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6. 'R.fluitans, (Jloating Spike-rush) ; stem (or rather floating 

 root) compressed branclied, spikes ovate, glumes nearly equal 

 obtuse, stigmas 2, bristles none, fruit obovate plano-convex tip- 

 ped with thenarrow base of the style Scirpusfiuit.L. — E.But. 



t. 216. Isolepis, Br. — Eleogiton, Link, Lindl. 



Ditolies and still lakes, and pools of water which are sometimes dried 

 up. Fl. June, July. 1^. 



12. EuioPiioRUM. Linn. Cotton-grass. 



* Spike solitary. 



1. E. alpmnm, L. (^nfpitie Cotton-grass) ; stem triangular, 

 leaves much shorter than the sheaths, spikes oblongo-ovate. E. 

 Bot. t. 311. 



It was discovered in the Moss of Restenet near Forfar, by Mr Broivn 

 and Mr G. Don: but that bog is drained and the plant has disappeared. 

 Fl. June. n. 



2. E. vagi7idtum, L. (^Hairs-tail Cotton-grass) ; stem above 

 triangular, sheaths below with long setaceous leaves, above leaf- 

 less obtuse inflated, spike ovate. E. Bot. t. 873. 



Turf-bogs and larren moor?, not unfrcquent, especially in the moun- 

 tainous parts of the north. Fl. March — May. If. 



2. E. capitdturn. Host, {round-headed Cotton-grass) ; stem 

 rounded, sheaths below bearing linear subulate leaves, above 

 leafless inflated obtuse, spike almost globose. E. Bot. t. 2387. 



Ben Lavvors, by tlie side of a rivulet near perpetual snow. G. Don. 

 Fl. July, Aug. li. 



** Spikes many. 



4. E. polystcichion, L. {broad-leaved Cotton-grass) ; " stem 

 round, leaves flat with a triangular point, stalks of the spikes 

 smooth, hairs tlirice the length of the spikes." E. Bot t. 563. 



Bogs. Fl. April — June. If. 



5. E. pubescens, Sm. (doivny- stalked Cotton-grass) ; " stem 

 angular upwards, leaves flat lanceolate with a triangular point, 

 stalks of the spikes downy, hairs twice the length of the spike." 

 E. FL V. i. p. 68. Book. i?i E. Bot. Suppl. t. 2633. — E. angustif. 

 Poit. — E. latifolittm, Sckrad. Germ. v. i. p. 154, (excl. syn.) 



Botrs and marshes, Scotland and Cambridgeshire, {Sm.) Anglesea, 

 Mr Wilson. South Kent, Bev. G. E. Smith. Fl. April— June. If.. 



6. E. angustifoHum, Roth, (common Cotton-grass) ; " stem 

 nearly round, leaves linear triangular channelled towards the 

 base, stalks of the spikes smooth, hairs 4 times the length of the 

 spike." E. Bot. t. 564. 



Turf-bogs, and muddy meadows, common. Fl. April. If. 



7. E. grdcile, Roth, {slender mountain Cotton-grass) ; " stem 

 round with 3 slight angles, leaves triangular channelled towards 

 the base, spikes longer than the bractea, hairs twice the length of 

 the spike." E. Bot. t. 2402. 



