near Airey Force, appearing sparingly ; while its 

 congener, C. siellulata, is everywhere abundant. C. curta: in 

 Black Dyke, Baldhow. C. acuta: is also found at the same 

 station as the preceding, to which, however, it is not confined, 

 appearing in a field below Bennet Head and elsewhere. C. pilu- 

 lifera: is found on the Watermillock stinted pasture, and also about 

 the base of Catchidecam and Striding-Edge. C. hirta : occurs at 

 the lower end of the Lake, below the Waterfoot boat-shed ; and 

 C. ampullacea is of common occurrence in slow-running streams or 

 in stagnant water, notably about the foot of Brothers Water. 



The Gramin/e, or Grasses, stand next in order in the Catalogue. 

 but as I have already treated upon them in detail in Part VI., I 

 shall pass them over without comment, noticing however that 

 specimens of Poa alpina have since been forwarded to me which 

 were gathered on Skiddaw last year ; and that I have Ukewise seen 

 P. nemoralis on the retaining walls of the road-cutting at Kempley, 

 near Eamont Bridge, and Festuca sylvatica — fine specimens — in 

 the rocky ravine near Greenside Mines. 



