angust(fo- 
frum. 
6 TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
linear-lancefhaped, fkinny. After impregnation 
and flowering, the glumes fend forth a long 
white wool drooping upon lengthened foot-ftalks, 
Tt may be diflinguifhed from the next fpecies by 
its roots not creeping, by its broad leaves, and 
the drooping manner of its woolly {pikets. 
E. Stems cylindrical : leaves channelled and three- 
cornered: {pikes nearly upright, on fruit-ftalks. 
This is a very common grafs in all bogs and 
boggy fituations. Cattle feed on it during the 
winter, but in fummer they pafs it over un- 
touched. It forms a great part of the cover in 
moft bogs, and is an ufeful fpecies at a feafon 
when others lie inactive. It requires no cultiva- 
tion, as all bogs naturally produce it, nor would 
it bear cultivation out of marfhy or boggy fitua- 
tions. The down produced from the heads of 
the above three fpecies is often collected by poor 
people to fiuff their pillows with. They alfo ufe 
3t to make wicks for candles, but it becomes 
brittle when very dry. . P. June. 
Cennabén cumangodujltec. 
ie ph cumbangdbuillech. 
EncuiisH.—Narrow-leaved Catton-cra/s. 
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