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joints very faint. Panicle nearly simple. Peri, with the outer 

 segments acute, inner blunt. Cap. oblong, obtuse, mucronate, 

 pale brown. Anthers equalling their filaments in length. 



Common. Bogs and marshy ground. (B) P. 6 8. Frankfleld and Hoggan- 

 field lochs ; Fossil marsh ; Gourock to Arran. 



D. Stem leafy. Leaves not jointed. 



10. J. TRIFIDUS, L. Three-flowered Rush. Stems densely 

 tufted, 2 6 in. high, erect, very slender, with 1 le. near the top, 

 fringed on the sheath. Sheaths at the base mostly awned. Heads 

 sessile in the centre of 2 leafy bracts, 1 3-flowered. Peri, acute, 

 longer than the beaked capsule. 



Very rare. Rocky places ascending Goat Fell, Arran. (H) P. 7 8. 



11. J. COMPRESSUS, Jacq. Round-fruited Rush. Stems erect, 

 slender, slightly compressed at the base, 1 1^ ft. high. Le. 

 linear, channelled. Panicle terminal, generally shorter than the 

 bract. Fl. scarcely clustered. Peri, shorter than the roundly 

 ovate, shortly mucronate capsule. 



Rare. Damp places. "Hamilton," Pair. Hills above Gourock. (B) P. 6 8. 



Tar. ccenosus. Panicle generally longer than the bract. Peri. 

 as long as the oval-oblong strongly mucronate capsule. 



Common. Salt marshes from Gourock to Arran (E) P. 68. 



12. J. BUEONIUS, L. Toad Rush. Stems numerous, leafy, 

 repeatedly forked, 4 8 in. high. Le. slender, filiform, setaceous, 

 grooved. Fl. solitary, scattered, mostly sessile, unilateral. Seg- 

 ments of the peri, acuminate, with scariose edges, much longer 

 than the oblong obtuse capsule. 



Very common. Waste places and moist ditches. (B) A. 8. 



2. LtfzuLA. Wood-Rush. 



1. L. SYLVATTCA, Bich. Great Hairy Wood-Rush. A large 

 coarse plant with steins 1| 2 ft. high. Le. linear -lanceolate, 

 striate, shining, hairy on the edges, above 12 in. long. Panicle 

 compound, large, loose. Fl. in clusters of 2 3 each. Segments 

 of the peri, bristle -pointed. Cap. of nearly the same length, ovate 

 and mucronate. 



Common. In woods and on sandy rocks; Kelvinside woods; Carmyle, &c. 

 (B) P. 56. 



2. L. PILOSA, Willd. Small Hairy Wood-Rush. Steins slender, 

 erect, 6 12 in. high. Le. linear, mostly radical, fringed with 

 long white hairs. Panicle slightly branched, spreading. Ped. 

 1 3-flowered, slender, bent back when in fruit. Cap. blunt, rather 

 longer than the peri. Seeds with a curved crest. 



Frequent. In woods and on shady banks. (B) P. 35. Kelvinside woods; 

 Kenmuir bank, &c 



