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The Shining-fruited Jointed Rush (J. lampocarpus), is distin- 

 guished by its large polished capsules. I found it near Little 

 Ouseburn. 



The Toad Rush (J. bufonius), is a branched plant, with slen- 

 der stems, and leaves at the branches. The petals, or rather 

 sepals for the Rushes have a calyx but no corolla are of a 

 white membrane, with little green veins up them. In the full 

 sunshine flowers expand, and then they look like tiny stars. 

 The ditches by the roadsides in Kent abound with it. 



Often the little Round-fruited Rush (J. compressus), grows 

 along with the Toad Rush. Its stars are brown, and its stem 

 and leaves stiff. Both these species have leafy stalks. 



The Mud Rush (J. ccenosus), Fanny found at Clevedon. It 

 is about four inches high, with a branched cluster of flowers, 

 and crimson stamens. 



The Bog Rush (J. uliginosus), is a very delicate little plant, 

 the smallest in the family. The stem is leafy, and bulbous at 

 the base. The flowers are in heads, about three together; each 

 plant has a very few heads. Fanny found it near the Loe Pool, 

 in Cornwall. 



The Hard Rush (J. glaucus), is slender, tough, and glaucous. 

 Its panicle is smaller than that of the Soft Rush, and grows 

 lower down in the naked stalk. 



I believe I was wrong when I said the Bog Rush was the 

 least species. It is the smallest with a leafy stem, but the 

 Alpine Rush is the least of all. 



There are also a Great Sea Rush and a Lesser Sea Rush 

 (J. acutus and J. maritimus), with naked stems ; but I have no 

 specimens of them. 



Among the leafy-stemmed Rushes there are the Three-leaved 

 Rush, frequenting Alpine bogs ; the Slender-spreading Rush, 

 a native of Scotch mountains ; the Dense-headed Rush, an in- 

 habitant of Jersey; and the Blunt-flowered Rush, living in 

 marshes. We have no specimens of any of these. 



There are six Wood Rushes, and four of them are common. 



