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gate ; capsule pointed : crest of the seeds obsolete. Great Wood- 

 rush, 



Hob. Woods, deans, and heaths, common. May, June. 



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3. L. campestris, stem 3-10 inches high, leafy ; leaves hairy ; 

 panicle of 3 or 4 ovate, dense, partly stalked clusters ; capsule 

 obovate, obtuse, with a small point, shorter than the calyx ; 

 seeds stalked, without a crest. Field Wood-rush. 



Hob. Dry barren pastures. April, May. 11 



In pastures, this species does not exceed three or four inches 

 in height ; but in bogs it rises a foot or more. Sometimes 

 the heads of flowers are collected into a dense head ; in 

 other specimens two or more of them are elevated on 

 short stalks ; but, in all, the segments of the calyx are much 

 longer than the capsule, and less mucronate than in the 

 following: 



4. L. sudetica^ leaves smooth, with hairy sheaths ; clusters 

 stalked, umbellate, the middle one sessile ; segments of the calyx 

 mucronate, as long as the capsule. " Juncus sudeticus, Willde- 

 now, Sp. PL ii. 221." J. liniger, Purton Mid. Fl. iii. 352, t. 9. 



Hab. Rough bogs. In the field below the Old Lamberton 

 Toll. June. I/. 



Stem a foot high, slender, leafy, smooth ; leafs flat, smooth, 

 the margins^near the base loosely fringed with long white 

 hairs, of which there is also a dense tuft at the top of the 

 sheaths, which are otherwise smooth. Clusters 7, oblong, 

 spreading ; one on a stalk two inches long, and equal to 

 the foliaceous bractea, the rest on stalks about an inch 

 long, except the centre one which is sessile. Segments of 

 the calyx ovate- lanceolate, pointed, dark-brown, with mem- 

 branous edges. Capsules obtuse, glossy -brown, as long as 

 the calyx. 



Mr WINCH, to whom I am indebted for the character and 

 synonym of WILLDENOW, says, my specimen is similar to 

 specimens purchased of SCHLEICHER, for L. sudetica. He 

 has gathered it in various places in the north of England 

 and in Scotland. It is certainly the L. congesta of SMITH, 

 Eng. Fl. ii. 181, who quotes with merited approbation the 

 figure of PURTON. 



119. BERBERIS. 



i. B. vulgaris, leaves obovate-oblong, with bristly serratures ; 

 thorns 3-cleft; clusters pendulous, flowers yellow; petals en- 

 tire. Common Barberry, 



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