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and the rest of the county, on barren, wet, or moory pastures, 

 heaths, &c. 



Juncus conglomeratus. With the last, and the more abundant 

 of the two ; in sterile, rushy meadows, by road-sides, &c. The var. 

 ft. effusus is, I think, not uncommon with us. The much darker 

 coloured capsules appear to ripen considerably earlier than those of 

 J. effusus. 



Juncus glaucus. Less frequent on the whole than the two preced- 

 ing species, yet very plentiful on poor, wet, sandy, clayey, or heathy 

 pastures, commons and by road-sides. in vai'ious places around 

 Ryde. At Quarr Abbey, Springfield, Green Lane, near Ashey, &c. 



Juncus diffusus. In similar places with the last, and in the few 

 stations in which I have yet observed it in the county associated with 

 that and J. conglomeratus, appearing to myself to be a hybrid 

 or mule between these two rushes ; rare ? First noticed as a Hants 

 plant by Mr. Borrer, who remarked it growing in 1847 about Hedge 

 Corner, on the south side of Parklmrst Forest, along the road from 

 Newport to Yarmouth !!! I find it here in considerable plenty, 

 together with abundance of J. glaucus, effusus, and conglomeratus, 

 from the two former of which I must own to experiencing a degree of 

 difficulty in at all times distinguishing it, at first sight at least. 

 I have no doubt of its existence in other parts of the island, but ex- 

 cepting when in fruit, its resemblance to some of the greener stem- 

 med states of J. glaucus renders its detection less easy. On heathy 

 pasture grounds, with J. glaucus, along the road from the "buildings" 

 to the Passage House, Hayling Island, August 7th, 1848. 



Juncus capitatus will probably be found ere long in Britain, and 

 perhaps in this county, being frequent on the continent and in 

 some places in Guernsey and Jersey. 



Juncus oblusiflorus. In ditches and wet, boggy, or marshy places, 

 often growing in the water, but not very common, either in the Isle of 

 Wight or on the mainland. Ditches in the marsh at Easton (Fresh- 

 water Gate), and where one or two of the low, boggy meadows are 

 quite overrun with it. Near the shore just beyond Norton, towards 

 the preventive station ; sparingly. Wet banks of slipped land in 

 Colwell Bay. Between the Needles (Groves's) Hotel and Alum Bay. 

 On wet, slipped land near the Sandrock Spring, abundantly ; and in 

 various places betwixt Niton and Blackgang. Plentiful in the 

 Undercliff, at Blackgang, and in Sandown Bay, Rev. G. E. Smith !!! 

 Plentiful in marshy spots by the road-side in Stokes Bay, between 

 Alverstoke and Brown Down, July, 1849. By Tichfield River and 



