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buds nodding ovoid, sep. broadly linear acuminate, seeds tuber- 

 cular obovate-oblong subacute below. E. B. 8. 2935. Root 

 not truncate. Rosettes loose, sessile. St. 1 "2 ft. high, obscurely 

 or very bluntly angled especially below. L. flaccid, mostly peri- 

 dulous. South of England, rare. P. VII. IX. E. 



it Stem with raised lines, stigma entire. 



6. E. rdseum (Schreb.) ; rosettes loose, L stalked ovate nar- 

 rowed and acute at both ends serrulate, buds usually nodding 

 ovoid acuminate, sep. lanceolate acuminate, seeds obovate- 

 oblon<r narrowed to a rounded base. E. B. 693. St. 12 ft. 

 high, branching, with two sharp and two blunt angles. Petioles 

 long. Damp places. P. VII. VIII, E. S. ? I. 



7. E. tetrag6num (L.) ; rosettes dense subsessile, L strap- 

 shaped much denticulate-serrate, limb of interm. 1. decurrent, 

 buds erect, seeds oblong-obovate tubercular. Sy. . B. 502. 

 Curt. i. 66. St. 1 2 ft. high, with 2 4 raised lines, usually 

 much branched. Damp places. P. VII. VIII. E. S. 



8. E. Lam'yi (F. Schultz) ; rosettes dense, I. lanceolate denticulate- 

 serrate slightly rounded at the base with sometimes a short petiole , buds 

 erect E. 23. 13. St. 13 ft. high. Nearly allied to Sp. 7 but differing 

 by the glaucous lanceolate more acute less strongly dentate L, close 

 pubescence and larger fl. Woods and roadsides. P. VII. V 111. E. 



** Stoles festival long-jointed with small leaves, primary stem 

 erect, stigma usually entire. 



9. E. obscurum (Schreb.) ; L tapering from a rounded base 

 sessile remotely denticulate, lower 1, oblong blunt, buds erect, 

 seeds oblong-obovate. E. virgatum G. & G., Sy. E. B. 503. 

 Eesembling E. tetragonum, but the caps, much shorter and 1. 

 very different Wet places. P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



*** Stoles cestival long-jointed with very small leaves ending in 

 autumnal bulbs which become detached, base of stem cordlike. 



10. E. palus'tre (L.) ; stoles long slender, st. rooting near the 

 base, I. narrowly lanceolate from a wedgeshaped base sessile not 

 decurrent, top of raceme nodding, sep. lanceolate, seeds subfusi- 



form attenuate and acute below and the testa prolonged above 

 smooth. Sy. E. B. 504. St. round, often with two rows of 

 down, 6 18 in. high. L. entire or denticulate. F. ligulatum 

 (Baker) is a broad-leaved form. Bogs. P. VII. VIII. E. S. I . 



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