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the stem ; stem soft, with continuous pith ; leaves none ; 

 wet places ; 1-3 ft. (v.c.) 1212 



Hard Rush. Diam. J in. ; perianth 6 ; stamens 6 ; 

 leaves none ; flowers in a loose, lateral, much-branched 

 panicle ; stem rigid, with interrupted pith ; wet places ; 

 1-3 ft. (c.) 1213 



Shining-fruited Jointed Rush. Diam. J in. ; perianth 

 6 ; stamens 6 ; stem leafy, compressed ; panicle terminal, 

 repeatedly forked ; outer perianth segments pointed, inner 

 not pointed ; bogs ; 1-2 ft. (v.c.) 1216 



Spiked Mountain Woodrush. Diam. J in. ; perianth 6,j 

 chaffy ; stamens 6 ; leaves with long white hairs, slender, 

 3-4 in. ; flowers in dense, drooping cymes, spike-like ; 

 perianth segments with awns ; mountains ; 6-12 in. (L.) 



1223 



Minute. 



Toad Rush. Diam. nearly J in. ; perianth 6, very 

 unequal, long-pointed ; stamens 3 or 6 ; flowers often 

 solitary, or in clusters of 2-4 ; leaves few, needle-like, 

 pale green ; stems in dense tufts often ; wet places ; 2-8 

 in. (v.c.) 1217 



Common Filago. Heads diam. nearly J in. ; heads in 

 terminal roundish clusters of about 20 ; plant cottony ; 

 stems very leafy ; leaves narrow, f in. ; branches spreading 

 above ; ray none ; sandy places ; 6-18 in. (c.) 694 



Great Bulrush or Cat's-tail. Flowers diam. -^ in. ; 

 spike of pistillate flowers about 7 in. long, dark brown, 

 cylindrical, bearing a spike of staminate flowers above it ; 

 leaves 3-6 ft., and f in. broad ; ponds ; 3-7 ft. (c.) 1208 



Lesser Bulrush or Cat's-tail. Flowers diam. -^ in. ; 

 as above, but smaller ; leaves narrower, about J in. broad ; 

 pistillate spike about f in. below the staminate one ; ponds ; 

 1-3 ft. (L.) 1209 



Small. Pink and 



Tansy-leaved Milfoil or Yarrow. Heads diam. f in. ; 

 ray florets 5-8 ; disc florets 5-cleft ; leaves bipinnatifid, 

 with a lanceolate outline ; segments lanceolate serrated ; 



